Why does streaming need to be so complex

Eric I still run Logitech Media server for the same basic reason. I added Plex a few years back.  I will probably wait to see what happens with amazon hd music integration into various platforms in the immediate future and go from there but I already have access to more great sounding streaming music than I will ever have time to listen to.  Great times to be a hifi and music lover.  

From what I read I’m pretty sure iphone cannot do true 24/192.....yet but can’t say for sure.

If so, its possble apps running on iphone know the limits and resample higher res sources to lower res to be able to play but not at original resolution.

Cd res streaming is pretty easy these days but higher rez streaming is still a more limited niche with arguably marginal benefits so that will be trickier.

I don’t use that specific converter but sure there are many choices that would not cost much to try on Amazon and elsewhere I would expect.

Fwiw i am one that is in the original technical camp that determined cd resolution was technically the right resolution to cover the 20-20khz range that most people are at best able to hear (Nyquist Theorum).

Also I don’t think there is much material out there of interest to me recorded, mixed, mastered, delivered and streamed at those high resolutions, Rather in most cases CD res recordings are merely upsampled and possibly processed to sound different and perhaps better to some at high res, but high res in that case does not mean more detail.

Its like watching digitally remastered TV shows from the pre hi res tv age made to look their best on high res tvs, but detail is no better than original. You can’t recover detail once lost, just dress what's there up to look better. Lipstick on a pig per-se.

So between these two things I have had very little interest in high res audio. Some day I will probably subscribe to Amazon HD and maybe care more. I would not want to miss anything even if in fact its not there in most cases.

I use the camera adaptor with a Chord Mojo DAC and it sounds fine. Have you tried it? That’s the only way to know. Not a big investment. Many people (including me) use it with very high quality headphone setups as well.

You do need a compatible connection type on the dac of course.

Many things determine jitter including dac used. I believe Benchmark is pretty jitter resistant.

I think people do themselves a disservice automatically rejecting using their existing multipurpose devices as a digital source with their hifi gear. I think most might be pleasantly surprised. Easy to try and see for oneself first before investing in expensive specialty devices.

Any smartphone, tablet or computer with apple lightning or usb digital outputs to an external dac can be used for high quality streaming using most any source or app including somehing new like Amazon hd music. . No special devices needed.