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Best phone/personal listening device under $500

Doing a LOT of walking these days (gym not open yet) with my Grado and Audeze cans and the sound through my iPhone 8+ is pretty mediocre. No headphone jack either.

What are you guys using/recommending these days In a nice fairly inexpensive portable set up? I own an old HRT microstreamer  DAC that I would like to incorporate into the mix if possible.

Thanks.

glrtrgi

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glrtrgi OP
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Hi

I love my current headphones and so I am trying to work with them as my “baseline” equipment and find the source that will work well with them.

I’ve read that a LG V30 phone might not be a bad low cost option...
glrtrgi OP
69 posts
 
Thanks Soix
Does this mean that I am bypassing the internal DAC in the phone and solely using the USB DAC for the digital conversion? I have a HRT Micorstreamer that I can connect but I thought that there may be an issue with how the data is sent to the external DAC via a iPhone - meaning that the D to A conversion is done with the phone DAC.
GLR
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