Would the cable linked below allow me to pull lossless Apple Music off my iPad Air (M1 version with USB C)?
Thanks in advance for any clarification!
You still need a DAC on the end of it that supports USB input
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Can you not just run optical to the Nova or are the devices in different rooms? Doubt it would beat the Novaās DAC.
Not convinced by the Topping with an iPhone/iPad but I got bored quickly with trailing leads and variable rather than fixed volume from the Apple devices. I keep intending to try it again.
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Ā£75 ffs Apple!
Iām sure it would allow you to output audio via USB with an attached DAC, but it may be a faff. How does Airplay sound despite it being lossy from Apple Music currently?
Also probably depends on which Topping model as there are several.
Iām sure itās good value for what it is (D10s), but I was trying to use it as an SPDIF bridge using an iOS device and optical from Topping to the Novaās optical in.
The Sky Box and BluRay and one speaker are on one side of the French windows and the Nova, other speaker, CD player and turntable are on the other side on the French window .
The DAC function is currently done by my little UnitiQute , and I will need a bit of space of the AV rack to accommodate another box for my BluRays . This photo is a little old .
The UnitiQute will go into storage , I also have a Naim CD3 player and I think at some stage they could be paired up and create a smaller system.
I would love to feed the Nova directly from the Pioneer , but that would mean a plethora of wires
I think you could easily run an optical cable of 4-5m between the Pioneer and the Nova running under that entrance mat as leave curvature might match what we can already see - personally though take advice from the boss coming through the door 
Possibly the same for the Sky box with analogue or optical?
Am I missing something? If the bottom left box is the UnitiQute, wonāt that go on the right side rack if you want to keep it and link to that rather than the Nova?
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I am also storing BluRays in the rack and they are encroaching , the photo is a couple of years old .
Trying to keep things simple as possible and as clutter free as possible . I have a smaller Sky Box and the DAC will need to go on the middle shelf . It may be an ifi Zen Signature 1
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Whatever works I guess - just look at my current speakers
AirPlay is still pretty goodā¦ I am mulling exchanging my Atom and speakers for an Atom HE and suitable headphonesā¦ I suspect the disparity between AirPlay and full CD quality (or hi res) would be more apparent with the latterā¦ I understand the HE would not accept USB input, making Qobuz an obvious preferred source via the Naim appā¦ thing is, I would like to drop Qobuz and just use Apple Music (all the family use Apple Music, only I use Qobuz).
Just trying to navigate my options and, to be frank, minimise subscription costs!
Itās a minefield out there!
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What HiFi have a news story about a new āall in oneā from Rose, and there is mention of Apple Music supportā¦ unclear whether that is something more integrated than AirPlay or notā¦ but odd that they should call it Apple Music rather than AirPlay.
Maybe I am just hoping for too much.
I very much Apple would team up exclusive with Hifi Rose. Reading up on their Forum they are using the WebKit and it has big issues. No lossless, no bug reporting due to how itās developed. Plus lots of other stuff where it breaks, authentication issues as you canāt maintain logins, DRM issues. The WebKit isnāt really for hardware integration and is the reason no one else use it. They look to have tried but not overly successfully. Better sticking with AirPlay as it least it works as it should.
Apple Music now claim over 100 million songs.
Spotify claim 80 million.
Have you listened to them all ?
Maybe I should look at Spotify as the vast majority of Apple Music curated playlists are of no interest to me whatsoever 
(They are mostly things Iād never ever listen to)
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Currently trying to work out my best option for streaming to Uniti Atom. Trialed Apple Music which sounded good but from what I understand youāre not getting the best possible sound using airplay (got an iPad Pro and IPhone 14 if thatās relevant). Had a few people recommend Qobuz so will trial that.
Question I have though is to get the best possible sound quality do you need to either be networked to a music server or connected directly to the Atom? Itās all a bit confusing.
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Once you have a Qobuz account you just go to the Qobuz input in the Naim app, sign in there, and use it.
I use multiroom often, pretty much daily. I have the Qb in the basement which I play from the Nova.
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Once signed in to Qobuz through the Naim app I rarely actually access Qobuz itself through the tabs, I always use the āartistsā tab.
Maybe itās because I donāt have another Naim steramer in the house, but we have plenty of Apple devices which could theoretically be used multi-room, I just donāt do so myself.