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Olly398 in reply to @freddo

What will work for you is Airplay 2 which does all these things. What I'd probably suggest is get an old iphone or ipad mini, add a mobile DAC

Got an iPad mini in a drawer somewhere. Didn’t realise you could extract digital out, with a bit of tinkering of course :)
All very interesting.

EDIT: maybe I am being a dumbass here, but I am not quite getting how this would work. Where would the hi-res files be stored? And how would the iPad mini access them (assuming you envisage that as the ‘client’ device on a digital dock with a DAC)? iMac doesn’t support Airplay 2.

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freddo in reply to @Olly398

How old is the iMac? https://www.pocket-lint.com/speakers/news/apple/141261-apple-airplay-2-what-is-it-how-does-it-work-and-what-devices-are-supported
Files remain on iMac, stream to iPad, digital out to DAC (no dock required).
See https://www.the-ambient.com/how-to/use-airplay-on-mac-1578

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Olly398 in reply to @freddo

It’s 2011, okay great I was reading a different summary which said different. Looks like i’ll just have to have a tinker!

@mashton that option sounds good too. I’lol have a look at that.
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Olly398 in reply to @freddo

Airplay 2 ... Files remain on iMac, stream to iPad, digital out to DAC (no dock required).

Ok I done a bit of digging and this doesn’t seem to be possible. You can stream from an iPad, iPhone etc, but only to supported receiver devices e.g. active speakers, smart TVs etc. So I don’t think this option would be a cheap fix.

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