stevenglaser
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Does this make sense? From idagio tech
iOS asks us for uncompressed audio data.
We stream or download the FLAC file from our servers, decrypt (no quality impact) and uncompress it (also no quality impact, hence the name lossless) and deliver the 1s and 0s of uncompressed audio data to iOS (in small chunks) as the track progresses. iOS then normally sends that to the speakers without modifying it.
However, for AirPlay it wants to preserve network data and (re-)compresses the uncompressed audio data to ALAC (just like we do, using FLAC), and sends it over the network to the end device (Sonos One, AirPort Express etc).
The audio data is unmodified until the AirPlay end device. After that point it’s up to the user to handle it. (digital cable or direct to speaker etc)
iOS asks us for uncompressed audio data.
We stream or download the FLAC file from our servers, decrypt (no quality impact) and uncompress it (also no quality impact, hence the name lossless) and deliver the 1s and 0s of uncompressed audio data to iOS (in small chunks) as the track progresses. iOS then normally sends that to the speakers without modifying it.
However, for AirPlay it wants to preserve network data and (re-)compresses the uncompressed audio data to ALAC (just like we do, using FLAC), and sends it over the network to the end device (Sonos One, AirPort Express etc).
The audio data is unmodified until the AirPlay end device. After that point it’s up to the user to handle it. (digital cable or direct to speaker etc)
as I know WiiM want to be able to deliver 24/48, but there's always this: 
