Qobuz vs Airplay

AirPlay is a notch above Bluetooth and a notch below CD.  Chromecast is better but difficult to use with Apple Music (you need to have the Apple Music on an Android Device).

I primarily use Physical Media, CDs or higher resolution silver disc.  I either play the disc or the ripped copy from my server.  I use Apple Music because my non audiophile wife wants to use it.  Qobuz screwed me on a subscription in the past so I don’t use them any more for about 3 years now.  I use streaming services to audition a disc and if I like it I purchase it.  
  I recognize that Apple Music isn’t as good as Qobuz sonically but its catalog is extensive and it works for my purposes.  So how to maximize the sound? I’ve done all the settings changes as suggested up thread and as someone else noted, AirPlay simply tops out at slightly below CD quality.  I am not complaining; I was just commenting for the benefit of the OP.

  Interestingly if you play a ‘Library’ selection from Apple Music on Apple TV (I have 2 ATVs in my mid fi HT systems), it will play in full Hi Rez, 24/192, if available, but only on ATV.  I’ve thought about adding an ATV to my 2 channel system for this reason but it would require a monitor change and ATVs are buggy little bastards so I’m not interested 
 

When I had a Qobuz subscription it didn’t work well if I was mobile, such as driving.  Apple at least has been glitch free in that respect 

My Cambridge Audio Stream Magic app was recently updated.  Last night I accidentally hit the Qobuz tab.  Previously if I had hit the tab I would get my account information along with a notification that it was inactive.  This time I had full access to.  My old playlist and the few downloads were right there and I could access new recordings.  I predicted that this glitch would be transient and when I checked back a few hours later I could only sample recordings on the search function and my downloads disappeared.

  However..it had sounded marvelous.  When I had cancelled Qobuz earlier I was actually using a streamer that cost 3x the CA but I didn’t remember it sounding so immediate.  I realized that I could renew Qobuz through the Apple App store, which is much easier to cancel apps through than dealing with the actual services .

  So now I’m back in.  It’s a mystery to me how certain companies do a better job implementing streaming services than others, but it’s a phenomenon.  And if Apple doesn’t prioritize SQ, at least they make it easier to interact with companies that do