{"id":221389,"date":"2026-03-08T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/12-apps-that-play-hi-res-audio-at-full-quality-on-your-apple-devices\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T19:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T23:10:09","slug":"12-apps-that-play-hi-res-audio-at-full-quality-on-your-apple-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/12-apps-that-play-hi-res-audio-at-full-quality-on-your-apple-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Apps That Play Hi-Res Audio At Full Quality On Your Apple Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/2115420\/apps-high-resolution-audio-full-quality-iphone-ipad-mac\/\">12 Apps That Play Hi-Res Audio At Full Quality On Your Apple Devices<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/2115420\/apps-high-resolution-audio-full-quality-iphone-ipad-mac\/\">https:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/2115420\/apps-high-resolution-audio-full-quality-iphone-ipad-mac\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-08 18:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.slashgear.com\">www.slashgear.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">em113\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Many make the switch from wired to wireless earbuds.\u00a0Popular music streaming apps\u00a0offer decent audio quality, and most don&#8217;t seek\u00a0a paid tier just for the sake of hearing top-notch quality music. However, a dedicated DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) with a pair of high-end earphones can change that.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Aside from the precise separation of different instruments, this player also clearly separates the subtle intake of breath from the singer and even the faint scrape of fingers on the guitar strings. This experience prompts the question: Is this just because of the high-end hardware setup, or is there something else at play?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Apple devices -\u2013 whether iPhone, iPad, or Mac \u2013- generally have superior audio quality compared to Android phones. The quality difference can be audible even when comparing flagships like the Galaxy S25 Ultra against the iPhone 17 Pro. Since they are such capable audio machines, they need the right software to unlock their true potential. Upon testing a bunch of apps, we have listed a bunch of apps that play Hi-Res audio at full quality on Apple devices.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\">Apple Music<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">When Apple announced support for high-resolution lossless audio on its native streaming service, the digital music landscape shifted. Previously, audiophiles had to rely on expensive, third-party services, but now Apple Music has a massive&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/2115420\/apps-high-resolution-audio-full-quality-iphone-ipad-mac\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12 Apps That Play Hi-Res Audio At Full Quality On Your Apple Devices https:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/2115420\/apps-high-resolution-audio-full-quality-iphone-ipad-mac\/ Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/img\/gallery\/12-apps-that-play-hi-res-audio-at-full-quality-on-your-apple-devices\/l-intro-1772627201.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-221389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone","tag-iphone-17"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221391,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221389\/revisions\/221391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}