Need Help buying my first DAC for iphone13

[Gabbarr10]

Hello everyone,
Im a student with iphone 13, and I recently bought myself simgot ew200 and with it Im looking for a DAC/Amp to setup with my iphone13, through my research I get to know that usually one has to buy apple camera adapter for it and then use dragonfly or some other dac.
But I just wanted to know if theres any new dac in the market which works fine without apples extea attachment,
Please let me know if someone has any expereince with Cx31993pro or Fiio KA11 , as they both claim to work with iphones.

Thankyou

 

[staticV3]

Hi @Gabbarr10! Welcome to ASR.

The Apple headphone adapter is among the best DACs that you can get for the ew200, sound quality wise.

It works without the apple camera adapter.

 

[Gabbarr10]

Yes I checked on that, but it came to my knowledge it can supoort upto 24bit/42khz , and through lossless music on apple music we can het much better output with a Dac connected

 

[staticV3]

Yes I checked on that, but it came to my knowledge it can supoort upto 24bit/42khz , and through lossless music on apple music we can het much better output with a Dac connected

That's not how this works.

24bit/48kHz is more than what human ears can perceive.

You can buy a DAC with 96, 192, even 768kHz, and the sound would stay exactly the same as the basic 48kHz DAC inside the Apple adapter. Zero change.

You would spend more money, drain your iPhone's battery faster, stream more data from the cloud, all for nothing.

People pay more for 192kHz audio because they think it gives them better quality.
Not because it actually gives them better quality.

It's a massive ruse.

 

[Dunring]

Yes, don't fall for it and build a music library in 44.1khz 16 bit FLAC. The Apple 3.5mm adapter is all you need for a phone. Also that format will play in other devices like a car stereo without up or down sampling.

 

[Gabbarr10]

Yes, don't fall for it and build a music library in 44.1khz 16 bit FLAC. The Apple 3.5mm adapter is all you need for a phone. Also that format will play in other devices like a car stereo without up or down sampling.

Thankyou for precious advice, tbh Im completely fine with that but another thing is the filmsy cable of apple as its of not very good quality, I had one before but dint lasted long enough, if there are some other other reliable options I would love to go for them if not I would choose to stick to apply only

 

[Gabbarr10]

That's not how this works.

24bit/48kHz is more than what human ears can perceive.

You can buy a DAC with 96, 192, even 768kHz, and the sound would stay exactly the same as the basic 48kHz DAC inside the Apple adapter. Zero change.

You would spend more money, drain your iPhone's battery faster, stream more data from the cloud, all for nothing.

People pay more for 192kHz audio because they think it gives them better quality.
Not because it actually gives them better quality.

It's a massive ruse.

Haha very well said, I appreciate it and now I guess I have made up my mind for apple cable, saves me from thinking too much about it

 

[Dunring]

The Sound blaster X1 sounds great and has plenty of power and has a removable short cable. The Tanchjim Space is my favorite for sound quality. Can't go wrong with either at their price points of $50 and $85 typically.

 

[doalt]

Haha very well said, I appreciate it and now I guess I have made up my mind for apple cable, saves me from thinking too much about it

Apple dongle should have no problem driving ew200 and sounding good. But it is a bit on the thin side. If you are worried about it breaking, Fiio K11 does seem more sturdy. Sound quality wise I am not sure if you will hear any difference between the two.