Apple Music A Most Elegant Way to Get Bit-Perfect High-Res Apple Music with WiiM DSP & Bass Management!

[EddNog]

Don't usb-c cables that come with Apple products have the correct chips in them?

Those definitely do.

-Ed

 

[saberger1]

Those definitely do.

-Ed

So if I’m connecting my MacBook via Apple usb-c to SMSL PO100>to Ultra via optical>to DAC via COAX I should be able to stream hi-res Apple Music correct?

 

[EddNog]

So if I’m connecting my MacBook via Apple usb-c to SMSL PO100>to Ultra via optical>to DAC via COAX I should be able to stream hi-res Apple Music correct?

Correct.

 

[saberger1]

Well I'm still having a problem with streaming hi-res Apple Music using the cable that came with my Macbook. According to a little research, not all Apple cables have an e marker chip, and perhaps the issue.

 

[EddNog]

Well I'm still having a problem with streaming hi-res Apple Music using the cable that came with my Macbook. According to a little research, not all Apple cables have an e marker chip, and perhaps the issue.

Okay, sorry; I didn’t pay enough attention with my previous response.

Since you’re on a MacBook, the sample rate is controlled by MacOS. There are software apps that can try to automatically adjust the sample rate to match whatever song is being streamed into Apple Music, but I’ve found it flakey/unreliable. If you have an iPhone or an iPad, try it with the same cable—you’ll find that the problem is not the cable, but that you’re playing from a Mac, sadly. This is a deficiency of the way that iTunes functions on MacOS.

-Ed

 

[saberger1]

Same issue with iPhone using Apple usb-c from phone to PO100. Still not getting lossless.

It's really not a big deal because I use Qobuz anyway and I have no issues with it and the PO100. From what little research I did it seems that not all Apple cables have the proper chip and therefore might not be hi-res friendly on Apple devices connected to the PO100.

 

[EddNog]

Same issue with iPhone using Apple usb-c from phone to PO100. Still not getting lossless.

It's really not a big deal because I use Qobuz anyway and I have no issues with it and the PO100. From what little research I did it seems that not all Apple cables have the proper chip and therefore might not be hi-res friendly on Apple devices connected to the PO100.

Okay…this is a first I’ve ever heard of this problem. I use all sorts of random USB-C cables with my MacBook Air M1 (Audirvāna playback which locks the output device and plays bit-perfect high-res lossless without issue) as well as with my iPhone and iPad to external DACs and also DAC dongles and never had an issue. And I am definitely talking about a huge variety of cables from expensive, “hifi-grade,” stuff to some cheap crap that came with a $5 charger from the dollar store.

However, I have always had issues with the iTunes app playing high-res on my MacBook. It works perfectly fine on my iPhone and iPad, though, and always has.

-Ed