How to listen to high resolution Lossless Audio on your iPhone with the HELM BOLT

Great video, thanks. To connect an iPhone to a home hi-fi amplifier would I just use spare L/R phono inputs on the amp?

too much add-ons, to hear music?

Me on a Sony phone with LDAC Bluetooth and hi res audio jack 24khz to 192khz capability all built in , trying to research for my friend how to make his broke ass iPhone play decent music ..

I have an Iphone XS and several dongle DAC/Amps to go along with it and many open back and closed back headphones with not too high of an impedance and I'm never happy with the music coming out of the phone with my headphones which are the Sennheiser 598, 599, 560's, 569's and many others by different companies , it's never clear and sounds compressed, I'm not an Apple music subscriber but have my Itunes music synced up to my Iphone XS and under audio there is no option for me to select 24 bit 96KHZ or higher which I know my DAC's can do and would like an Lossless audio option for my synced music, may I ask why Apple doesn't have this option under their phones or if they do are they only for Apple music subscribers, I can't understand why I cannot choose my bit depth and sample rate at all, I feel Apple should do this for everyone who owns an Iphone regardless if your an Apple music subscriber it should be under the audio tab for anyone to select their output of audio which my P.C. let's me do.

so it wont do anything for signals lower than 48khz?

Can i use my bowers and wilkins px8 + wire for losless audio?

Does it work with anything except Apple Music?or any streaming audio? For example music stored locally?

is it okay if i use another cheap brand for the usb camera adapter?

Why not just use a Lightning to USB C port adapter? They exist.

This is bizarre, I am unable to play any Hi Res Lossless on my iPhone. Followed the instructions as mentioned here but no luck.

My equipment:
- iPhone 11, iOS 15.4.1
- Schiit MODI3 DAC
- AudioEngine A1 speakers
- Lightning to USB Camera adapter (with lightning port for power)

Connected:
- iPhone > adapter > USB cable > DAC > Speakers
- iPhone connected to Wi-Fi, plugged to Apple power brick.
- DAC powered on, connected to power brick, USB input selected.

Configured:
- Settings > Music > Audio Quality
- Enabled Hi-Res Lossless on: Wi-Fi Streaming, Downloads.

Trying to play the same Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande songs shown in this video; Hi-Res icon never appears!
Tried another artist/song, the Hi-Res icon appeared, when I clicked it:

- It said "24-bit Lossless Available"
- It did not say "24-bit Lossless" like in this video!

make a lightning version. seriously.

I don't understand why Helm and others cant just make a version of their dongle dac with a lightning connector. Surely having to daisy chain multiple connectors together will have a negative effect on sound quality.

The Apple dongle has a 24/192 chip.

It would be nice if some of these companies would just make lightning adapters. Most of them are type c.

New to audio hobby but would I also need a headphone with up to 40khz freqeuncy range?

The intro is a killer

Anyone know if this would help for mixing on a ipad are there any cheaper alternatives?

I’ve been using the helm audio bolt for a while now and it has been great so far, sadly, a few weeks back I started to experience some distortion in the left channel whenever I’m starting to listen to music, and after I move around the connector for a while, the distortion disappears… overall is still working but to be adjusting every single time the headphone jack to remove distortion is kind of annoying, and it happens with multiple headphones, so it is not a headphone issue.

Why does it not work, when you connect the bolt to the Iphone, only using a usb-c to lightning adapter? Thx, Stephan

This is a great video. So when I purchase the Helm Bolt on your website inside the box there will also be the USB-C to USB-A adapter?
I have the iPhone 13 and have been trying to take advantage of lossless or hi-res audio quality with Apple Music.
If I get the bolt and the adapter, can I plug in my standard Apple EarPods with 3.5 mm plug + get the lossless or hi-res lossless sound quality?