You really need to be inside the Apple ecosystem for it to work perfectly, I guess. My sole music source is an iPhone and the Apple Music app streaming to Apple TV or an external dac. Haven’t touched iTunes for a decade.
Not really. I bought an old Apple TV box with optical out and streaming through it is smooth, while not bit-perfect. For serious listening, I plug my iPhone to an external dac and use headphones.
I´m so pissed I just ordered a used Apple TV (3.gen with optical out), will cancel Spotify, and stream Apple Music via it, albeit with added difficulty.
I have 701, 702 and 712 and I love them all. Each one has different attributes to them that are suited to different types of music. 701/2 for classical/jazz, 712 for rock/pop.
What I’ve read about the fit, the clamping force on these seems to be quite hard, more than with 770s, which gave me headache. I believe the band is still constructed of steel so it can be bent and adjusted safely?
I bought the Head Box S2 Digital, which I believe is quite close to the Pre Box in performance. This I feed at 0db to Pro Ject Head Box S2 which gives me more power. It sounds great, I’ll stop worrying.
…or perhaps add Topping linear power supply…