I believe it automatically bypasses it when you hook up the optical cable. It sends out a raw digital signal,Nevermind, I figured it out. How would I bypass the dac in the airport though?
I rarely pick up a CD these days, so it has "ruined" me....if getting straight to the music and having more control and more of it... without digging through my CD towers, opening up my cabinet, popping out the loading tray, and putting in the CD and waiting for music to play is being "ruined". I still buy the occasional collectable boxed set, but it has been a while and usually I rip those straight to my hard drives, so playing CDs directly doesn't happen much lately. I am more likely to put on vinyl if I am feeling nostalgic.Just wondering if the streaming route is going to ruin me for cds. I love playing CDs, but am worried it will spoil me.
Just wondering if the streaming route is going to ruin me for cds. I love playing CDs, but am worried it will spoil me.
X2......I rarely pick up a CD these days, so it has "ruined" me..
I rarely even touch the local music even though it is lossless unless I am planning to do nothing but listen over headphones. I listen to Apple Music (including my matched albums) about 90 percent of the time, Amazon Prime Music 5 percent, and my own local tracks about 4.5 percent. I listen to vinyl about .5 percent ( these are wild guesses, but close enough).X2......
You also have your rips matched to Apple Music yes? Wonder then how often you actually access your "stored" rips? I'm thinkin' that yer "uploaded" rips are clouded (for all intents) for backup.
It sounds like a ground loop issue that I have read about elsewhere. AirPlay is bit perfect with 16/44.1, but many things can screw it up..bad wifi, bad optical cable, bad input on the device it is plugged into, etc.So I went and picked up an airport express and an optical cable.
Hooked them up, but as I was streaming, I kept getting really bad digital noises.
So back they went.
I'm sticking to cds and vinyl.
Much more personal anyway.
Thanks guys!