![]() ![]() It helped checking with Manavendra ( who uses AE to confirm. I’d read it earlier, but never given it a serious thought. The AirPort Express (AE) 1st gen, which was phased out in 2014 still uses AirPlay 1 over which you can stream lossless to it from any Apple device. And it’s accidental, in the form of a product that is obsolete for almost a decade now! So, while lossless music was available for almost two years, I couldn’t benefit from it.Ĭut to a fortnight ago, when a discussion on one of the threads reminded me something that I already knew - that there is one way still to stream lossless wirelessly from handheld Apple device to the stereo system. But I don’t want to either tether my phone/tablet to the DAC, nor do I want to go to a computer to play music on my stereo system. An alternative was to play Apple Music from your MacBook and airplay to your streamer from the universal setting (and not the app). However, as we all know, Apple’s Airplay didn’t allow streaming lossless from handheld devices to your streamer/DAC. Now, I am quite invested in the Apple ecosystem even otherwise and this was a godsend. Alas Tidal, Qobuz and Amazon don’t seem to be interested in launching lossless in the big market that is India.īut meanwhile Apple took the initiative and launched lossless at Rs 99 pm. A couple of years ago I’d tried Tidal and Qobuz lossless, and knew it’s the way ahead. Over the years our appetite for resolution has been rising and though Spotify and YT satisfy most of my listening needs, the urge to stream lossless remained. It opened up many possibilities, the best of which were native play and internet radio. The Cambridge CXN 2, purchased over four years ago (and extensively reviewed by me in a thread) was a big step in this journey. ![]() As must be obvious from my posts that I am hugely into streaming music. ![]()
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