Apple Music via USB to Rossini APEX

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@Phil

There are various “solutions” to getting USB C DACs in general (it seems to be a question that applies to much more than just dCS DACs) to work under iOS if you Google but I cannot vouch for any of them being a “correct” solution for you.

Let me summarize the situation as I understand it.

• dCS DACs are USB Class 1 and 2 compliant
• For full compatibility with Apple devices, MFI certification is needed
• dCS DACs are not MFI certified

So one is left with solutions that ‘happen to work’, but are not guaranteed to.
So far so good. In that case, can anyone point me to such a solution that I might try. I have tried putting a USB 3 hub between the iPad and the Rossini, but that did not help.

There is anecdotal evidence from @aublumberg that going from iPad to Bartok works

Apple Music lossless & high-res streaming - how will it be handled?

[IMG_0299] After some trial with various devices, I settled on my iPad Pro with split screen view and a USB-C to USB-B connection into the Bartok. Works for now, but of course would prefer a Mosaic native integration.

Also from @Anupc

Apple Music lossless & high-res streaming - how will it be handled?

Tried my iPhone to Bartok the other day, worked rather well, albeit a little clumsy with the Apple lightning adapter. [IMG_5130]

An even by myself (I had forgotten all about that post), probably using my iPad 5 with lightning back then

Apple Music lossless & high-res streaming - how will it be handled?

I have just made painful contact with a major point of the Darko article mentioned by @Ermos a few posts up. I streamed a CD Samplerate recording to my Rossini via USB and didn’t notice that the Midi Settings of the MacBook Air were on 48kHz. Just garbled Audio - until I switched to 44.1. Now it sounds ok. Given you have to switch Samplerates manually, one would think Apple would indicate the album’s samplerate very visibly somewhere. Either I am blind or they don’t… Am I missing something her…

I am wondering whether something has changed due to the APEX and firmware upgrade to my Rossini?