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Originally Posted by steaxauce  Also from Sennheiser is the MX W1, a new $600 bluetooth IEM that transmits 16bit/44.1KHz digital data (the same sample rate and bit depth as CDs). They say that makes them "lossless," though that's pretty much just a gimmick. You're not sending a digital signal straight through to the headphones. As with any other non-USB bluetooth headset, you're first converting the original digital signal to an analog one via your device's internal DAC, and then the transmitter is converting the analog signal to a digital one (in this case a 16/44.1 signal) to be transmitted tot the headphones. So you're going through a DAC (in your device), an ADC (in the transmitter), and a DAC (in the earphones. Its transmission signal being the same bit depth and sample rate as CD data is irrelevant, since the bluetooth headphones aren't starting with CD data to begin with. They're starting with the analog signal output by the device. They might just as well have chosen another format.
Despite its main selling point (in terms of audio quality) being only a gimmick, people are saying they sound pretty good. And let's not forget that these are probably the first untethered wireless IEMs available. Pretty cool product, if you ask me.
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First off, the MX-W1 is not bluetooth. You have to use it's dongle, so it won't pair via A2DP.
Secondly, it's not an IEM. Unless you consider iBuds to be IEM's. The MX-W1's are earbuds. But they have a surprising amount of bass for earbuds. I am curious as to their range. If it's more than 10 feet, I might be interested. But only if they end up being available for $300, asking $600 for those is silly.
-Ed
I wonder how you judge him as a new here? His post count?
