iPhone to NAD 316


I have an iPhone with a lightening connection and an NAD 316BEE v2. I believe that it is possible to hook them up and play music from the iPhone over the amp. I can either get a lightening-to-RCA cable (my preferred method) or lightening-to-3.5-headphone jack, the female version of which is located on the front of the amp. Which one will work? Which one is best? I guess the phone is outputting a digital signal. Do I need a DAC before it reaches the amp or will something—the cable, the amp—handle that? Many thanks. 
paul6001

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Whatever I do, I’m not especially concerned with audio quality. I wouldn’t be using my phone as a source if I was. 
I’m not familiar with AirPlay. But I assume it will involve hooking up some sort of signal receiver at the amp end of the equation. NAD doesn’t have any sort of apple-ready technology in it, does it?
Dinosore, I feel like I should have the name. Is “Luddite” taken? So you’re saying that the iPhone to RCA will work? It was my understanding that when Apple used the old style headphone socket, the phone put out analog content. But when they switched to the lightening port, they got rid of the DAC and started putting out digital content. The DAC is now in earbuds or EarPods or whatever they’re called. So it seems like I would need a DAC somewhere in the loop. Not for sound quality but just in order for the music to play. 
I can risk the $15 for the lightening to RCA and, if it doesn’t work, it’s not the end of the world. But should I buy some kind of AirPlay receiver instead. Audio is fraught with so many pitfalls!