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might be helpfull to know your budget and equipment given. Have you tried your iPhone - adapter - dac - amp - headphone? If yes, are you unhappy with the quality/sound?
You're aware how deeeep this rabbithole can get :)
Headphones: - Grado 350i - Sennheiser HD650 - Sennheiser HD6XX - Sennheiser HD598 - HifiMan 4XX
DAC&Amp: - AloAudio PanAm - Schiit Jotunheim - Fiio Alpen - DragonFly Red
Amp (alone): - Massdrop CTX (tube) - Massdrop Cavali Amp (Linear) - Massdrop THX (Linear) —- coming
the issue is that I use the iPhone X as source using Spotify Premium, (with the Camera Adapter) and I connect it to the PanAm DAC > Massdrop CTX > Headphone ... but I have read that the bit ratios using this system is not good enough (bottleneck in the setup then) ... I have read that it may be better to use the AppleTV to the DAC may be better, or even a raspberrypi, but I do not want a complicated setup with a PC messing around just for listening music in the sofa... what would you do?
Logical: Stop reading and searching. The only reference should be your ears (hearing ability) and taste of sound. From what you've written it seems you're fine with your pc/office sound. Take a few songs over Tidal you know by heart and compare the quality with both setups and trust your ears. Even though "correct" a/b comparison isn't possible this way, you should be able to hear if there is a significant difference.
Emotional: Buy the next "big" thing having in mind, tomorrow there will be something better. Maybe that AppleTV or something like a FiiO X5 III or better. I'm running a Thinkpad T420 as Musicserver with an Cambridge AudioDac and Valhalla 2, works perfect for me. Bought used in perfect condition, a X230 would be even smaller: http://www.softwarebilliger.de/notebooks-laptops/lenovo/ If i'm tired of cables i like to use my B&W P7W, but i'm more a speaker guy than headfi.
Decisions, decisions, that rabbithole. The question might be, do those exist to make us feel better in getting a more pleasing experience, or are they invented by industry and triggered by influencers/websites ... to get our money.
Good luck my friend, it seems we're doomed at free will.