Qobuz vs Airplay


Good Evening,

Seeking input on streaming music on Qobuz using  Simaudio Mind 2 streamer on 390 Pre/Dac/Streamer vs Apple music on Apple Airplay over the Sim 390.  (Speakers are Magico A3, amp is Sim 330A) Do you notice a material difference between Qobuz and Airplay?  The differences on my system do not seem significant. Possibly it is the music used, which is primarily rock or EDM (and for which Apple Music has a much broader selection than Qobuz).  Appreciate any input.

Regards,

Dokosan

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dokosan

Prior system had Simaudio 390 NP with ARC VS115, ARC LS17, and Revel F32. Used Qobuz 95% to stream over other streaming apps. IMO, Qobuz sounded so much better than Apple Music/ITunes via AirPlay especially with Simaudio 390 NP.

Alpiner.  Thanks for that Apple support link    I can’t see how from the link one can listen to 192 lossless on Apple Music to other than an Apple device and even if I’m reading it correctly, an Apple TV won’t support lossless

  1. Select or unselect Lossless. Apple TV 4K currently doesn’t support Hi-Res Lossless (sample rates greater than 48 kHz).

so for Apple Music, how does one listen to greater than 48 kHz on other than an Apple device?

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.

Very interesting discussion. I had no idea there were various streaming resolution levels as iPhone setting options. Thanks for the information.