Archerious
Previously known as vampire5003
The new iPad Pros use USB-C not lightning. That being said you can use third party adapters.
I bit the bullet and bought an iPad Pro and the adapter from Amazon was $19.99.
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Apple Music Now with lossless high-res and spatial audio
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I bit the bullet and bought an iPad Pro and the adapter from Amazon was $19.99.
other users here that use cca adapter and apple music?
what gear? old or new adapter?
I have the same issues with my schiit gear:
When DragonFly (Black, Red, Cobalt) is connected to an iOS device using Apple’s older Lightning to USB Camera Connection Kit, I can hear clicks and pops in the background of the music. What should I do? In some rare instances, the combination of an iOS device in conjunction with the standard CCK and DragonFly Black, Red, or Cobalt causes a clicking in the background of the music.
Neither we nor Apple have been able to determine why this is, but, in circumstances where this occurs, we’ve found that using Apple’s Lightning-to-USB 3 Camera Adapter resolves the problem. In addition, this connector offers improved audio performance over the smaller unit and provides the ability to charge the attached iOS device while listening to music.
but john darko use the old cca and smile:
https://darko.audio/2021/06/apple-music-hi-res-audio-again/
what gear? old or new adapter?
I have the same issues with my schiit gear:
When DragonFly (Black, Red, Cobalt) is connected to an iOS device using Apple’s older Lightning to USB Camera Connection Kit, I can hear clicks and pops in the background of the music. What should I do? In some rare instances, the combination of an iOS device in conjunction with the standard CCK and DragonFly Black, Red, or Cobalt causes a clicking in the background of the music.
Neither we nor Apple have been able to determine why this is, but, in circumstances where this occurs, we’ve found that using Apple’s Lightning-to-USB 3 Camera Adapter resolves the problem. In addition, this connector offers improved audio performance over the smaller unit and provides the ability to charge the attached iOS device while listening to music.
but john darko use the old cca and smile:
https://darko.audio/2021/06/apple-music-hi-res-audio-again/
Archerious
Previously known as vampire5003
I use a third party adapter, like $19 on Amazon and it works perfectly. I'd recommend that as well.
The official apple adapters are hit or miss, and frankly the build quality and cords aren't the best quality despite Apple charging high prices for the adapter.
No issues with the USB 2.0 Apple CCK and iFi iDSD Diablo. Have also used multiple USB C to lightning OTG cables with L&P W2 or Lotoo PAW S1 without issue. Have used all of those with an iPhone SE2, iPhone 12, and iPhone 12 Pro Max with Apple Music. I also worried about the cable like @Archerious pointed out, but nothing a couple of springs from a pen couldn't fix.
It’s 5 years old now and no signs of strain.
It’s 5 years old now and no signs of strain.
mmm... could be my DAC. maybe I should sell my schiit Hel 2 and buy a IFI instead
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The apple lightening to 3.5mm headphone dongle has rendered my Fiio M11 DAP useless to be honest. I’m enjoying lossless on my iPhone.
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IMHO that's kinda funny, the official Apple Music app wouldn't even work on FiiO M11 at all since there's no way to login successfully
http://fiio.me/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=46731
https://www.reddit.com/r/FiiO/comments/oh8rgw/hi_guys_any_news_about_when_apple_music_its_gonna/
Maybe it's the same deal with NePLAYER even though Apple Music could be accessed in different way?
http://fiio.me/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=46731
https://www.reddit.com/r/FiiO/comments/oh8rgw/hi_guys_any_news_about_when_apple_music_its_gonna/
Maybe it's the same deal with NePLAYER even though Apple Music could be accessed in different way?
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It's pretty cool that USB-C dongle DACs work with Apple devices that have them. iPhone will never switch to USB-C until it completely overtakes Android, Airplay drains your battery, and the CCK option or whatever is a travesty of UX. Other 3rd party audiophile options offer questionable compatibility because licensing costs extra. So infuriating.
That’s why the M11 has be rendered useless by a £9 dongle dac, and I can’t say I’ve noticed worse sound quality.
Finger Fish
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I'm glad the M11 Plus can use Apple Music. I've been really enjoying it on it. Sucks one day Apple will go portless, killing all wired options.
JoePR31
100+ Head-Fier
Strongly considering dropping my Tidal subscription and sticking with Apple Music, but I’ve spent the past 30 minutes trying to find a way to EQ lossless music streaming from the Apple Music app on my MacBook while connected via USB-C to my DAC and came up empty. Did I do a poor job of searching, or is there truly no software that can do this?
rlw6534
Headphoneus Supremus
The built-in equalizer (Window->Equalizer) isn't working?
JoePR31
100+ Head-Fier
I was lead to believe that it wouldn't work when using a DAC connected via USB. Is that not true?
rlw6534
Headphoneus Supremus
Hmm. It's doing something but it does seem glitchy, especially the preamp adjustment (distortion). Maybe not a good idea to use. Sorry, I didn't know better.
JoePR31
100+ Head-Fier
I just got back home and tried it. Like you said, the preamp doesn't seem to do anything beneficial, but the EQ itself does seem to work well enough. It's not nearly as useful as a parametric EQ, but it's better than nothing. Just needed a small boost to my Elegia's mid bass and lower sub bass and the results were satisfactory. Thanks for your help!
Edit: I'd still like to find a better solution, so if anyone knows any, please do share!
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