This is just a starting point, of course. Next, you need a decent DAC such as the Audioquest DragonFly Cobalt, Cyrus soundKey or Chord Mojo 2 and a good pair of headphones, such as the Grado SR325x, Shure Aonic 3 or Beyerdynamic DT 700 Pro X. What do you need to play hi-res on your iPhone?įirst, you’ll need to invest in Apple’s Lightning-to-USB camera adapter which forms a link between your iPhone and a third-party DAC. Really, if you want to listen to anything at 24-bit/96kHz or higher, you need to connect your iPhone to an external DAC. We haven’t come across any that can handle above 24-bit/48kHz. Similarly, you could go down the Lightning headphones route and plug a pair straight into your iPhone, but these headphones are quite rare and you’ll also need to check what resolution their DAC can handle. If you try and play these files through the same adapter, the iPhone will just downsample them to 24-bit/48kHz. Technically, 24-bit/48kHz is classed as hi-res as it's above 'CD quality's 16-bit/44.1kHz, but some tracks from the aforementioned streaming services will be 24-bit/96kHz or even 24-bit/192kHz. To listen via a pair of wired headphones, you need to use Apple’s Lightning-to-3.5mm adapter which is limited to supporting 24-bit/48kHz. If you want to play hi-res music you are limited by the DACs inside Apple’s devices.
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