Are you sure it isnt aac? My btr3 only uses that with iOs

The apple dongle has crazy accurate measurements and will suffice for 95% of any In Ear Monitor. If you want to buy a powerful DACAMP only for 1more quad drivers (or, tbh, in ear in general) you’re most likely wasting money. It won’t improve the sound and if it will you’ll have to nitpick it and...

No.

I’m looking for a good mid tier (300 eur) all rounder with a dynamic driver as I’ve grown tired of only BA driver setups. My “benchmark genres” would be progressive rock / jazz / classical. But I also love big beat. That’s why I need an all rounder. I was looking at Oriveti OH300 but they’re a...

any toughts on the new Oriveti lineup?

how's the XBA N3 in 2019? Still the reference for midtier?

I've grown quite tired of my FA7. They are starting to give me a "claustrophobic" feeling because of the really tight bass and absolute isolation (headache after a while). Really missing a dynamic driver. What are good mid tier options with a dynamic driver? I already had the FH5 in the past...

Any ETA for the FH7 review?

Most likely placebo

Brooko posted his graphic EQ settings in the previous pages. I also posted the corrective parametric and graphic settings (made by oratory1990 and autoEQ) to match harman or uSound target based on crinacle’s measurements.

Perhaps SBC was the issue? No real benefits from using that codec. I can get atleast double that amount of battery time

if you mean correcting the S8f sound to match the USound target: https://github.com/jaakkopasanen/AutoEq/blob/master/results/crinacle/usound/Fearless%20Audio%20S8F/README.md

Simply ignore the preamp part. I also use those settings on a BTR3. I don’t think my FA7 ever played any better than this

I'm finding the USound curve to be quite sweet. Honestly the FA7 never made too much sense to me. With the right EQ they truly shine and I don’t think it would be an exaggeration to call them “outstanding” given their price range. But the stock tuning is a total mess. I truly cant listen to...

Im making my comparison using Spotify / Apple music. The codec used is always AAC 256kbps

am I the only one that finds the BTR3 sound lacking in definition? Compared to the apple 3.5mm dongle it has a much bigger soundstage but sounds congested at the same time. on the apple dac the sound is sharp, almost "cutting" while the BTR3 is way softer and with less instrument separation.

Neutron has up to 30 bands EQ. If parametric is a problem you can find the 10 bands graphic from AutoEQ on github.

In case you were wondering how to EQ the FA7 here's the corrective EQ settings to match harman / uSound targets. Harman parametric 10bands: https://www.dropbox.com/s/13jx6v9c9k4drfn/Fiio FA7.pdf?dl=0 uSound parametric 9bands: https://www.dropbox.com/s/opawjb99thh6q2y/Fiio FA7 (USound...

s10e has a pretty good and accurate audio by looking at gsmarena test. the phone itself is nice as a dap thanks to the compact size. the best you can do to improve it would be getting some better dac / amp without spending too much like ibasso dc02 / FiiO BTR3 / FiiO BTR5 but to be honest for...

Any hope for a proper parametric EQ? Would make all the difference in the world. Edit: or if it was possible to manually modify the eq values, maybe even through some txt

is this tool still working?

I am curious about the galaxy buds. Being B tier and costing around 100 usd they outperforms most of the buds in the chart. No brainer best buy? Also, anyone knows anything about the driver configuration?

what about airpods themselves? Just curious, I found them to be pleasing (before losing them...)

Take a look at the MI8SE / MI9SE. I woudlnt go with s7 or htc10. They are simply too old

Xz2 compact is the smallest phone that comes to my mind