The iPhone 15 has USB-C, but is it the hi-res audio upgrade we've all been waiting for?

[What Hi-Fi?]

The iPhone 15's move to USB-C could be a game-changer in portable hi-fi, with an easier path for using DACs and wired headphones.

The iPhone 15 has USB-C, but is it the hi-res audio upgrade we've all been waiting for? : Read more

 

[reginaldperrin]

"We'd love for Apple to improve the quality and file limit of its own internal DAC and output stage (it's limited to 24-bit/48kHz) to make hi-res audio listening worthwhile..."

Worthwhile how, exactly? 24-bit delivers perfectly adequate roll-off to all but most fastidious of recording engineers, and - unless you're Clark Kent - you can't hear any of the very upper frequencies afforded by a 48kHz audio file. What is important is the mastering of the audio, the dynamic range, whether or not a compressor has been used etc. etc. There's a reason why the number of recordings offered in 24/192 have decreased over the last few years... it's simply not needed.