Rockanroller, do you feel like the Dragonfly adds much to the already too HIFIMAN?
Portable DAC and Iphone
I would like to be able to get decent music out of my iPhone for headphones and perhaps putting in my system.
However, from what I read on at least one review was that the iPhone sucks and adding in say a Audioquest’s DragonFly only makes it suck a teensy weensy bit less.
Perhaps a Chord Mojo would be better? In that case though it is pretty expensive and large for listening while mobile and then I wonder if that is wasteful and I should just get an amp or separate DAC solution and say screw it to portable.
Thougths?
However, from what I read on at least one review was that the iPhone sucks and adding in say a Audioquest’s DragonFly only makes it suck a teensy weensy bit less.
Perhaps a Chord Mojo would be better? In that case though it is pretty expensive and large for listening while mobile and then I wonder if that is wasteful and I should just get an amp or separate DAC solution and say screw it to portable.
Thougths?
Showing 5 responses by portlandlay
Arg_ca, This is from YOUR link: DragonFly Black and Red with iPhone After the experiences described above, there were no more surprises: Having now abandoned both hi-fi system and computer in favor of my iPhone 6 Plus, I didn’t expect to hear grand sound from either of the new DragonFlys—and I didn’t. The fact is, even after confirming that its equalization function—available by selecting Settings, then Music, then EQ—was disabled, music played from my iPhone, with or without an outboard DAC, seemed to conform to a hi-fi–like curve, with boosted and blurry bass and, to a lesser extent, boosted highs. That’s not to say that my iPhone was incapable of giving minimal musical enjoyment—or that the DragonFlys were incapable of wringing from the experience just a bit more information and involvement. But that’s all it was: a bit. Read more at http://www.stereophile.com/content/audioquest-dragonfly-red-black-usb-da-headphone-amplifiers-page-2… Also, I do use Tidal for my downloaded content. It certainly us much better than MP3 even streamed from bluetooth. I put this out there to see what real folks were hearing rather than professional reviews which tend to be like movie critic reviews at times. For the record, I have a simple Yamaha AVR (right now), piping music with my headphone jack on my iPhone 6+ to speakers I like and a very good recording and I was very happy listening to it. |
Thanks Greg and I will check out the Sony. One thing I did see on the web that differs from you experience was a test on the new iPhone 7 dongle. Measurements show it to be inferior to the headphone jack only iPhone 6+ “The results are clear: with an iPhone 6S, the dynamic range worsens by 4.5 dB(A) for 24-bit music files. For the iPad Air, it worsens by 3.8 dB(A). The signal also gets worse for 16-bit music files, even if they aren’t that drastic: the dynamic range worsens by 1.8 dB(A) and 3.1 dB(A) for the iPhone and iPad, respectively." http://bgr.com/2016/09/20/iphone-7-headphones-jack-sound-test/ |
Yesterday I ordered some new over ear headphones on a whim. I had some pretty mediocre pair but yesterday I tweeked the plug and now they are dead. These are what I got. https://www.amazon.com/Philips-SHP9500-Precision-Over-ear-Headphones/dp/B00ENMK1DW/ref=sr_1_1?s=elec.. I got them at Newegg for $55 and for that money they are worth trying. So I getting a DAC may be priority one now. Does anyone have experience with the FiiO E10K USB DAC? |