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My thoughts exactly, hahaha. This is my new theory of why some people believe MQA sounds better :)

Thank you, everyone, for the positive responses! I agree it’s a great time to be an audiophile. Quite a few years back, when I was a broke student, I had a Fiio E10k and a Sennheiser HD 598se. I remember a friend owning a Hifiman Edition X with a fancy Fiio DAP. After trying that, I was utterly...

My current set-up: iPhone 15 Pro Max => USB C Data Cable => Fiio BTR15 => Hart 4.4mm Balance Cable => Hifiman Ananda Nano I’ve recently upgraded my DAC/amp combo from a Fiio BTR15 to a Fiio K7. The main reason for this upgrade was the higher power output. The K7 uses two THX AAA 788+ Amps...

Do you know if the SRC bypass also bypasses the Android internal mixer dither? After further research, it seems that even when the sample rate remains unchanged, as long as the internal mixer is not disabled, it dithers the data before sending it to your external DAC. As long as the mixer is...

That's true! I tend to be more irrational about cool-looking things and often splurge more than necessary. In the long term, I find myself not regretting the decision and appreciating the coolness; so I accept it for what it is. :)

That's so true; I often find myself splurging on something just because of its build quality or aesthetics. At best, its functionality remains the same, occasionally even reduced, since I take extra care to avoid ruining the aesthetics. I find that this is just the human nature part of me and I...

If I understand this right, 16-bit data will be converted to float, mix, dither, and then converted back to integers. This happens even when bit-depth and sample rates match, as long as the mixer is not bypassed. Since dither is imperfect, 16-bit data will have audible noise, while 24-bit noise...

This is an excellent resource; reading it clarified many terms for me and cleared up some misconceptions I've had. Thanks!

True, mobile OS's are much more optimized than their desktop counterparts, especially iOS. Although with all the raw processing power we have at our disposal now, I hope that before long, we can have desktops perform the same.

Thanks for the welcome and well-explained information! I’m glad that Apple has prioritized Apple Music when determining the clock domain. I’m surprised that iOS is the only OS that cares to resample system sounds to match the music sample rate instead of vice versa. It's nice to know I can...

My current setup has an iPhone 15 Pro Max => USB-C Data Cable => Fiio BTR15 or K7 => Hart Balanced Cable => Hifiman Ananda Nano. After reading about the Apple Music (AM) app online, it seems that the AM app cannot bypass the internal mixer for Windows, MacOS, and Android, as there is no...

Thank you for the information and for linking such useful resources. After reading up on MQA, I see now that the encoding is done through a lossy origami process, and the dynamic range cannot be restored to the original quality. After some consideration, I’ve decided to switch to Apple Music...

Hello, Recently, I upgraded from a Fiio BTR15 with an MQA renderer to a Fiio K7 without the MQA renderer. My daily driver is a Hifiman Ananda Nano, and the 2W power output from the K7 seems to drive the planar magnetic headphone better than the BTR15 (it could be a placebo effect, but it does...