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Headphoneus Supremus
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I must disagree here. Surely, if one BT performs better than another, great. But the BT DAC/amp is to be used in substitute to the player's internal DAC/amp, and should first be compared to that which it replaces. If not, there is no base, and no possible standard against which to test/compare.
I was coming from the point of view that the devices you used to compare all involve wired connections and not bluetooth, and so should be inherently superior.Well I was basically comparing XB10 to other devices in this class, that is BT amp/dacs. Comparison to DragonFly and Mojo is aimed for someone who knows them and have never tried bt receivers but would like to get some vague reference point.
Comparing XB10 (or any oher device of this type) directly to bt headphones is problematic because the headphones themselves are very different beasts, so youd have to choose one as an universal reference point. But sure, if someone can compare xb10 + wired sennheisers momentums to wireless sennheiser momentums that would be interesting to read.
My take on the purpose of the xb10 was to provide bt ability to all headphones. To be even more of a fair comparison is to use the recent Noble bt device as a comparison. Exact same purpose.