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No his name is smart mouth and he writes under the pseudonym Semente with over THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED posts on one website - pontificating to any who will read his dribble. MAGA.

Thank you Joel.

Thank you Dale for passing along this information to me.

I installed the Radio Paradise App on my 4th Gen Apple TV. I chose the lossless bitrate option. My ATV is connected to a NAD T747 AVR via HDMI. The ATV is also connected to my home network (using AirPort Extreme as my router) via ethernet connection. According to the information on this generation ATV the lossless FLAC file being streamed by Radio Paradise is not compatible. (FLAC files seem to be compatible with the newer 4K ATV however) Would someone please explain to me the EXACT path of the file and is my ATV converting the lossless FLAC file to lossless ALAC then to my NAD? Or is my ATV converting it to an AAC file then to the NAD. if so is the AAC file lossless? Thank you for your help. Larry

Here are my thoughts on this Home Pod unit. I believe that Apple will eventually expand and improve Siri but being Apple do it with PRIVACY at the utmost consideration. I for one do not want a listening device in my home from anyone. Apple is the only company I would consider trusting. Another thought is that with the sound technology that is built in to this speaker can be expanded (to include possibly the EQ flexibility Kurt mentions among other technologies this speaker broaches that other like type speakers are lacking) and further enlarged (size wise) so that a home could have speaker(s) for every room sans amplifiers/cables/various room treatments. I don't know about everyone else but having the potential for VERY good sounding speakers without the need for amps wires cables music players DAC's acoustical room treatments etc etc etc is very appealing. There will ALWAYS be a very few who fancy themselves "audiophiles" that will never be satisfied with this speaker or the concept. No argument there. However I have all ideas that Apple is on to something for the great majority of the public if only those who are in the Apple "ecosystem"

Ha Chris now that you mention that.... Here is my issue with these "public/private" consortiums that pay for professional sports complexes. The financing is ultimately subsidized and I am opposed to any "welfare" to those who are ABLE to pay their own way. No matter if it is billionaires getting subsidized loans or millionaires section 8 housing landlords getting direct payments from the government or the able minded and able bodied living in those section 8 houses. ALL of them are on the government tit.

I stopped watching pro football 30 years ago. I honestly try to avoid any products directly tied with the NFL. It is my minuscule way of voting my displeasure (Read disgust) with the amount of money that was being thrown around and the fawning by the public over sports/media "stars" I could care less about the ingrates.

Thank you Rando that clears it up for me while providing a bit of levity in this long Saturday. You also answered another question. I have never tried to back up (on another medium) any of the songs that I have "streamed" from Apple Music. Obviously that cannot be done. Common sense on my part should have dictated the answer if they disappear when my subscription ends. For me it is a good deal. My children have use of the THOUSANDS of songs they have "streamed" in arguably good SQ for their mobile devices. They think the "streamed" songs on their iPhone 7 through B&W P3 headphones sounds amazingly good. I concur 100% I have been exposed to music I would not have otherwise had the time or inclination to sample. $180 per year total for all of us.

Thank you so much for helping me better understand Darwin. I did want you to reply to me to help educate me on Airplay 2. The Links are so helpful too. Your time to help me is sincerely appreciated and has hit the mark squarely. Kirk is correct I have read for years about other people having latency issues with Airplay. After I wired my entire home with ethernet cable (at the suggestion of people on this site) I never had another problem. That was a long time ago. You must remember he is a journalist - and believe it or not there are some journalist who do still have the ability to report in an unbiased fashion. I have been reading his articles for years and never got the idea he was either for or against Apple per se. I have found most all of his articles instructive informative and interesting. (Even the ones that go over my head somewhat) I will go as far as to say I have learned more about how to use and enjoy my Apple products through his articles and communications with him than any other person - including my personal contacts. Kirk calls a spade a spade period without fear of who it will upset or rile up. There are damn few of those types left around anywhere.

Chris the download vs streamed thing is a little confusing. Help me understand this finally. The songs in my iTunes library I PURCHASED from iTunes are considered "downloaded" and the songs that I downloaded to my iTunes library from Apple Music that I heard and liked are "streamed". So the term I should use is I "streamed" them to my library? As I understand it the major difference is if I ever stop my family Apple Music subscription I will still have my "downloaded" songs but the "streamed" songs would disappear. Does that mean the "streamed" songs are not really on my hard drive? They are only in iCloud? So I could not copy any of the "streamed" songs on to one of my iOs devices - only the "downloaded" and of course my ripped to ALAC files from my CD collection?

Kirk I can turn on and off both of my Airport Express's, all 4 of my Apple TV's, and my iMac speaker system while also being able to adjust volume individually on each one when my iTunes remote (on either my iPhone, iPad or my iPod Touch) is linked with my master iTunes library on my iMac. Those Apple TV's and Airport Express's are connected via ethernet to my home network and are subsequently connected to individual AVR's via either HDMI or optical (TOSlink) all in different rooms. The respective AVR's have to be powered on of course but it activates the Apple TV's and Airport Express's. To my way of thinking that is being able to control multiple devices in multiple rooms with Airplay. Now the master library iMac has to be on but that is true no matter if we are discussing Airplay or Airplay2. As for the cache being larger for Airplay 2 and eliminating buffering - I play 8 systems in one home with no latency or buffering issues so I would say that is a non issue for me. I am not sure I fully understand what is meant by source device being able to pull from the source. I would like to better understand that feature of Airplay 2. Airplay 2 is in fact software so I understand it can play on other devices. For now and the near term I have no need to leave the Apple architecture. It works on all my apple devices and that is sufficient for me. Since I switched to Apple 10 years ago for my business computer needs - it has been a huge blessing. (Compared to the prior 14 years using the other brand ) 1 iMac and 1 MacBook Pro have lasted the entire ten years (with updated SSD's and memory) My children got through high school and college with one MacBook Pro a piece (Again with updated SSD's and maxed out memory) . We have iPads and iPhones and they too have given LONG trouble free service. They currently have iPhones 7's while I am still on 5s. Apple put new batteries in all 3 for $29 each. This is why I probably won't wander off the Apple reservation for a while to come.

Kirk I have one more question regarding this subject. I have only 3 types of files in MY iTunes library. CD's ripped from my private collection, songs purchased from iTunes and the songs I have downloaded as an Apple Music subscriber. If I create playlists that would incorporate all three types in my library can I install those playlists on the memory of my iPhone or iPad (given I had the space available) so I would not have to use my data plan to "stream" that same music when I am away from home and have no access to Wi-Fi? My concern of course is will the Apple Music songs move to my iPhone/Pad's memory?

Kirk I have read nearly every article you have published on the subject of iTunes and matching and Apple Music in the past few years. If I were to subscribe to iTunes matching I am assuming that the 128kbs songs in my children's iTunes library will be replaced with a "mastered for iTunes" 256kbs replacement. Now what I do know is that they have nothing rare or irreplaceable in their libraries now. I feel sure everything in their libraries is in fact part of the iTunes master library. That is what I am after. But I also know you have written that IF IN FACT one has an Apple Music subscription he/she should not need an iTunes Match subscription. This is where I am confused. I hate to spend the 25 bucks if I dont have to. But in light of the fact they are starting to earn their own money and have upgraded their headphones/earpods I feel reasonably sure that the upgrade from the 128 to the 256 "mastered for iTunes" would be worth it. Can you provide some advice here please? Thank you

Yes sir all libraries are in their respective children's iTunes/iCloud account

other iTunes works flawlessly & sounds good to my ears.