After six and half years with an iPhone 7 Plus and the Apple Lightning to 3.5 as a source, a couple of weeks back i moved to an iPhone 15 Plus and Apple USB-C to 3.5 dongle. I can confirm that at the same volume step Apple USB-C dongle is way louder than Apple Lightning dongle. I did some...

They measure the same (except for Vrms of course) and they sound the same. Thus if you don't have volume problems with an EU iPod Touch you can sit back and relax to the music.

There are three kinds of music listeners: - Those who do not know about sound. - Those who do know about sound (People that has read scientific literature about it like Bob Katz's 'Mastering Audio'). - Those who do not know about sound (People that indulge themselves on farums but ignore...

Shure SE535 sound great out of Apple 9$ dongle which has a pitch black background and has a perfect 0'3 ohms of output impedance. Apple spends 4+ billions a quarter on I+D and it pays off.

SE535 impedance changes across the spectrum (8 ohms at 5kHz). Plus rule of eight applies to dynamic transducers, not much to balanced armature technology in which electrical damping is much less of an issue.

S10 sticks with EN-50332 volume regulations for one package setups (sources with bundled headphones), Thus it will deliver: 0'5 into low loads (bundled earphones) 0'75 into open loads 1vrms into high loads Non EU&South Korean iPhones neglect EN-50332 and deliver 1 Vrms no matter what load...

For what is worth in 2014 Cirrus Logic acquired Wolfson. Thus there is no longer such a thing as Wolfson. https://investor.cirrus.com/news-and-events/investor-news/news-details/2014/Cirrus-Logic-Agrees-to-Acquire-Wolfson-Microelectronics/default.aspx When Apple switched to Cirrus noise...

LG sticks to ITU 50332-1 worldwide. Unlike Apple. Thus every LG handset that ships with bundled earphones is subject to EU volume limitations. 0.37 Vrms with low impedance earphones 1 Vrms in AUX 2 Vrms with high impedance headphones The only way the get 1 Vrms for low impedance earphones...

No and no. As per my audiologist my audition is excellent and both ears work equally thus i don't feel the need for adapt sound. I don't like to mess with digital audio on the fly since it degrades low level sounds because of quantization noise. I enjoy a lot every nuisance of music so i won't...

(A long time iPhone user), the jack removal got me interested in checking out the Android wired audio situation. I am trying every now and then an Exynos Samsung Galaxy S10+ with my Shure SE535/Westone W30/Shure SE425 and i would say it sounds pretty darn good. I still prefer Apple Lightning...

Thanks a lot for your insightful answer. Much appreciated. I have had Westone iems in my inventory since 2011 and i am not giving up anytime soon. Actually in spite of the flooding of the marketplace and (quite questionable) marketing techniques of many manufacturers i just use Westone and...

Don't make it look as it's data OR ears. That's a false dilemma. It's data and ears. Sometimes i listen first and find the data way later (as happened with Apple dongle which i purchased at launch). And know what? Both appraisals always concur. It's very important to study digital audio...

Gsmarena measurements are crap. Only useful thing is the fr graph. If it has a bump at 50Hz then output impedance is high.

G7 seems to have clearly a more honed audio performance. But it's not like the V30 it's not very good. It is. As per Anandtech image software processing is wayyy better on the V30. So if photography capabilities are important... As smartphone are swissknifes you should weigh in every task...

For big cans non Apple or Samsung can't match the 2 Vrms of the Quad DAC in high gain mode. The G7 somewhat measly low impedance mode 0.37 Vrms seems to be tied to the EN50332-1 standard btw. Samsung and LG sticks worldwide with the EN50332-1 standard where Apple only sticks with it within...

I don't see an IMD of -113 anywhere. For a 32 ohms dummy load: G7 -101.34 (16 bits) Apple Lightning dongle -86,66 (14 bits) V30 -74,43 (12 bits) Thus the V30 delivers 12 clean bits, the dongle 14 clean bits and G7 16 bits. And that's providing them with a 24 bit signal. That proves my...

Yes, you are reading wrong. THD and IMD of the V30 are worse than in the Apple dongle. Dongle is pretty much perfect in the 16 bit realm. V30 is not mainly because of its IMD (Which is more important than THD). The better IMD the better clarity. As i deem 24 bit audio a must for audio...

https://www.0db.co.kr/xe/REVIEW_0DB/category/183 Based in my long experience on the objective side of audio i would say this guy knows very very well his game. Thus i deem those measurements as fine and dandy. In fact they match what i hear quite nicely. To me it's like this: G8>Apple...

Bonus track: iPhone Lightning adapter chart hooked to an Korean iPhone (Volume capped as EU ones) and to US iPhone (Non capped). Apple Lightning dongle off a South Korean iPhone (Capped as European iPhones) Apple Lightning dongle off a United States iPhone (non capped)

Sorry guys. G7 outperforms V30. LG V30 LG G7 ThinQ

Ok. These charts should put to rest the questions about G7/V30. G7 outperforms V30. Which makes sense since Meridian Audio came up with DVD-Audio and Bang & Olufsen is just about marketing and brand image (An Astell & Kern of sorts :wink:) LG G7 ThinQ LG V30

You find your iPad Pro better because its output it is not capped by the UE regulations as it sells without bundled earbuds. Thus it delivers 1 Vrms versus the 0'5 Vrms of the capped iPhone. If you had a non EU iPhone it would deliver 1 Vrms as well. There is absolutely no objective basis to...

Why is it that Westone marketing is so low key these days? When Westone 3 was released lots of tech sites reviewed them. It's been ages since a mainstream outlet reviewed a set of Westone iems.

Is the native music app, well, able to play an entire album in proper order instead of in alphabetical order? I can not believe that this crap can still happen to a 2018 flagship device. And it happened at launch it seems.

Output impedance is the impedance of the amplifier. The lower the better.