Adding Lossless Track to iPhone from iMac with iCloud Music Library Enabled

Thanks for the reply tt2

If I switch sync library off, then manually sync the files I need, then put sync library back on, will the files I manually sync stay on my iPhone so I can listen to the lossless version?

Thanks again I will give this a go.

Ive just created a Smart Playlist with rules

Cloud Status - Uploaded

Bitrate - Above 320kbps

Sorry to ask yet another question, do I just need to turn Sync Library off on my Mac, or Mac and iPhone before I turn it back on again and merge. Also, if this nukes my library I appreciate it is my own fault and I have a back up just in case.

I'm hoping I can check if its worked by playing the files back through a DAC

Thanks again

I just turned the Music Library off on the phone and synced my lossless tracks to the iPhone.

I tested using wired connection from iPhone to DAC and saw that my library tracks with 96khz sample rate were indicating this on my DAC which is great. When I turned the iCloud music library back on the iPhone the tracks downloaded on my iPhone from my Mac library still play at the higher sample rate.

Interestingly, whilst I had the wired connection I selected hi res in the music app on the iPhone and could see the sample rates change on the DAC as indicated on the track in the app eg. 96, 192.

When I stream from the iPhone to my second gen Airport Express which is connected on the optical out to the DAC everything shows as 44hz sample rate, which Im presuming is either a limitation of Airplay 2 or my Airport Express, though this still sounds great.