DAP vs Iphone or Iphone + DAC

[rickysio]

U chewren mah, friip prata

2013 1st batch, so now is 3 year.
2014
2015

 

[Rubick]

U chewren mah, friip prata

2013 1st batch, so now is 3 year.
2014
2015

Csb max roh. 2014 considered end of first year. Is barely 2 years in the market.
Come! I clap for chiu!

 

[rickysio]

Is u say one mah, new year must count everything again.

 

[Rubick]

Is u say one mah, new year must count everything again.

Like tt is start from zero leh

 

[Mach3.2]

whats your listening habit do you listen to whole albums?

Listening to the whole album is a different experience from a mash of different songs put together in a playlist.

 

[86technie]

Agree with some what have said, many ppl nowadays
the phone have powerbank and
if you add a DAC to the setup it look like you carrying a brick.
When I carry my DAP with DAC, my friends tend to tease
me wah your powerbank so big ah?

 

[adriannoob]

after reading all comments. i feel it;s like buying coffee
dap=coffee cup
dac/amp=coffee platic bag. hahaha.....

i think dac/amp use range is wider, but take up more space lah.
(ok,i'm not so sure yet, can dap also connect to pc and act as a dac/amp?)

 

[Rubick]

after reading all comments. i feel it;s like buying coffee
dap=coffee cup
dac/amp=coffee platic bag. hahaha.....

i think dac/amp use range is wider, but take up more space lah.
(ok,i'm not so sure yet, can dap also connect to pc and act as a dac/amp?)

Some Dap also can act as dac/amp

 

[Narukura]

IMO, a using a phone as a DAP can never be better than having a dedicated DAP. Which I find the same for phone camera and dedicated digital camera.

P.S. - Just my 2 cents.

As long as you find that the sound is good for you, no one is stopping you from using your phone as a DAP. What sounds good to me might not sounds good to you and vice versa.

 

[jelt2359]

IMO, a using a phone as a DAP can never be better than having a dedicated DAP. Which I find the same for phone camera and dedicated digital camera.

P.S. - Just my 2 cents.

As long as you find that the sound is good for you, no one is stopping you from using your phone as a DAP. What sounds good to me might not sounds good to you and vice versa.

I actually like my phone -> Apex Glacier and phone -> Chord Hugo a lot. Let a friend try it, poor fella, just bought his DX90 (literally, on that day), and was stunned by the Chord Hugo. Kenna poisoned.

 

[GotBetrayed]

I actually like my phone -> Apex Glacier and phone -> Chord Hugo a lot. Let a friend try it, poor fella, just bought his DX90 (literally, on that day), and was stunned by the Chord Hugo. Kenna poisoned.

Chord Hugo is not portable...

 

[alamakazim]

Chord Hugo is not portable...

is marketed as Hugo mobile DAC/headphone amp

Products: Hugo mobile DAC/headphone amp

Hugo mobile DAC/headphone amp
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of our ground-breaking and game-changing DAC 64, we have launched Hugo - the world's most advanced DAC/headphone amp. Based on the same FPGA DAC technology that has helped establish Chord Electronics as an authority in digital audio, Hugo is a reference-level portable - a world first in audio history. Discover why What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision awarded if five stars here

Called Hugo (because you can take Hugo wherever "you-go"), the new device offers studio-master-tape sound quality, advanced connectivity and uncompromising file playback capability, all from a palm-sized player. Hugo is the world's most advanced headphone amp/DAC and the most advanced 32-bit DAC we have ever made, offering five digital inputs including A2DP aptX Bluetooth, plus advanced 384kHz PCM and DSD 128 playback for today's high-resolution DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition) music files. See the video here

Crucially, Hugo can be used as both a portable headphone amp/DAC as well as a reference-level standalone DAC in a static system. Hugo brings the renowned digital audio expertise of Rob Watts and Chord Electronics to serious headphone listening, enabling music lovers to experience a world of super-high-resolution music via their headphones or suitable loudspeakers. It offers unsurpassed performance and technology and is unrivaled in the marketplace, thanks to its bespoke technology, FPGA circuitry and advanced file-playback capability.




hardcore users, making custom leather pouch, slingbag etc... for portable usage

 

[Mach3.2]

Even a desktop DAC is "portable" if you take the trouble to lug a car battery around.

 

[Narukura]

Even a desktop DAC is "portable" if you take the trouble to lug a car battery around.

Then will look like signaler carrying man pack.

 

[alamakazim]

Then will look like signaler carrying man pack.

is portable what lol

 

[Rubick]

Paging for theory_87

 

[Asure7]

I don't use high end equipment...
I just use a very basic Sony E-series walkman to connect to car audio system, and the sound quality already beats my phones (iPhone 5s / Samsung S4) handsdown.
Notably, the separation of different types of sound is very obvious.
With the E-series, I can hear different instruments playing distinctly, while with the phones it's more jumbled together.

My belief is... if the "source" is bad, add a DAC and you will just be amplifying the weak spots as well.

 

[jelt2359]

Chord Hugo is not portable...

Everyone has their own method of listening. For me, I put it in my bag- not my pocket.

And the Chord Hugo also has bluetooth.

 

[Seth Lee]

I don't use high end equipment...
I just use a very basic Sony E-series walkman to connect to car audio system, and the sound quality already beats my phones (iPhone 5s / Samsung S4) handsdown.
Notably, the separation of different types of sound is very obvious.
With the E-series, I can hear different instruments playing distinctly, while with the phones it's more jumbled together.

My belief is... if the "source" is bad, add a DAC and you will just be amplifying the weak spots as well.

This is totally wrong. You are simply comparing the headphones out of both the Walkman and Phones. There is a good chance that a properly paired phone and DAC combo with beat the hell out of your Walkman

 

[adriannoob]

technogically a dap and dap/amp should be no much difference. it's the spec.
phone to dap/amp compared to dap should be no who is better.

and for some say it's like phone camera compared to camera. cause phone cannot have big sensor chip and lens mah. hahaha.... my first hobby dslr leh.