Thank you for your reply.
The issue is not me not knowing how to set my devices to lossless audio.
I am so thankful to be able listen to lossless audio now, I am an audio engineer / musician and it is a dream come true!
But here is the problem:
1.) my iPad Air (latest version) is set to High-Resolution LosslessALAC up to 24-bit/192 as described above and connected to a 24 bit 96 kHz self powered audio interface via the apple camera kit
I create a (large) playlist with available 24 bit 96 kHz files and it streams all songs in that format and sounds really good through my studio set up.
2.) I access my iTunes library with my iPhone which cannot play those 24 bit 96 kHz files the next day,
the iPhone will stream the ALAC 44.1 or 48 kHz files instead through a good set of wired studio headphones which sounds great also.
3.) when going back to my iPad the songs are not playing in 24 bit 96Khz anymore, nor in 44.1 or 48 kHz,
they are swapped out for the old 256 kbps AAC files!
- the iPad never was disconnected from that external audio interface set to 24 bit 96 kHz or connected to bluetooth to my AirPods Pro or anything like that.
4.)somehow when listening to my library on another device it will swap out the 24 bit 96 kHz with 256 kbps AAC files in my Apple Music library. I can hear the difference and when looking it does not have the lossless icon next to the artwork on the iPad. I then have to delete those albums and songs in my library and add the 24 bit 96Khz versions again and rebuild the playlist all over to play them in the lossless 24 bit 96Khz format.
Then it works again in 24 bit 96Khz until the next day when the 256 kbps AAC files of those songs are in place again.
I don't want to nag too much over this, we all listened for so long to 256kbps files and it was fine, but now getting the taste of this awesome sound quality of 24 bit 96Khz I would like to really use this as much as possible.
My understanding is that the stream will be depending on each device's settings - music - audio- audio quality - High Resolution Lossless and my iPad is set to that, yet it streams 256kbps files over my home fast wifi connection, although the songs are available in that 24 bit 96Khz format. Is there something I am missing?
Maybe it has something to do with my Apple Music library also residing on my Macbook Pro's 10.14.6 Mojave. My two Macbook Pro's, my two iPads and my iPhone are all synced to the same library. All devices are on the latest IOS 14.6. Unfortunately I cannot update my Macbook Pro's to Big Sur, because my DAW (MOTU Digital Performer) will not work with Big Sur (yet) and I need this in the studio on a daily basis. Are my Macbook Pro's on OS 10.14.6 Mojave responsible for swapping out the High-Resolution LosslessALAC up to 24-bit/192 files to 256 kbps AAC files in my Apple Music library on all my devices?
