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$1000+ iPhone doesn't have native Flac support
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That's not the way things are heading and it's been that way for a long time. There are other options which I'm sure your aware of.
I'm just going to assume that you spend time on sites like Head-Fi - where DSD etc players are all discussed in depth. And, then as you know - most of the portable players for high resolution music cost as much, or more than an iPhone - and they don't make phone calls...
And add to that the cost of portable amps most of those people pair with their DAP.
Sure there are cheaper options for phones, and for DAP's - but really - i don't think Apple could introduce any kind of High Res capabilities to any of their phones and not get crucified by 'audiophiles'. And 'normal' people wouldn't know what it is, and wouldn't want to pay extra for it....
That said - as a High Resolution Music consumer myself with some nice high end gear - I'd love for Apple to start offering Hi-Res audio downloads to compete with other sites out there...
Neither windows PC's nor Macs play common video formats natively. Download the right program. It's always been this way.
Hopefully you don't get too much flac for this topic.
People start these threads for what reasons? To be recognized? To make friends? Come on, get a life.
Headphones can be as detailed as the best speakers. The OP didn't say they were using earphones specifically.
My iPhone doesn't play vinyl records either. 
C'mon Apple!
C'mon Apple!
What, maybe 1 person out of 100000 knows and cares about FLAC files? Why would Apple try to appeal to that tiny fringe group?
Should they add language support for Old Norse too?
Should they add language support for Old Norse too?
You are probably wasting your time with flacs, Spotify 320kbps is 99.9% similar and 99.9% of the people can't distinguish any difference at all when you do abx tests. Also most of the people who thinks that there is any difference doesn't know about placebo
There are $2000+ DAC/Amps out there on Amazon just for people who believes that uber expensive audio gear makes their music sound incredible.
The DAC on the iPhone sounds 99.9999% just as good as a $2k Sennheiser DAC, with flac or mp3
There are $2000+ DAC/Amps out there on Amazon just for people who believes that uber expensive audio gear makes their music sound incredible.
The DAC on the iPhone sounds 99.9999% just as good as a $2k Sennheiser DAC, with flac or mp3
Sadly, the iPhone's muddy reproduction doesn't even sound as good as a £25 Sansa Clip+. You don't have to spend ££££ to get decent sound out of an MP3 player. As for the OP's rant, iPhones support the older ALAC standard, which Apple opened up a while back. No need to use FLAC and no biggie to convert to ALAC without sound degradation.
