Well said. This reminds me of getting more whites on white sheets with each passing year in detergent industry 
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I am still having to remind people that they need stereo equipment to seriously listen to music. One Sonos will not be enough At least, those little headphones are stereo.
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AirPods Max are meant to sound superb.
Iām sure with better-than-AAC streams from Apple, they should sound even better.
Iām believing that better technology is already there, just not enabled yet. So hopefully it will make another big improvement for those that have invested in them. Though I imagine most are already pleased with their investment
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You seem to be forgetting that airplay is restricted to a certain make of device. The world is more than iOS and Mac OS of which I use neither for home use, nor do lots of people. Apple may have an upper hand in the US but thatās it. Also airplay is hardly the best transport not exactly bit perfect and no way of hires.
There is Apple Music for Androidā¦
With a Cambridge Audio CXN V2 (one example) just Chromecast from your phone to the CXNā¦
You donāt get it do you. I already covered this. Chromecast is not that weāll supported on hifi its gaining ground but not really there and it struggles with gapless. Connect works without either.
Lol what a rude reply
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Apologies wasnāt meaning to be rude badly written response in a hurry whilst preparing lunch. What I am trying to get at is that until they open it up so its integrated properly like Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify etc its not really a viable platform unless your already in the apple eco system. There really isnāt that many hifi devices that support Chromecast out there. Newer models seem to be adding it but not that many more the lifestyle choice ones. I donāt dismiss then adding it but itās appeal will be limited outside of appleās eco system. I honestly donāt know one person who uses it thatās not an Apple user.
Good to see they added gapless but itās taken a long time.
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Knowing Apple, I donāt think there will be a ācat in hellās chanceā of Roon integration with Apple Music, like we have with Qobuz & Tidal.
Apple will insist that you use their own iOS/Android platforms, and Airplay 2 to a compatible device.
Hereās a nice little endpoint, which is both Roon-Ready and Apple Airplay 2:
https://www.primare.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NP5-Prisma-User-Guide.pdf
Couple that combo with āApple Digital Mastersā, and it could potentially trounce the competition completely:
I donāt particularly like using the Apple Music app. But if/when Apple introduces Hi-Fi streaming, it could pose a potential threat to Roonā¦
If I get it at no additional cost, I have no problem discovering new music or streaming my mobile playlists to my Aries G2 via Airplay.
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I think it far more likely that Apple will develop a very Roonesque platform of their own.
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They already have the basics in their own Music app.
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And, a Toyota Yaris has the basics of a Bugatti Veyron. But the Veyron is a much more powerful machine.
I wouldnāt underestimate Apple. Many have, and many have regretted it.
Couple an iPad running the Apple Music app, with an Apple Music āHi-Fiā subscription, Airplay 2 to a PRIMARE NP5 with full 24/192 support, and you have a compelling case of simplicity, reliability and quality.
This little arrangement could make Roon, Tidal and Qobuz completely obsolete in a strokeā¦
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IMHO, Apple Music currently is a toy compared to Roon, and I have extensive experience with it. Heck, when I had Apple Music, I had a library in excess of 800k tracks, but was dissatisfied with it. I tried JRivers, Audivana, and everything else, until God led me to Roon, which, for me anyway, was light years ahead of anything else (well, maybe God wasnāt involved, but it sure was a divine experience). After a week of using Roon, I ditched Apple Music, all the library, and anything else Apple Music related. And, I am far more musically happy for it. Even if I were to get Apple HiFi for free, I would not do it unless they can give me a Roon-like experience. The Apple Music app make that impossible.
I donāt like the Apple Music app either Neil. And as a happy lifetime member of Roon, Iām committed to it.
My point is, for new users/streamers the Apple option may be (depending on what they release?) very seductive.
No need for a Roon core or Roon subscriptions. Just an iPad and something to stream toā¦
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Iām warming to streaming, much less maintenance, no backup concerns, only advantages really. The question is, who gets my money? Itās not going to be anyone offering less than lossless, Spotify, Amazon, Apple must have figured that out too.
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None of them cared until Amazon Music HD made the first move.
That changed the game and made the 300 million pound gorilla angry 
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I think the $2tn dollar gorilla wants to be top-of-the-tree: