Oh no, Idagio is also extremely good at it. I would’t use it otherwise.
That was one hiccup that I had. But found out there are ways you can control the phone from the osx. My next question is how I do chargeðernet&usb dac (maybe someone knows, did not google’t yet)
Really? How and what do you mean by OSX (a Mac?)?
I’m not sure what you are asking here.
Could this be the method?
Yes, I apologise.
OSX it is the operating sistem of Mac computers. I did give up using an iPhone but now might get a used one just to try this.
To connect iPhone to dac the phone needs a dongle. There is the double headed one so that you can connect the usb dac and charge the phone in the same time (so it will not run out of battery) or you can use the usb dongle to a ethernet dongle and have lan on the phone (have internet with no wifi) but I want all 3, dac and charger and ethernet cable.
Sorry again
There might be other options and better, maybe if ethernet connect I can stream iPhone’s audio. have to google a bit 
Interesting. I might try to figure this out.
I have a dongle with USB and lightening/charger input. Works fine apart from the lack of remote control. Out of interest, why would you want an ethernet port and USB? I assume your WiFi must be slow/unreliable? I like using ethernet for Roon as it is a big improvement in functionality/usability. Roon is very demanding. But Apple Music on an iOS device never has any issues on my WiFi, or any wifi in my experience. The bottleneck is the data stream to the DAC and this part is handled by the USB connection.
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I am not aware of a previous instance where Apple would provide content to another company, certainly not for just a few subscribers.
Nitpick:
macOS (/ˌmækoʊˈɛs/;[7] previously OS X and originally Mac OS X ) is a Unix operating system[8] developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001. It is the primary operating system for Apple’s Mac computers.
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The experience, search features, and display will likely be very different. Makes a lot of sense.
Only way to connect the iPhone to a streaming endpoint over the network is through Airplay at this time.
Yes, MacOS, it was a little confusing but he did clarify what he meant.
I know, just poking a little fun. It was called OS X for a while after being called Mac OS X (after they killed Mac OS 9) and before it became macOS, but it has been a while.
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Thanks, but I don’t think this is what I was looking for. I wanted to be able to select music and playback controls on my iPhone or iPad using another iOS or MacOS device.
You are right IDAGIO as well allows those types of searching
My question is, could Roon organize these types of searching?
I suspect that Roon could. I don’t know to be honest whether it does it or not. It does have the Focus feature, but I haven’t found it that useful.
Fully agreed
I think I missed your point here, in that you don’t miss Spotify or Apple Music when using Roon. I know what you mean. It works fine without either of them. I also use multiple services. I have Spotify included free with my car’s infotainment system (I also have Tidal and Apple Music apps installed natively on my car’s system, so no need to bluetooth from my iPhone or for Apple CarPlay or Spotify).
However, I have a free trial of Apple Music and I am now certain it sounds better than Tidal (on iPhone with AirPods but also on my audio system at home, where quality was a major consideration as I built it up over the years). With many Alums/tracks I really can’t tell the difference but with some Tidal is far inferior. I then get FOMO when listening to Tidal on Roon, thinking it may sound so much better with Apple Music. It’s an annoyance that is always there.
I use Tidal with Roon, my InnuOS Sense system and Plexamp, due to its integration. I really like Tidal for this. However, contrary to you I do miss Apple Music when using Roon/Plexamp for various reasons…
- Quality - Apple Music sometimes sounds considerably better
- Classical music discovery and content/library management (for streamed content)
- My Family prefer Apple or Spotify over Tidal making the Tidal Family plan less attractive and therefore they are not interested in using Roon.
- Cost - Tidal is expensive if you want the HiFi+ features (that are mostly included with Apple), another premium, just for Roon/Plexamp integration. Plus, I don’t really want to pay for 2 services. I could ditch Apple, but I would lose the features that are more important to me than integration with Roon/Plexamp.
- Library management, favourites and listening history which affects music discovery. I can’t be bothered to manage/keep more than one in sync - although I have been looking into this with Soundiz.
Basically, Roon/Plexamp not having Apple Music means I need to pay for Roon + Tidal which is Okayish, but I also have more than one streaming library to manage. I am not sure I love Roon enough without Radio Paradise or a better version of ARC to rival Plexamp.
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Yes, I would have to get some wifi device to extend the one I have for the kids and does not cover ok all the house.
I should know better since this is what I try to understand
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Can you give a few examples? I don’t currently have Apple Music but will be considering getting Apple Classical. My observation about Qobuz, Tidal, and Spotify, is that for any particular record label (such as DGG or Sony Classical), its catalogue will be very much the same across different streaming services. The record label probably offers the same licensing agreements to each streaming service. So the difference may be that Apple carries some record labels that Qobuz doesn’t have.