In Reply to: How does Apple iPad compare.... posted by Bill the K on May 11, 2016 at 23:36:38:
Not clear whether you want to compare iPads to laptops (as the title says), or Apple laptops to other laptops, but in any case...
So, I"ve tried my iPad as a source in a number of ways: wireless streaming (convenient, sound is just ok) and HDMI out to an OPPO DAC via the "camera connector" kit (a step up in sound quality). Neither really compares to playing directly from my Mac laptop via USB to my Ayre DAC, or directly from my Win7 system via USB.
If my many years following the Digital and Computer Audio asylums here have taught me anything, it is that you can get "really good" sound out all of these sources with just a little bit of care. Getting "superb" sound... ah, that's a little trickier, becomes much more system (and goal) dependent, and can be as much work as you care to put into it. But then for some it is about the journey, not the destination. :)
Cerebrate!
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