Who's theyThey said that AK4499 has better sound Stage.
Pay attention, you could be considered an Eretic to write something like this in this forumFrom outside the same, but inside... They said that AK4499 has better sound Stage.
Pay attention, you could be considered an Eretic to write something like this in this forum
I actually am curious who you are referring to..Just sayin... Nothing personal
Agreed! Plus there will always be a doubt that will forever bug you, diminishing you enjoyment.A18 2nd Edition (MQA) has optical. But it has 6 different filters, so sounds like yours is an X16.
You should still ask for a swap, as this is clearly a mistake. Mistakes happen, but who knows which other mistakes might be inside.
Both are transparent. Get the one you think fit your budget and brand you like.I'm gonna be returning my X16 after chinese new year since they won't be able to ship me a replacement until then. After seeing the review of the Topping D30Pro though, I'm thinking of getting that instead of a replacement X16. The D30Pro will probably be significantly cheaper but I would lose MQA and bluetooth. I don't really care about MQA but bluetooth is nice. What do you guys think?
I wouldn't give up Bluetooth, but each to their own.I'm gonna be returning my X16 after chinese new year since they won't be able to ship me a replacement until then. After seeing the review of the Topping D30Pro though, I'm thinking of getting that instead of a replacement X16. The D30Pro will probably be significantly cheaper but I would lose MQA and bluetooth. I don't really care about MQA but bluetooth is nice. What do you guys think?
Personally I gave up on bluetooth and just put a Raspberry Pi on USB instead for streaming. Way more features, way more stability, significantly better sound quality. I was never able to keep a stable BT connection at max LDAC bitrate, and the difference was easily audible between BT and USB. Also saves a lot of battery on the phone.I wouldn't give up Bluetooth, but each to their own.
Not my experience at all and I have been using Bluetooth extensively for at least five years now. Blind listening I'll bet you couldn't tell USB from Bluetooth apart. And please, if you haven't done proper blind listening, multiple trial, level matched trials, don't tell me how you know you can hear the difference because without valid evidence it really doesn't mean anything. You seem like a very reasonable and nice person so I am not trying to be challenging, but unlike at head-fi, here we are allowed to talk about the gold standard of listening testing which is, level matched, multiple trial, blind listening. Again, nothing personal your post was not at all inflammatory, but novice users may come along and read a post like that and just assume it is true without considering what constitutes evidence.
You can post about it all you wish, but that still doesn't constitute evidence. Opinion yes, completely fine to express your opinion, but fact, no. I am pretty sure the majority of the membership here would concur that claims such as you are making, absolutely fine to make, before they can really be taken seriously require more evidence than simply your insistence. Maybe you're right, so why not test your beliefs?There is plenty of SCIENTIFIC reason why BT is a degradation of sound quality: Resampling the stream (on Android usually to 16/48) and THEN transcoding it with a lossy codec. I can show you what that looks like in an audio-flinger dump.
And it's not difficult to hear. No need to conduct elaborate experiments to prove the obvious.
I do think you're taking this crusade a bit too far. This is AudioScienceReview.com, not NobodyCanHearAnything.com. We discuss audio gear based on facts, and we use measurements to facilitate that.
Why even bother looking for DACs that measure well and discuss their (often minute) differences if we weren't allowed to also discuss the source going into the DAC?
I apologize for quoting your post. I posted my own experience with BT (and the alternative) for the benefit of others who might be interested, knowing that you like to use BT. But I went out of my way to acknowledge your experience, which I didn't invalidate or dispute.
I am happy to discuss the merits of BT, although prolly in another thread. LDAC really is a great improvement, and I agree that at the highest bitrate it's good enough for many situations. But please don't tell me I cannot post about it without conducting a blind test with a large control group, because we're not on head-fi. That's just abusing the word science to shut discussion down.
Now feel free to Report my post if you find it unscientific.
You can post about it all you wish, but that still doesn't constitute evidence. Opinion yes, completely fine to express your opinion, but fact, no. I am pretty sure the majority of the membership here would concur that claims such as you are making, absolutely fine to make, before they can really be taken seriously require more evidence than simply your insistence. Maybe you're right, so why not test your beliefs?
Does every audio discussion have to come down to something like this?
Not my experience at all and I have been using Bluetooth extensively for at least five years now.
Why even bother looking for DACs that measure well and discuss their (often minute) differences if we weren't allowed to also discuss the source going into the DAC?
LDAC really is a great improvement, and I agree that at the highest bitrate it's good enough for many situations.