Ventura: does Music playback output (adaptively) at the bitrate of the recorded track?

[rb24]

Anyone know if the problem of bitrate on playback from Apple Music has been solved in Ventura?

Basically in OSX Music when a track plays back at a certain bitrate it is then upsampled or downsampled to the output bit rate set in the MIDI preferences panel. That is not Hifi - that is a compromise. On any serious hifi playback system the music is output at the bitrate of the recording - then it is the DAC of the hifi system that deals with it. This drawback stops lots of people from using Music. I don't care about Music but am concerned about the upcoming Classical app..

Situation well described in the response to the question at this link:

DAC doesn't show the correct quality info… - Apple Community

discussions.apple.com

 

[vddobrev]

Following.

 

[Airsculpture]

This still going on, so many years after iTunes ?

Colibri seems the only reasonably priced app I’ve found which honours the source material bit rate and ignores midi settings.