Hi All,
I’ve got a question about getting the best from streaming music. I’ve got an iPhone, and an Apple TV 3, Topping DAC and Apple Music subscription. I currently stream music from my phone to Apple TV, and run the digital audio out into a Topping D30 DAC and into my NVA system. It sounds great, and I’ve been delighted with it for the last few months, but lately I’ve noticed that the top end is very thin, likely as result of the compression Apple use. It’s bugging me now. It’s not the DAC, I have my CD Player set to play direct into my system, and also play via the DAC, and there is no comparison, the Toppings DAC is hugely better than the one in my CD player, very detailed and musical. So, it’s just the medium (compressed streaming music), or its the Apple TV 3. Can improvements be made, or is it just the limitation of the medium? Would other streaming hardware help?
I’ve been told that I should consider a Raspberry pie, based system, but confused as to what that’s all about. For example:
https://denbeke.be/blog/software/raspberry-pi-with-hifiberry-running-volumio-an-awesome-music-streamer/and, how would this solve my problem?
What other options do I have? What hardware are you guys using for streaming? For reference, I mostly use vinyl, I use streaming music for convenience and to listen to new music....
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Im stuck with Apple Music. Will swapping Apple TV for some other dedicated hardware make improvements, or am I just hearing the compression, and that’s as good as it gets?
As a result, I was using Bluetooth to connect to it (and stream music), and this is the source of the compression and loss of top end.
I factory reset the Apple TV, set it up properly with internet access, and now the music streams through the Apple TV via Wi-fi. The result is way better audio, almost up there with my very nice CD player.
Was a a case of RTFM. All sorted now. Very happy with the quality.
Thanks for the replies.
Marlin