Nango
Major Contributor
No more speaking testing pls, try to return the equipment to Klipsch within the 14 days grace period and focus more on other gear pls.
I'd still like to see all the equivalent measurements and graphs you made for the LG G7 done for your Samsung Galaxy S8+ and presented in a standalone review - a large proportion of music listeners on the go still listen via their smartphones, and the audio chip in your S8+ is the same as in the S9 and S10 series, which altogether is a huge number of users, so this would still be a relevant review to a lot of people.
It would be very interesting to see exactly how it compares to the G7 and all the dongles you've reviewed, particularity the Samsung dongle, as it looks like future Samsung smartphones won't have a 3.5mm audio jack, so many would want to know if upgrading to the new phones and having to use the dongle would actually be a downgrade in audio performance.
I second the general thrust of this. DAPs are dead, the smartphone is King. We want to know how good headphone jack output on smartphones is. Bluetooth output quality too.
Hey, I like using a Clip+ when doing chores & so on. It's good to put the phone's distractions away for a little while, not to worry about the battery (& the phone charges at the same time), and definitely not worry about breaking it. Not sure what I'll buy when this Clip (my 2nd) dies. Are there good $50 options?
- Fiio BTR5 in Bluetooth and USB input (from Android phone) modes.
- Xduoo XD10 Poke
I hear you...about getting away from your phone once in a while. What to do when your Clip+ dies? Get a pair of BT earbuds. Put the phone down in Airplane mode (BT on) and roam your house untethered, listening to music being streamed via BT. I live in a two-storey house and the BT buds (Anker Soundcore Liberty 2 Pro) keep up with me all around the house without connection breakup and they very good for what they are.
Or get something like the Qudelix 5K to turn any of your headphones into a wireless pair, with a 20-band parametric equalizer to enable system-wide mobile EQing. I'd love to see measurements of that when it comes out next month (it's made by the same developer of the ES100 so I'm expecting good things.)
The Qudelix 5K joins the arena of self-powered, micro-USB DAC/Amp/BT receiver devices led now by the Fiio BTR5 and Shanling UP4. All of these devices are under 30cm2 in volume. No need to wait for the Qudelix to be released for both the Fiio and Shanling are now out.
Any others than can run with these three?
I agree Parametric is killer, but UAPP does (in-app purchase).
That's just 6-band, and only confined to the UAPP app itself, as is Neutron Player's 30-band parametric EQ. The beauty of Qudelix's hardware PEQ is it's system-wide, so will work with all sound output from your phone, from any app e.g. Spotify, YouTube etc. It really is a game-changer.
Can you think of any other new ones, or about to come out? I've listed three (Fiio BTR5, Shanling UP4 and now the Qudelix 5K).