Casting Apple Music from iphone

[charleypricejr]

I have Apple Music on my iPhone. It and the will ultra are hooked to the same WiFi. How do I cast Apple Music from IPhone to the WiiM?
Or how can I control a lossless Apple Music stream to Ultra?

 

[hgo58]

I have Apple Music on my iPhone. It and the will ultra are hooked to the same WiFi. How do I cast Apple Music from IPhone to the WiiM?
Or how can I control a lossless Apple Music stream to Ultra?

Please have a look at these solution pages:

How to Stream Apple Music to Your WiiM Devices

TABLE OF CONTENTS Method 1: Stream Apple Music via Bluetooth Method 2: Stream Apple Music via AirPlay (iOS) Method 3: Stream Apple Music via Google Cast Method 4: Stream Apple Music Using a Wired Connection (iOS) Tips If you use Apple Mu...

faq.wiimhome.com

WiiM Ultra for Apple Users: Stream Music Without AirPlay

For Apple users, AirPlay has been a go-to solution for streaming music across devices. While the WiiM Ultra doesn’t support AirPlay, there are still plenty of ways to enjoy high-quality audio. This tutorial will introduce alternative methods to s...

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[HansD-NL]

Welcome Charley, there are loads of topics about this. Apple Music does not have support for streamer platforms to talk directly to their catalog like other streaming platforms like Spotify, Tidal, Quobuz do. The only one is Sonos and that is an old "grandfathered" agreement. Eversolo is running the Android version of the Apple Music app but the Wiim is not based on Android. Also, the Ultra has no Airplay anymore. The mini, Pro, Pro Plus and Amp still do though. That is in an nutshell whats up with that.

hgo58's reply is much better than mine. ​

 

[EddNog]

Welcome Charley, there are loads of topics about this. Apple Music does not have support for streamer platforms to talk directly to their catalog like other streaming platforms like Spotify, Tidal, Quobuz do. The only one is Sonos and that is an old "grandfathered" agreement. Eversolo is running the Android version of the Apple Music app but the Wiim is not based on Android. Also, the Ultra has no Airplay anymore. The mini, Pro, Pro Plus and Amp still do though. That is in an nutshell whats up with that.

Note also that Eversolo's implementation of native Apple Music support is limited to Redbook grade (CD quality or 44.1KHz/16-Bit)...not that the vast majority of people could ever successfully and consistently tell that apart versus high-res in a level-matched blind A/B test.

-Ed

 

[Patagonia]

Would an Apple TV3 with optical out to the Wiim do the trick?, they can be can very cheap, wanted to sell mine but so he prices and it wasn’t worth the hassle.

 

[HansD-NL]

Would an Apple TV3 with optical out to the Wiim do the trick?, they can be can very cheap, wanted to sell mine but so he prices and it wasn’t worth the hassle.

Nope unfortunately not. The TV 3 transcodes all audio to lossy 256 Kbps AAC. The Apple TV 4K can play lossless Apple Music but only up to 48Khz samplerate so no Hi-Res Lossless. Come on Apple what a mess!

If they continue to restrict al kinds of things Apple Music will never be a real success.

 

[EddNog]

Note also that Eversolo's implementation of native Apple Music support is limited to Redbook grade (CD quality or 44.1KHz/16-Bit)...not that the vast majority of people could ever successfully and consistently tell that apart versus high-res in a level-matched blind A/B test.

-Ed

I take this back--the unit comes preloaded with their own Apple Music app, which is limited to CD quality, but if you use the app store and install Apple's own app, it can play high-res and does!

-Ed

 

[HansD-NL]

I take this back--the unit comes preloaded with their own Apple Music app, which is limited to CD quality, but if you use the app store and install Apple's own app, it can play high-res and does!

-Ed

Is that so? That is great news, good to know! But i'm now wondering what the reason is that Eversolo pre-installed an (self made?) Apple Music app that is different than the real app...

 

[EddNog]

Is that so? That is great news, good to know! But i'm now wondering what the reason is that Eversolo pre-installed an (self made?) Apple Music app that is different than the real app...

The Eversolo Apple Music app has better usability on their landscape screens than Apple’s own app. When you use Apple’s app, during playback, the play details only occupy the right quarter of the screen whilst the left three quarters of the screen are just the previous screen (part of the current playlist for me since I always play playlists from my own library). Apple’s own app is really meant to be used portrait mode.

Moot point since I just turn on the Spectrum Analyzer anyway instead of looking at playback details.

-Ed

 

[HansD-NL]

The Eversolo Apple Music app has better usability on their landscape screens than Apple’s own app. When you use Apple’s app, during playback, the play details only occupy the right quarter of the screen whilst the left three quarters of the screen are just the previous screen (part of the current playlist for me since I always play playlists from my own library). Apple’s own app is really meant to be used portrait mode.

Moot point since I just turn on the Spectrum Analyzer anyway instead of looking at playback details.

-Ed

Thanks for the hands-on information, very interesting.

 

[HighNRG]

Want to tell you how I do it since two weeks:
My very easy setup for Apple Music is the combination of FiiO's SR11 and K11 R2R. Have to write I have used it before Darko kinda hyped it.
It gives me Airplay 1 (one!), a remote for volume and settings and two headphone outs. Nothing more needed for Apple Music. Airplay 1, not 2, is absolutely fine for me. Analog input of the Vibelink. Cheap. Job well done.
Of course the K11 DAC is not necessary if you want f.e. to use the Ultra as pre-amp. Or more old school manual volume setting, f.e. on a Vibelink. Than the SR11 is enough, for that use case.
For sure you can use a Mini with the Ultra. You save even some €. But you get Airplay 2 only. Strange to say that 1 is better than 2, it has other merits. But with the Mini you have no ethernet and no USB out. From sound quality I still prefer AP1. So if you do not need the WiiM software twice, it is worth a look. I do not have any multiroom setups, but from that side the solution with a Mini might give advantages. No idea. So it is up to personal prefs. As usual.
PS: I know that this gives me not "High Resolution". But the quality, which they say is CD, is enough for me.