I’ve been thinking aout switching to iphone but I don’t know what to do about my music. i mostly high quality flac files (local) and i cant even think about having to restrict myself to a streaming service

I’ve been thinking about switching to iPhone but don’t know what to do about my music. I mostly high-quality FLAC files (local) and I can’t even think about having to restrict myself to a streaming service

  • OpenRepublic4790@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Here’s the scoop on audio file resolution on Apple Music.

    I use an iPhone 11 Pro and Apple Music. Almost everything (>95% of my download music) is available lossless (44.1k 16bit) and some (20%?) is available in high-res (anything higher than 44.1/16, hi-res file type is ALAC)) . By default Apple Music configured to stream and download lossy, but you can select either lossless or high-res for each independently. All that applies to music on the phone.

    Getting the file to a DAC: 1) using Bluetooth everything down samples to lossy, 2) using Airplay 2 everything down samples to 44.1/16, 3) tethered using USB everything plays at the highest resolution on the phone I’ve seen files play at 44.1/16, 48/16, 96/16, 96/24.

    I haven’t used other music services, so I can’t help with them.