I was just curious as the Denon supports Airplay 2 as well as being fitted with HEOS. When rips are in an Apple Music Library or iTunes library in a Mac and any attached network storage set up as an iTunes server, the iTunes Remote app can access them and play them to a selected device or to multiple devices if Airplay 2 is supported in all devices.
If subscribing to Apple Music, rips will appear alongside selections added to the library from Apple Music that may or may not be downloaded. Albums downloaded from the service can be downloaded in their lossless or hi-res ALAC form.
The Anthem here does not support Airplay, but does support DTS-Play-Fi. I’ve used with my Onkyos. My Yamaha is fitted with MusicCast and does support Airplay. But, unlike the Onkyos, Chromecast and DTS Play-Fi are not supported so I use Airplay when sending music to all of them at once.
Here is an album I ripped in 16/44.1 AIFF to my Mac. It could also have been ripped in WAV. In this case, I’m using Airplay to play it from my Mac to one of my Onkyo receivers. I could also have sent it to three other receivers as well since they all support Airplay 2 and adjust their volume levels independently of each other.
As an aside, any AVR and speakers can be damaged when played beyond their limits. While Onkyos had HDMI board issues years ago, they were the first to get HDMI 2.1 ports right while Denon/Marantz and Yamaha f#%ked up their offerings. I’ve three Onkyos that work just fine and all three support DTS Play-Fi.
If getting sauced on occasion and blasting music down there, I would be careful or go with a more robust unit. I have had several Denon AVRs over several years.They are wonderful machines. They also run very hot.
More annoying than the lack of bass management on two channel units is the lack of front pre outs on lesser AVR units. The Yamaha RX-V6A actually has Front Pre Outs and, believe me, it needs them. You’ve got to go higher up on the food chain at Denon and Onkyo to get them.
