Noticed? High Sierra: iTunes send 24/96 to iPhones

[jhwalker]

10 hours ago, kirkmc said:

There's nothing new here. Macs have long supported 24/96, as long as you choose that setting in the Audio MIDI Controller app.

 

iTunes on the Mac supports whatever PCM rate the hardware supports, but in the past, it has not supported sending higher than 48/24 to iPods / iPhones / iPads, etc.  This has changed in the latest version of iTunes / iOS 11 - now supports up to 96/24.

[jhwalker]

13 minutes ago, Jay-dub said:

Does this mean that with iOS 11, I can copy a 24/96 ALAC from my iTunes on my computer to the Apple Music app on my phone, and then play it bit-perfect (using the Apple Camera Adapter) from my phone to a USB DAC? If so, awesome! Plug-and-play 24/96 without cumbersome equipment or exotic software at almost every house I'll visit, provided it has a reasonably modern stereo – even if the owner has no experience of hi-res audio.

 

Yes.