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The best DACs to improve audio quality

Apple finally added “lossless” and “high–res” audio formats to Apple Music this summer — but it also admitted that AirPods and other Bluetooth headphones — can’t actually play these high–quality audio formats.

If you want the best possible audio quality from Apple Music or any other streaming service, then Apple recommends using wired headphones or speakers, along with an additional device known as a DAC, or “digital–to–analogue–converter”. Using a

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