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Two ways to play music from an iPhone into a Chord Hugo 2 — a USB cable, or UPnP to a 2Go bolted onto it. Both are bit-exact. Here's what actually differs, and which one is optimal.
How to play music from an iPhone to a Chord 2Go over your own network — bit-exact, no transcoding — using DLNA and a self-hosted 1-bit bridge. Plus the security caveat nobody mentions.
iPhones don't play DSD out of the box, and most apps quietly convert it to PCM. Here's what actually playing DSD takes — a USB DAC, DoP, the right file, and a player that gets out of the way.
An iOS app can't tell whether your Lightning or USB-C output is a $9 dongle or a $250 Audeze Cipher cable. Why Apple's audio API is opaque, and how 1-bit handles the gap honestly.