most of the time people will stop using the amp/dac... troublesome to use with phone
get a portable player
Even with portable player, I will use it with amp.
u hardcore mah I dont see alot of stackfi around liao
the players are damn powerful now
But most players with built-in amps are still not as good, with the exception of FiiO's X7 with amp module and Astell & Kern's AK380 AMP which is extremely costly.
say already u hardcore mah...
people have different expectations
my point here is , eg
$500 dac/amp better than $500 portable player?
my weightage
$500 portable player win
dedicated player
dedicated power
no extra dangling cables needed
portability
audio quality should be on par with IEMS... +/- 10% this is subjective anyway
anybody got any solution on the lightning cable?
seem like alot manufacturer haven come out with a portable DAC or AMP or am i wrong?
I'm looking at lightning cable with built in DAC/AMP..
previously i had a dx50 but kinda troublesome bringing mobile phone + DAP
Consider Sony MDR-1ADAC, lightning port compatible
so you can connect to your iPhone.
No need for DAC and Headphone since MDR-1ADAC
is a headphone +DAC.
http://www.sony.com.sg/electronics/headband-headphones/mdr-1adac
I thought iPhone 7 has no music quality at all, since it can only output digital signal to a dac lol. A bit like asking how to make a pair of Nike shoes run faster.
But joking aside, although I do not use an iPhone 7, there are three ways I will do to fully utilize its "audio capability".
1) Use wireless earphones, such as the Onkyo W800bt that I'm currently using.
2) Use a lightning cable with inbuilt dac and amp. I am a backer of two Capri cables (type c terminated though) and hope to get an Audeze iSine 10, to use as my iPhone 5S (it will be relegated to DAP status haha)
3) Connect it to a small portable dac+amp. Presently I can also use my Android phone with my Dragonfly black, can also be done with an iPhone 7.
I don't use the phone alone and connect a standard pair of earphones to it so can't comment on it, but I pair it up with my CIEM and amp so sound quality is very good. But I also use a third party music player app so it just wraps things up.
Wireless earphones/earbuds are great and it's the best option for portability and ease, but being bluetooth, can't really get a lot out from it. If I'm lazy, I'll just lug out my Earins, but sound quality can never compare to a dedicated rig.
Im using UM iem already. so don't need to get another headphone.
Actually my Onkyo W88bt sounds good enough that I don't miss my regular IEMs like Dita Answer and Hum Pristine. It's quite amazing how far wireless/bluetooth earphones technology have come.
Just a small quibble but you meant you're using a dac+amp with your CIEM and iPhone 7 right? Which brand and model?
Still no fight with my CIEM though, I'm using my 6s Plus for music now, with my reshelled TF10 with UM and one added mid driver, amp is RSA Predator.
Ahh ok, ya the RSA Predator is a dac+amp. This morning I'm using the Audioquest Dragonfly Black with RE00 with my Mi5 as my source. Definitely sounds better than the W800bt but with the unit hanging out of my pocket, I keep worrying it'll drop onto the floor.