![]() ![]() Over 35 of the NativeDSD Music catalog are DSD or DXD Albums that are not available on SACD. That’s how we make sure that you get as close to the actual performance as possible. Apple will surely develop its own Lightning-to-USB-C adapter to cover its billion+ legacy devices out there, but perhaps there is an opportunity for something better too.Īs for existing third-party USB-C DACs, that could well be one less adapter (and bit of bulk) required for them to fit into a new iPhone – that is, if Apple allows them to play ball with iPhones from a software and power current point of view, which has been a hurdle for some supporting iPhones in the past. We do sell native DXD (24/32 bit, 352.8 kHz PCM) and Native Very High Bit Rate PCM (24/32 bit, 384kHz). ![]() Perhaps the ‘Apple DAC’ pot is already brewing, waiting for the USB-C switch. That said, the switch to USB-C could have indirect implications on how we consume higher-quality music on iPhones.Įver since Apple started offering hi-res streams on Apple Music, we have wondered why Apple hasn’t cashed in and launched its own DAC – one of a higher quality than its fundamentally crude Lightning-to-3.5mm adapter (which is essentially a DAC and low-power amplifier that arguably acts as more of an 'enabler' than an 'improver'). With rumours of iPhones switching from a Lightning port to USB-C next year, we have pondered whether this will change things or increase support to, say, 192kHz? Directly, it won't – a connection is a connection and it’ll come down to whether Apple allows the DACs inside its future iPhones and/or adaptors to passthrough higher than 48kHz sample rates uncompressed. Will that be the case forever? We hope not. Of course, we’ll be the first to admit that connecting external kit to your iPhone 13 isn’t the most elegant solution, but if you want to hear the full original resolution of your hi-res files through your iPhone above and beyond 24-bit/48kHz, using an external DAC with your iPhone really is the only way to go. Remember, a number of these DACs usually have ways of indicating what sample rate is being played, so you can make sure your headphones are being fed the best sound quality possible from your files. That might be a touch overkill and punishingly transparent for an iPhone, but these are hi-res files, after all. You could combine the Chord Hugo 2 DAC with a pair of Beyerdynamic T1 (3rd Generation) headphones for a more premium set-up. Don’t be afraid to build up to a more revealing system. This is just a starting point, of course. Next, you need a decent DAC such as the Audioquest DragonFly Cobalt, Cyrus soundKey or Chord Mojo 2 and a good pair of headphones, such as the Grado SR325x, Shure Aonic 3 or Austrian Audio Hi-X55. To sum up, BitPerfect is designed to work with iTunes in order to improve the quality of your music playback, as long as you are using high quality equipment and audio content.First, you’ll need to invest in Apple’s Lightning-to-USB camera adapter (£29) which forms a link between your iPhone and a third-party DAC. To learn more about the application you can read the online BitPerfect user manual. Moreover, BitPerfect is using a 64-bit engine for the playback, double buffering to make sure even large files are player continuously, does not allow gaps between sounds, offers support for dithered bit depth reduction and using the integer mode (you need a compatible DAC and a supported operating system). The BitPerfect “hog” mode makes sure that when you use an output device to play music from iTunes, no other application will be able to use the device until BitPerfect stops controlling the gadget. For start, you will be able to change the “Audio Output Device” (the list is not automatically refreshed, you might need to reopen the window to detect recently connected devices). To personalize the BitPerfect behavior, access the app’s Preferences via the status bar menu. All you have to do is import them in iTunes by using a third party application, such as Fluke. What’s more, BitPerfect will play the songs in their native file format, including FLAC files. The BitPerfect app comes into action when you start playing a track and takes over the sound rendition. Note that BitPerfect is working together with iTunes: you will still access, manage and organize your music by using the iTunes interface. As a result, you will be able to listen to your tracks at the highest quality possible. Audiophiles are aware of the limitations faced by Apple’s iTunes audio player so alternative solutions are required.īitPerfect is a minimalist application that comes with a completely unobtrusive interface, is able to work with iTunes and provides a bit perfect rendition of your audio files. High fidelity sound reproduction requires specific tools to be achieved.
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