Hi Res from iPhone vs AppleTV sound


Not well versed in digital music.
 

I’m retiring my iPhone 7+ and thought I’d get a camera connection kit and usb cable and run the phone as a high res playback direct to my DAC.

 

it’s running into a Schiit Modeus.

 

My AppleTV doesn’t do hi res, but the signal goes via HDMI to my tv which passes the audio to Optical out and into the optical input on the Modeus.

 

I was A/B’ing then and the hi res via usb is noticeably thinner whereas the ATV. Is full.

 

Maybe there’s more to it? 

gochurchgo

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I’m all about the vinyl. I was just messing around with the CCK. Sounds good now.

 

99% of the music I like will never exist in high res.

@mahler123  AppleTV caps at 24/48 and only has HDMI out. Which is a bummer.

 

@lalitk  I’ve never seen Masonna, Controlled Bleeding, Trepaneringsritualen and early Swedish black metal in high res. Some of them barely do vinyl as it is.

@lalitk  it’s all good. I prefer vinyl. I only did this with my old phone because my DAC was capable.  I like to learn. 🙂