[maheeinfy]

My current setup
iPhone 4 Line out via L9 > C5
Will there be noticeable difference with a DAP like some of the Fiio/iBasso?

 

[Jmop]

I just wanted to point out that for those of you who think the blue bands are a weird choice, the champaign color is a light brown and in the fashion world brown and blue go together 

 

 

[Kerouac]

  I just wanted to point out that for those of you who think the blue bands are a weird choice, the champaign color is a light brown and in the fashion world brown and blue go together 

 

I guess you're totally right 

 

 

[Jmop]

LOL blue steel baby!

 

[Kerouac]

I even noticed that using the blue bands provided a 5% ''very real placebo upgrade'' in sound quality

 

[Jmop]

Aha! So that's why they chose blue. If they chose something like red than you would be distracted from the sound because of the chewing.

 

[Lohb]

The blue & gold expand the sound-stage and take the edge off the treble.

 

[skingg]

My current setup
iPhone 4 Line out via L9 > C5
Will there be noticeable difference with a DAP like some of the Fiio/iBasso?

Very much. Thus the steep prices for these audio players.

 

[hucifer]

My current setup
iPhone 4 Line out via L9 > C5
Will there be noticeable difference with a DAP like some of the Fiio/iBasso?

I don't think so. IPhones usually measure quite well from the line out so you might not hear much improvement from a sound quality perspective.

The main reasons to get a dedicated DAP I'm this this situation are practical - battery life, more storage and so on.

 

[mdiogofs]

Does this produce hiss with very sensitive IEMs?

 

[lcheowl]

I don't think so. IPhones usually measure quite well from the line out so you might not hear much improvement from a sound quality perspective.

The main reasons to get a dedicated DAP I'm this this situation are practical - battery life, more storage and so on.

One of the weakness of DAP is the UI, iphone or ipod nano users usually hate the DAP UI.

 

[Lohb]

My current setup
iPhone 4 Line out via L9 > C5
Will there be noticeable difference with a DAP like some of the Fiio/iBasso?

Grab the new HRT idSp DAC if it works with 4....kickstarter or somewhere...try it before you dump $250+ on a DAP !

 

[snellemin]

My current setup
iPhone 4 Line out via L9 > C5
Will there be noticeable difference with a DAP like some of the Fiio/iBasso?

You can get the Kaisertone app for your Iphone.  It plays Flac files and has 31 band eq to mess with.  Or you can install the BBE app that sounds really nice too. 

 

[Thomas Cayin]

  Thomas did start a thread on the C5DAC a couple days back but he seems to have temporarily removed it.

Yes, because it doesn't meet the requirements. I will abide by the rules.

 

[AudioMan2013]

So I ordered new op amps for this amp and made it sound fantastic - very smooth, detailed highs, tight bass with good quantity, and a bit of liquid 3d sound. I am using 2 ADA4637-1BRZ op amps and they sound fantastic.  The ad8597 and the original TI OPA ones were a no go for my ears.