Awesome. Yup the Dragonfly takes the 44 kb/s iPhone and eventually you can end up with RCA at 24 bit 96 kb/s if you use this direct wire technique. Wifi is not a problem but lightning connector is speed limited. Bluetooth is super duper limiting factor so forget about that Rocket Fish.
Thank u for your help and suggestion. I will find a used Sony 1TB DAC and use my iphone, internet tv and laptop to control it.
192 kb/s with a library here I come lol
Iphone 13 Qobuz to McIntosh 2100 maximum lossless
I did a search on the forum. I’m sure this has been discussed before but I can’t seem to find a thread.
I am trying to iphone 13 stream Qubuz Premium maximum lossless.
I just read to forget about Bluetooth because it can only stream at 48.
Apple says I need their lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack to direct wire that maximum streaming rate. As you know, the McIntosh 2100 doesn’t have a 3.5mm headphone in jack.
i can only see two choices: 1) lightning to 3.5mm then 3.5mm to RCA or,
2) Amazon sells a lightning to RCA cable but I don’t know about what I read as the cable needs a built in DAC. Idk how Apple’s 3.5mm is supposed to be able to do that however does the lAmazon’s listings of lightning to RCA’s accomplish the same thing?
i am so very sorry for what probably has been discussed in the past. Please bear with my ignorance. Thanks.