[Tential]

I saw this mentioned on reddit.
LBT-HPC1000RC
It's a Bluetooth cable for iems that even uses ldac, and is the behind the ear type. It's available in Japan only it seems anyone used it yet?
Looks to be $150 on Japan, $300 to get it here in the US.

Anyone heard of this? Want to invest in a cable to use with iems and this is the most advanced one I've seem mentioned.

 

[smallcaps]

I'm currently visiting Tokyo and grabbed this cable on a whim. While the quality is sounding good so far, I only get around 3h of battery life via LDAC. Bluetooth 5.0 seems to be working well and I have less connection issues compared to my cheapo penon audio Bluetooth cable. Build quality is decent, but the actual wire seems pretty standard. Unfortunately it's micro USB and not USB C. Remote is chunky and buttons are clicky. I'm pretty happy with it so far but even at $150, it might not be worth it, considering my last Bluetooth cable cost $30.

 

[darkwing]

yikes , for $150, I'd rather get an ES100 Earstudio for $99

 

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yikes , for $150, I'd rather get an ES100 Earstudio for $99

That is certainly a better deal. I got it tho to pair with my R3 and Galaxy Note as they both support LDAC. Unfortunately the ES100 doesn't do LDAC... Not that I can hear the difference against APTx-HD anyways...

 

[darkwing]

That is certainly a better deal. I got it tho to pair with my R3 and Galaxy Note as they both support LDAC. Unfortunately the ES100 doesn't do LDAC... Not that I can hear the difference against APTx-HD anyways...

in their site, it says it supports LDAC? https://www.radsone.com/earstudio

 

[smallcaps]

in their site, it says it supports LDAC? https://www.radsone.com/earstudio

I stand corrected. Thought it didn't but looks like it does!

 

[ClieOS]

There is also FiiO BTR3

 

[Tential]

Neither of the other options are built into the cable like the elecom is.
Hopefully more cables support ldac and high end codecs. $150 isn't bad, hopefully the cable and feature becomes more available they want to charge $300 here so far. I'd like to get a custom cable with ldac receiver built in like the elecom cable.

 

[sino8r]

Don't forget about the Sony MUC-M2BT1. It's $200 or less to the US and works really well. Powers every iem I've tried really well.