Adding AptX

[Barnaby]

Hi there, I have an annual Apple Music sub ( NB I won't be changing that until November for better or worse! ) Hegel H160 amp, Cambridge MXN10 streamer, a macbook air, iphone, ipad, mac mini. I use all of these in one combination or another to listen to music. I would ideally like to stream in a way that would allow me to listen to Hi Res or at least CD quality music wirelessly.

I know airplay 2 messes this up but I wonder if I could use AptX HD or adaptive to solve my issue? Could I add one or more of the below products and connect it to my Macbook, iPad or phone and streamer or amp as appropriate?

Maybe this or how about this or even this

What do you say?

 

[Vincent Kars]

Indeed Airplay 2 uses AAC most of the time. Don't think aptX HD is an improvement

The Well-Tempered Computer

 

[Barnaby]

That's a pity. Ithought the newer versions of AptX did hi res. Hmm 🙂

 

[Vincent Kars]

There ain't such thing as a newer version of aptX HD. There is a new product explicitly labeled aptX Lossless. Maybe you can find a transmitter and a receiver supporting this protocol.

 

[Barnaby]

Right ho. I have read a bit about this now and it seems if I can use the aptx version you mention kit it should be possible. OTOH I’m not sure I’m that motivated to chase down a rabbit hole though and apparently it might involve dealing with bugs and a massive amount of more bandwidth etc so I probably not worth the effort