You can airplay apple music from your iPhone or iPad to a streamer that supports airplay. It’s a better option than Bluetooth. Honestly in that system you are unlikely to suffer a significant sonic degradation. If you want something better you woukd have to get a streamer with a built in DAC and subscribe to Qobuz or Tidal.
A used Lumin D2 is a decent option in addition to what was already recommended above. I believe it also supports airplay but I would get Qobuz or Tidal and leave Apple Music for the car or a gym (Qobuz and Tidal also have apps and can replace Apple Music altogether).
Apple lossless as a source
I want to play Apple music as a source from either PC or iPhone (or whatever).
Background:
I am rebuilding my system to get back to music. I have several good but older components. I don't want to spend 5000$, lol
What I have:
NAD 2200 Power amp- continuous 100 watts at 8 ohms. Its dynamic headroom is rated at 6 dB, which means that it can deliver—in 20-millisecond bursts, twice per second—400 watts per channel to 8 ohms, 600 watts to 4 ohms, and 800 watts to 2-ohm loads.
Totem Tabu speakers- Basically upgraded Totem Model 1. Somewhere between a Forest and Forest Signature - very nice speakers that would be in the 5k range today.
I've been out of the audiophile stuff for many years (prior to all the digital stuff). Basically, I want to figure out how to get from Apple Music to the amp in a cost-effective way with the best quality. I am fairly technical but just haven't kept up with all the digital audio stuff.
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There’s a Octo dac8 Stereo that was highly praised in a stereophile review. You can add streaming as an option to it. My guess is you will have a network renderer in the dac8 that will allow you to use Mconnect to stream qobuz. I think the paid version of mconnect is about $6 or so if the free version isn’t good enough after you try it. |
@moverton99 you will need to wait a few days. Lol |