iPhone -> amp -> speakers (lossless)

Nitefly

Nitefly

Nitefly

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Hello - I’m thinking of the best way to get my “hi-def” lossless Apple Music tracks from my phone.

I have an amplifier (Marantz 6005) and some basic wharfdale 220 speakers.

The Marantz has an optical input and a build in DAC.

I think the least amount of components needed would be:

- iPhone camera adaptor (USB female end)
- USB male to male cable
- USB female to optical adaptor

This all seems a bit fiddly! Is there a neater solution that doesn’t involve buying a new amp…?

Thanks!
 
wesimmo said:
Would bluetooth ruin the sound?

I bought a little bluetooth receiver, USB powered and RCA out to my stereo amp.
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Good idea, but you can’t stream lossless via Bluetooth (not compatible - so the quality gets downgraded).

However, I’m aware that network streaming doesn’t have the same limitations…. But that itself can have separate limitations.
 
Ah right. TBF my ears aren't that good and my stereo equipment isn't great (low end cambridge amp and mission speakers) so I'm perfectly happy with Spotify over bluetooth.
 
hornetstinger said:
Get a audio streamer that plays lossless digital out to your dac
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From what I understand, apples ‘AirPlay’ supports streaming in lossless, but the Apple Music app does not.

So not possible to stream to a DAC from the Apple Music app in lossless. Willing to be shown otherwise!
 
Right, this is what I went with:

Lightening Cable to USB 3 Camera Adaptor:

Apple Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter : Apple: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Buy
www.amazon.co.uk

USB (3) A to C cable:

USB to Coaxial Adaptor:

Coaxial Cable:

This will then run into the Marantz 6005 (which has a DAC) and out through the speakers. Here hoping it sounds good!
 
hornetstinger said:
lol could have just bought a streamer.

£60 for coaxial cable????
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Nitefly said:
As mentioned, Apple Music / airplay via a streamer wouldn’t be hi-def lossless, so there are some limitations based on what I have.

Yes - it was £60.
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Your comment made me reflect on this further - if it’s a digital cable, probably extremely limited returns even if the reviews for it were positive.

Swapped it for £10 alternative :)
 
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