“The world is full of compromise and infinite red tape. But the music’s got the magic, it’s your one chance for escape.”

if the goal of an audiophile is to get the highest quality reproduction of a recording

It’s not.

The goal of the audiophile is to find a sound that pleases them the most, and have fun or really nice equipment that also pleases them to the level they can afford.

Literally all audiophilia.

There is a difference in quality between bluetooth and lossless.

It takes a bit of doing to stream lossless through AirPlay (which is what I think you meant instead of AppleAir). So you would have to choose your DAC wisely.

Can you hear a difference between AAC and lossless via Airplay? Meh, the master that is chosen is more important.

Can you hear a difference between bluetooth and AAC streaming? A lot of people say they can.

Rule 2.

Ask purchase and shopping questions in the Shopping and Setup Help Desk
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The video’s comment section is full of “no one needs this” and “overpriced” and all that, but I thought audiophiles - whom I would think want to make sure their digital signals actually get sent and received optimally - would find this interesting. Maybe still not worth the money, but interesting to see.