good day
Kindly asking for help
Anyone knows streamer that I’ve Native Apple Music on it, so we could really play lossless music
I know a lot of them will use AirPlay that is not native
Or some connection that allow a iPad or iPhone to play native on a dac
I’m searching for a real native player for Apple Music like a title or Spotify or Qobuz?
There is a list of “partners” listed on the Apple Music website though most appear to be large scale companies like Denon, Marantz and others in that range. You might also look into the Eversolo T8 or the WiiM Ultra and see if they are fully compliant yet. Not aware that any of the “higher end” streaming companies are in those groups.
yup
thanks but most of them like Denon, Are only AirPlay compatible
The only one I saw so far it was FiiO R9
In fact it is a android software installed similar to a phone so you could install the music app and stream
Most of the others are AirPlay compatible there’s no hi res there it’s only compress sound stream by batch to AirPlay device
But that’s a good one To investigate from the Apple website
So you reverse my question and it’s easier that way to find a solution
Thanks
The Eversolo streamer are supposed to have native Apple streaming capability. I have a T8 but don’t have Apple Music so I can’t confirm it. You can check on the Eversolo Forum and try to confirm. You can buy one from Amazon and try for yourself and if it doesn’t work to suit you in 30 days send it back for free.
@vieuxradio Fiio also offers native Apple Music.
One example is the Fiio R9 which runs the Android OS and, therefore, can run the Apple Music app. It has digital outputs.
John Darko has covered this extensively and below is a review of the Fiio R7 which has similar features.
Darko also has a decent video about what he thinks is the purest way to use Apple Music.
I can confirm that Eversolo supports native apple music in hi res. I use an eversolo A6 and use apple music. However, the app control for the native apple music app (it’s seperate from the official apple music app) is clunky and you don’t have full control through the eversolo phone app to search for music. You can pause, play, next, back, and choose from upcoming songs on queue. You can’t search for songs through the phone app, you’d have to interface with the streamer screen directly.
What I’ve found myself doing is building playlists to work around these constraints.
It’s a bit annoying, but I’m saving money cause I get apple music for free. Eventually I’ll switch to Qobuz and Maestro for the audio quality improvement.
Hope this helps!
ok thanks
so I will stick around with my old iPad with the splitter direct to DAC
I have a HiRes Songs When available
But for control I have to use accessibility button lanky
The iPad work flawlessly I have to close the app once a day
But leaving home the iPad all day gave access to my family to my profile which I don’t like
So the only one that work is FiiO What android And the result is the same as connecting iPad directly to the DAC
So for native I guess you have to use our old iPad
I think I’m gonna use a family profile and create a fake profile for my subscription
Thanks for trying but Apple is Apple and it’s working better with his own device
The only reason I keep Apple is because the inventory of Album it have!
A lot of 40 and 50 and 30 music is still available on Apple and you have the choice to have the remastered version or the original version
And if you’re lucky to have an old Mac mini you could listen with iTunes album by album randomly
Oh well thanks
If you are focused solely on streaming via Apple Music, I personally think a fairly straightforward approach at present is to use an iPad connected to a DAC via USB. In the current environment, this method largely addresses several issues that were often mentioned in the past:
Apple Music can now output bit-perfect Hi-Res Lossless audio.
Adding an Intona USB Isolator between the iPad and the DAC can, to some extent, reduce noise related to USB transmission.
For remote control, software such as Lysoniq can also be used.
Therefore, for a setup that relies only on Apple Music, this is actually a relatively simple and effective solution.
In case you do not know what is Lysoniq :
Lysoniq is a relatively new audiophile-focused music app designed specifically to work with Apple Music.
Here’s what it actually does (in plain terms):
What Lysoniq is
A music player + remote control system for Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV)
Lets one device play music (e.g. connected to a DAC) while another device controls it remotely
Built mainly for people using Apple Music in a hi-fi setup
Why people use it
The key idea is solving a common audiophile problem with Apple Music:
Apple Music supports Hi-Res Lossless, but
Controlling a device that’s physically connected to your DAC (like an iPad) is inconvenient
AirPlay downsamples audio, so it’s not ideal for hi-res playback
Lysoniq gets around this by:
Streaming directly from Apple Music on the playback device (no AirPlay compression)
Allowing full remote control from another device (like using your iPhone as a controller)
Key features (relevant to your use case)
Bit-perfect / high-resolution playback (up to 24-bit/192kHz on iOS)
Cross-device control (iPhone ↔ iPad, etc.)
Queue management, library browsing, playlists
Designed specifically with USB DAC setups in mind
In simple hi-fi terms
Think of it like this:
Your iPad = streamer transport (connected to DAC via USB)
Your iPhone = remote control
Lysoniq = the “bridge” that makes this work smoothly
Bottom line
Lysoniq is not a streaming service or DAC software—it’s a control and playback layer for Apple Music, aimed at turning Apple devices into a more traditional hi-fi streamer system.
Super
thanks for the missing link to my iPad!
best 15$ invested, so far!
work great
and manage your playlist with an old Mac mini with iTunes
Intelligent playlist now working on music!
Hifi Rose does Native Apple music streaming and you can use your apple music app as a remote. just like Tidal Connect.
thanks, i will investigate that