Qobuz vs Airplay

Airplay is limited to CD quality (16/44) last I knew.  According to ChatGPT, it is not limited to 320kbps, fwiw.  Regardless, you can’t get what you’re paying for out of Qobuz or any high-res service.  And its playback isn’t perfect. Furthermore, your phone is the player, which is problematic for many reasons and I suspect the phone may introduce degradation of its own.

I believe Tidal has caught up to Qobuz for quality since Tidal ditched MQA.

I have a Marantz Model 40n and I love it.  It has Tidal Connect and Qobuz Connect, so it will play those services at full resolution, and it connects to them directly itself - your phone is just the controller, not the player. 

@sextantcv4 Marantz is part of the Denon HEOS ecosystem, so you can add that to your list.  With my 40n I’ve got a high (enough) end class A/B amp for my main listening and small Denon Home speakers around the house for whole-home audio.  I feel this is superior to Sonos and Airplay.

With B&W 606 S2 mains my setup is perfectly adequate for my aging ears.

Apple Music is high res, but like Tidal and I think Qobuz, their library ranges from 16/44 to 24/192.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/118295

Honestly I have to really try hard to hear the difference between 16/44 and anything higher, and 16/44 is certainly sufficient.  I grew my audiophile ears on CDs, so that's my baseline.  I can hear the difference between 16/44 and many Spotify 320kbps tracks.  Unacceptable for anything but background music.  If Spotify ever gets off its fat ass and releases its high res tier, I'll probably switch to that because I already have a Spotify family account for my wife and kids, and I think it's "radio" functionality is better than Tidal's.

I don’t use Apple Music, and (edit) HEOS does NOT support it at full resolution.  Yeah I came to the same conclusion about the Apple TV box, which I have.  It’s a shame because I otherwise like the Apple ecosystem.

If you’re not into HEOS, I can recommend Cambridge Audio streamers like the MX10 I had before HEOS supported Tidal and Qobuz.  It has a fabulous DAC and a fabulous app for playing Qobuz or whatever.

“Anything with Apple or "mac" labeled, run! Run away. ”

To where? If you say Windows you have no credibility. If you say Linux you’re out of touch.