So, in my case, rather than use a USB C to USB B lead from iPad to DAC, with no certainty about what the chosen (generic made in China somewhere) cable is doing to my signal, I still use the camera kit (or video adapter as it is now called) to give me a standard USB A output, from which I use a standard (no intelligence) A to B lead. ![]() However USB C is a whole other world of complexity because of the chips needed in what look like standard USB leads to cope with the fact the connector works either way up, and to do with the extra power C can support. On newer Apple products that use USB C instead of lightning, then that output is USB standard compliant. ![]() You can also connect a Lightning to USB cable to sync and charge your iPhone. That’s why the camera adapter is advised because it is not just a wiring adapter - it does actually take the non-standard lightning and turn it into standard USB and hence will (should) work with all USB input DACs. Our USB-C display adapter allow you to connect your Chromebook, MacBook. Lightning port is not strictly USB standard compliant, so it depends on how sensitive the DAC is to the source adhering to the standard or not. Sorry if you know all this - but hopefully others may find these details useful. So I now use the Apple USB-C AV adapter (which is like the CCK for lightning) to give me a USB A output from the iPad, from which I can use a dumb USB A to B lead, and know that any conversions are genuinely catered for by Apple designed electronics. That made me nervous in terms of ‘what are the chips doing to my bit perfect aspirations?’. The thing is, lightning is not USB standards compliant, which is why some devices won’t talk to an iPhone unless the CCK is used - the CCK is more than a gender changer - it contains chips to do the conversions to USB standards.įor my iPad, I bought some USB C to USB B cables, until I learnt that USB C cables needs chips in them (basically to re-map the pins in the lead because the lead can be inserted either way round). I would be nervous about what is going on in such a cable. A different CCK but same effect - locks out the volume.Ĭurious about your lightning to USB B cable. I also use an iPad mini 6 which uses USB C. I have used that set-up iPhone >Apple Music >CCK>DAC, and for me the volume control on the iPhone locks out. I actually have no idea why there is so big differences, but that's it - Tidal is the absolute winner in sound quality compared to Apple Music. Apple Music for some reason sounds distorted/harshy at high volume, while with Tidal stream I can stand very close to my loud tower speakers and can even raise volume level further - it's still super clear, my ears still not bleeding, but it's VERY loud - louder than the same track from Apple Music.Īlso, Apple Music has some stutters when playing music, while Tidal playing without any interruptions.Īt first I really wanted Apple Music to be the winner for this test since I like Apple's big library with solid amount of tracks with cd+ quality. Well, at high volume Tidal sounded much better. I said before that Tidal with my rig sounded slightly better, but I didn't listened closely, so listened to it for ~2 hours. Flac files from Tidal and ALAC files from Apple Music. Usually both 44.1 khz 16 bit (you can check tracks from Tidal with mconnect app - it shows codec and bitrate of Tidal streams), sometimes 24 bit on Apple Music. Used the same songs from the same albums. Tested closely Tidal and Apple Music at high volumeĪudio chain iPhone ->CCK->Rotel RC-1590 preamp (USB-B input)->Rotel RB-1590 amp->Polk Audio RTi A9 speakers So, those are a few things I've had lying around to test out with the Apple Lightning to USB Camera Adapter.I recently did some testing when I compared Tidal and Apple Music, so I will paste it here too. mp4 video files weren't recognized in my tests, so there's no scope to import videos to your iPad in this way it seems. But, they seem to be recognized only as a camera would be, for importing photos. USB flash drivesĪs mentioned above, USB flash drives do work to an extent. Companies such as Blue already make microphones that specifically plug directly into your iPhone or iPad, but you could save a bit of cash by buying this $29 adapter instead. Better still, it works just fine with the stock iOS 7 voice memos app on the iPhone, and with Garageband on both iPhone and iPad. This is a pretty useful tool, particularly for anyone who travels about and needs to make high quality voice recordings on the fly. But if you've got a smaller microphone, it could work, and it'll also work with your iPhone. For example, the little travel microphone I have that's pictured here – a Samson GoMic – works just fine, while the honking great Rode Podcaster we use to record our podcasts most definitely doesn't. Again, power is the issue here, not the fact that it's a microphone. I was a little surprised by this one, I have to say.
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