bigfullz
Head-Fier
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A "night and day" difference? Prob not, however, a couple things to consider:
- what headphones/IEMs are you using? A more revealing set will help convey those details/differences.
- what bitrate are your music files? iPhone player is capped at Apple lossless 96kHz 16bit files. Onkyo will play hi resolution FLAC and DSD ($9.99 upgrade i believe) BUT You would need an external DAC to actually play these files natively.
- are you staying on-the-go and portable? Or would you be sitting and listening intently for stretches?
Personally, I think iPhones have very nice heaphone outs, but I really appreciate the Onkyo app after hooking up to an external DAC and playing Hi Rez files for those "sit and listen" sessions.
Here's to the HeadFi journey
- what headphones/IEMs are you using? A more revealing set will help convey those details/differences.
- what bitrate are your music files? iPhone player is capped at Apple lossless 96kHz 16bit files. Onkyo will play hi resolution FLAC and DSD ($9.99 upgrade i believe) BUT You would need an external DAC to actually play these files natively.
- are you staying on-the-go and portable? Or would you be sitting and listening intently for stretches?
Personally, I think iPhones have very nice heaphone outs, but I really appreciate the Onkyo app after hooking up to an external DAC and playing Hi Rez files for those "sit and listen" sessions.
Here's to the HeadFi journey