guitarforlife
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Post by guitarforlife on Mar 5, 2016 15:27:42 GMT -5
My Son streams music though his Ipad and it sounds pretty good. I was thinking about giving it to try.
I have a USB on the front of my Marantz CD6005 to plug it into. It is the same DAC as Marantz HD-DAC-1 (CS4398) That is their stand alone headphone DAC unit.
Does any one stream though their Ipad? And if not why not?
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but since it is not my forte I'm a little ignorant on this. Any advise would be great. Thanks. Tony
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Post by teaman on Mar 5, 2016 15:38:14 GMT -5
I don't see why not. Basically the same set up as an iphone or ipod. I use mine hooked up to my home stereos via a Pure i20 dock. This dock has optical toslink output so you get good sound. They sell for about $100. I have them going through my XDA-2's. I have never used the actual USB hookup though.
Tim
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Post by JKCashin on Mar 5, 2016 16:05:55 GMT -5
I sometimes stream over airplay through my Apple TV, so this way the Dac in my AVR gets used.
Jamie
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Post by JKCashin on Mar 5, 2016 16:06:07 GMT -5
(And it sounds pretty darn good)
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Post by yves on Mar 5, 2016 17:05:13 GMT -5
No because I own an Astell & Kern AK240, which already has its own built-in WiFi streaming so no need for an iPad or anything like that.
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Post by 509Paul on Mar 5, 2016 17:15:30 GMT -5
All my music on the iPad is in lossless format and I stream it to an Airport Express and optical out to a Musical Fidelity DAC which feeds it to the XMC-1.
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Post by 3labman on Mar 5, 2016 17:33:06 GMT -5
I use Tidal streaming to my airport express via airplay and then on to my XDA 1. Sounds excellent.
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guitarforlife
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Post by guitarforlife on Mar 6, 2016 0:19:25 GMT -5
Thanks for all the replies guys. It was a big help. Thank YOU !!!
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Post by geebo on Mar 6, 2016 5:32:06 GMT -5
Yep, Amazon music using an iPad Mini and Apple TV via Toslink to an XDA-2 and out to a pair of Airmotiv 6s.
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Post by audiobill on Mar 6, 2016 5:52:25 GMT -5
If you prefer CD quality, Tidal is the way to go.
ipad, iphone or android>airport express or apple tv (via Airplay)>dac>system
Note that airport express outputs 44.1 where apple tv upsamples to 48
Little if any audible difference, according to many listeners
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Post by mgbpuff on Mar 6, 2016 7:44:42 GMT -5
I use an iPod to play upgraded Pandora through a Cambridge ID100 Dock which delivers the digita signal vial coax, toslink, or AES to my Emotiva DC-1. I use it a lot because it is convenient and sounds great.
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Post by Boomzilla on Mar 6, 2016 8:14:22 GMT -5
Apple DACs (in ALL their products) are better by orders of magnitude than the DACs in PCs. I wouldn't call them "audiophile quality," but they're good enough to be used for all but the most critical of listening. Enjoy your iPod, iPad, Mac, or iPhone!
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Post by bluemeanies on Mar 6, 2016 9:33:03 GMT -5
I have TIDAL and use my iPad and APPLE TV to stream all of my music.
Tidal offers 25,000,000 songs at CD quality and thousands of videos plus cataloging your favorites with great graphics and you can also make a variety of playlists.
Of course TIDAL is not for everyone but they offer a FREE 30day trial.
If you are a veteran there is a substantial discount.
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