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Just took delivery of a C220d estate with the Burmester system.
My iPhone 6 is loaded with Apple Lossless (ALAC) music, which plays fine when I hook up the iPhone via the USB port. The "problem" is that I do a lot of short drives every day and that I thus need to connect and disconnect the phone (and stove it away in the center console) many times each day (I know; a "luxury" problem).
I do not wish to use the BT function due to the loss of audio quality and lack of album art etc.
I have tried copying the ALAC files to a USB drive, which could then be connected permanently. However, it seems that the Burmester system cannot play/decode ALAC files directly from a USB drive.
Therefore, I have considered converting the ALAC files to MP3 (320 bit) and then loadning them on to the USB drive - the Burmester system should be able to play those files.
However, this leads to the following two questions:
1. When playing the ALAC files using the iPhone via USB (which works fine), I assume that the iPhone either (i) decodes the ALAC files and "downsamples" them, or (ii) re-encodes them to a format which the Burmest system can decode?
2. In theory, which solution provides the best sound quality; (a) playing the ALAC files from the iPhone over USB (which are then downsampled or re-encoded - see above), or (b) converting the ALAC files to MP3 (320 bit) and playing them from the USB drive?
Thanks in advance!
My iPhone 6 is loaded with Apple Lossless (ALAC) music, which plays fine when I hook up the iPhone via the USB port. The "problem" is that I do a lot of short drives every day and that I thus need to connect and disconnect the phone (and stove it away in the center console) many times each day (I know; a "luxury" problem).
I do not wish to use the BT function due to the loss of audio quality and lack of album art etc.
I have tried copying the ALAC files to a USB drive, which could then be connected permanently. However, it seems that the Burmester system cannot play/decode ALAC files directly from a USB drive.
Therefore, I have considered converting the ALAC files to MP3 (320 bit) and then loadning them on to the USB drive - the Burmester system should be able to play those files.
However, this leads to the following two questions:
1. When playing the ALAC files using the iPhone via USB (which works fine), I assume that the iPhone either (i) decodes the ALAC files and "downsamples" them, or (ii) re-encodes them to a format which the Burmest system can decode?
2. In theory, which solution provides the best sound quality; (a) playing the ALAC files from the iPhone over USB (which are then downsampled or re-encoded - see above), or (b) converting the ALAC files to MP3 (320 bit) and playing them from the USB drive?
Thanks in advance!