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Silicon Mini and HDMI sample rates
bhampster:
Many sources claim Apple plans to introduce hifi to Apple Music on May 18th.
I've read Apple has music content in 24/96Khz that will then be available.
Waiting anxiously for this as I want to know how it affects the current Apple stance that 48Khz is the only sampling rate that matters.
Awesome Donkey:
Well, as far as I know it's only the HDMI output on the M1-based Macs that's limited to 48 kHz. When using the 3.5mm headphone jack does it have sample rates higher than 48 kHz available via the Audio MIDI Setup app? I actually would be surprised if it didn't and was limited to 48 kHz as well.
It's nice to see Apple to go "Hi-Fi" but I'd rather have them offer all their past and present music downloads with a lossless (Apple Lossless) option so I can finally get some old, rare iTunes-only content off the iTunes Store that I bought 10+ years ago in lossless form. :P
bhampster:
The Android app code also reveals that Apple Music will offer two choices for lossless playback:
Lossless
ALAC up to 24-bit/48 kHz
High-Res Lossless
ALAC up to 24-bit/192 kHz
This is very encouraging
EDIT = Yes, as mentioned above only the HDMI output is limited to 48KHz currently. However, the HDMI output gives you a multichannel output which is not very common in USB DACs and so on.
Apple says high res needs outboard DAC so I guess it's not an update to the HDMI output ability.
Awesome Donkey:
Apple has officially announced lossless for Apple Music, at no extra cost either.
What they didn't announce was any lossless downloads for music purchased in the iTunes Store. This is what I actually care about as there are a good number of iTunes exclusive releases that I bought over the years that I'd like to download in lossless.
But yeah, M1 users who use HDMI might be out of luck for content above 24/48. My guess is the system mixer will resample everything in the background without informing the user.
bob:
--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on May 17, 2021, 10:28:10 am ---Apple has officially announced lossless for Apple Music, at no extra cost either.
What they didn't announce was any lossless downloads for music purchased in the iTunes Store. This is what I actually care about as there are a good number of iTunes exclusive releases that I bought over the years that I'd like to download in lossless.
--- End quote ---
There was a similar program when they went from protected content to not protected IIRC. I tried getting my protected tracks downloaded not protected but by and large it didn't work.
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