Hi Res from iPhone vs AppleTV sound

Not well versed in digital music.

I’m retiring my iPhone 7+ and thought I’d get a camera connection kit and usb cable and run the phone as a high res playback direct to my DAC.

it’s running into a Schiit Modeus.

My AppleTV doesn’t do hi res, but the signal goes via HDMI to my tv which passes the audio to Optical out and into the optical input on the Modeus.

I was A/B’ing then and the hi res via usb is noticeably thinner whereas the ATV. Is full.

Maybe there’s more to it?

gochurchgo12-14-2022 1:03am

soix Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 8,821 posts 12-14-2022 at 06:48pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I use my old phones for remotes, as God intended. Experimenting is good. Happy holidays. Maybe starting elsewhere than Apple might yield better results. Unless your thing is polished turds. @fuzztone Heh heh. Good one.
soix Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 8,821 posts 12-14-2022 at 05:17pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Well, I followed a similar progression, and what I ended up learning was that in streaming EVERYTHING matters, and matters A LOT. First, the Apple Camera Adapter is absolute crap. Upgrade to this and you’ll hear much better sound quality. https://www.lavricables.com/cables/reference-silver-lightning-interconnect-cable-for-oppo-ha-2-centrance-mini-m8/ But, what was next-level sound quality was when I got an iFi Zen Stream streamer with their upgraded XStream power supply and fed my DAC with this USB cable that uses silver wire and separate runs for data and power… https://www.lavricables.com/cables/ultimate-silver-dual-usb-a-b-interconnect-cable/ You can try to polish the turd, or you can just suck it up and go right to the separate streamer option. And oh yeah, you need to subscribe to Qobuz. Great selection of music and sound quality and lots of music available in hi res. Just my experience FWIW.