I‘ve been a reader of this forum for some months and I am a strong believer in science.
Still, I keep questioning myself what is it all about in other Headphone forums praising the sound quality of some DAPs to heaven? Are they all wrong by stating DAP A sounds so great, much better than DAP B and how audiophile DAP C is?
For my IEMs I am currently using my iPhone 11 Pro with the Apple Lightning 3,5mm Dongle and it sounds all very good and as expected but I am missing an EQ like I am used to with my desktop RME Amp.
So I ordered a Qudelix 5k because it seems to be the most versatile dongle when it comes to EQ‘ing and it delivers much power in case I want to listen to my HD800s with it.
I compared the Apple Dongle with the Hidizs S8 which has such great measurements. I couldn’t here a difference to the Apple Dongle other than that the Hidizs distorted the sound while I used the Spotify equalizer. It was strange, the Apple Dongle doesn’t to this. The Hidizs was fine though without the EQ and in Apple Music and Tidal, as well. But I didn’t find it sonically any better than the Apple Dongle...
But I hate how I can’t get the above discussions out of my head on how much better expensive DAPs are.
BTW I was a short time owner of the Astell & Kern SE200 (I wanted to try it out). But the device broke after about 1h of use. The wifi module died and even full factory resets didn’t help. Then I sent it back for full refund. I listened to music with it briefly but in the very short time couldn‘t find anything special about the sound quality. An EQ was there but it seemed to be pretty awkward (not a nice 10 Band PEQ like with the Qudelix...).
Still I don‘t know if I would have been able to discover the magic after some days of use?
Can somebody clear my mind with reason, please?
Still, I keep questioning myself what is it all about in other Headphone forums praising the sound quality of some DAPs to heaven? Are they all wrong by stating DAP A sounds so great, much better than DAP B and how audiophile DAP C is?
For my IEMs I am currently using my iPhone 11 Pro with the Apple Lightning 3,5mm Dongle and it sounds all very good and as expected but I am missing an EQ like I am used to with my desktop RME Amp.
So I ordered a Qudelix 5k because it seems to be the most versatile dongle when it comes to EQ‘ing and it delivers much power in case I want to listen to my HD800s with it.
I compared the Apple Dongle with the Hidizs S8 which has such great measurements. I couldn’t here a difference to the Apple Dongle other than that the Hidizs distorted the sound while I used the Spotify equalizer. It was strange, the Apple Dongle doesn’t to this. The Hidizs was fine though without the EQ and in Apple Music and Tidal, as well. But I didn’t find it sonically any better than the Apple Dongle...
But I hate how I can’t get the above discussions out of my head on how much better expensive DAPs are.
BTW I was a short time owner of the Astell & Kern SE200 (I wanted to try it out). But the device broke after about 1h of use. The wifi module died and even full factory resets didn’t help. Then I sent it back for full refund. I listened to music with it briefly but in the very short time couldn‘t find anything special about the sound quality. An EQ was there but it seemed to be pretty awkward (not a nice 10 Band PEQ like with the Qudelix...).
Still I don‘t know if I would have been able to discover the magic after some days of use?
Can somebody clear my mind with reason, please?