My iMac is connected via usb to a Parasound P6 Preamplifier for enjoyment of high res Apple Music. The sound is more lifelike than any other means I have to recorded music except 5.1 SACD. My hope is to get an Apple TV and connect it to a Dolby ATMOS Receiver like one of the new Sony’s so I can...

I am going to attempt Apple Music’s Spatial Audio via Apple TV connected to my OPPO-205 in PrePro role feeding a multi-channel Sony TA-P9000ES analog preamplifier. The OPPO will decode Dolby ATMOS but since the Sony zpresmp is just 5.1 the ATMOS channels will end up coming from front channels...

I don’t use headphones and the DAC is in the P6.

These days Apple Music seems to deliver AAC and ALAC files which I cannot distinguish from SACD, so for now I am quite satisfied with Apple Music from an M1 iMAC to Parasound 2.1 Preamplifier via usb.

No doubt Apple Music via usb from iMac to Parasound 2.1 P6 sounds on par to SACD.

Yep, all of my Apple Music devices sound great but the best is from iMac M1 outputting to my Parasound P6 2.1 Preamplifier/DAC, very lifelike at any volume.

In reality you are divorced from reality, since from day one in the history of recorded music lifelike has always been the goal.

Of course, electronic music is not considerable in terms such as lifelike. I thought those on this forum would have enough intelligence to know that without need to quality it. Now, for acoustic and vocal recordings who would not want an impression of lifelike?

For streaming analog (AAC, MP3, audiobooks, Internet music streams, etc.) from a Mac to an AirPort Express base station (AX), iTunes does most of the work: iTunes decompresses those file formats and creates what's essentially a raw, uncompressed audio stream. That stream is then compressed...

What we all want from any recorded music is lifelike sound. And technology has moved on now to Apple Music Lossless and Hi-Res streaming for sound that really is lifelike when processed by a contemporary DAC. In other words, this thread is kind of meaningless for anyone routing Apple Music via...

It's been a disaster for Tidal. When claims about MQA from MQA and Tidal were disproven it discredited both entities and now since CD and Hi-Res is streamed by most services, MQA technology is no longer relevant. This means MQA is indeed dead and Tidal has been so discredited its reasonable that...

Yes MQA is dead, made obsolete since Apple Music began delivering hi-res ALAC.

O.K., so the TC28i adapter Lightning to usb-c will serve to deliver Hi-Res from my iPhone 7+ to my Parasound P6 Preamplifier's usb DAC input, is that right? I can buy this device on Amazon for about $28.

Wondering, can a Lightning to usb cable send 24/192 to an external usb DAC? Example: iPhone 7+ to Parasound P6 DAC via the cable typically used to charge an iPhone.

So, your stereo receives HDMI output?

I am enjoying Apple Lossless via iTunes running on a 7+ iPhone connected to Airport Express, which is connected to my Parasound P6 preamp's DAC.. Of course, the Airport Express down samples the up to 24/48 streams to 16/44.1. To enjoy 24/192 I will need to connect my iPhone to the Parasound via...

I used to buy multi-channel music from Acoustic Sounds in FLAC format because foobar 2000 will play it. It was a hassle. A lot of clicks to get the files to the player and then driver configuration to get files via HDMI to OPPO. From music purchase to music playback about 27 clicks as I recall...

I think I am good to go: for Spatial Audio I have now connected my laptop via HDMI to my OPPO-205 which processes Dolby ATMOS and outputs to my 5.1 analog preamp. The laptop has been configured in sound control panel to Dolby ATMOS. For lossless, I have connected my laptop via usb to my...

Operating system is Windows 10. Sound setting is output to OPPO HDMI. Output in foobar is to OPPO HDMI. Still no 6 channel output, just stereo. The files are showing in properties as 6 channel and before I deleted them from C drive they did indeed play in 6 channel from foobar.

How to I enable? I do not know what or how to set output mode,0r what output mode even is. All I know is several year ago I downloaded some 6 channel FLAC files to my C drive and set them to play via foobar. A few months ago having copied the files to external drive I deleted files on C drive.

Foobar 2000 is downmixing all 6 channel FLAC recordings I have on external hard drive and thumb drive in 6 channel to stereo. What sequence of steps do I need to take to play these FLAC files in 6 channel?

Foobar 2000 supports play of 5.1 FLAC.