Well my SE846's have decent bass thump anyway and certainly not dimminished with BTR5 compared to my DFC or Sony A105. If anything there is slightly more kick in the bass.
In a good way.
Hey everyone. Hope you are all well. I have been reading this thread and have watched a few videos about the BTR5 and I am wondering what the cheapest device is that I could get that would take advantage of the apxhd or ldac capabilities when I am already totally submerged in the Apple/iOS pool. All the searches I have done are suggesting android phones but I don’t need another phone etc. Hope that makes sense and thanks for your time and advice.
Hey everyone. Hope you are all well. I have been reading this thread and have watched a few videos about the BTR5 and I am wondering what the cheapest device is that I could get that would take advantage of the apxhd or ldac capabilities when I am already totally submerged in the Apple/iOS pool. All the searches I have done are suggesting android phones but I don’t need another phone etc. Hope that makes sense and thanks for your time and advice.
I have a samsung tablet that I used to try out the ldac world. Now this was with a btr3, but I wasn’t impressed. Not only could I not tell a difference in quality between ldac, aptx, and aac, you can’t use the eq in ldac. I’m deep into the iOS world as well.
I have a samsung tablet that I used to try out the ldac world. Now this was with a btr3, but I wasn’t impressed. Not only could I not tell a difference in quality between ldac, aptx, and aac, you can’t use the eq in ldac. I’m deep into the iOS world as well.
Any idea if they are planning on selling it on Amazon Germany or UK? Thinking about giving this a try, but don't know a proper store to buy from in the EU.
EDIT: Turns out, it was already sold on Amazon UK.
Does anyone know how well it drives the Tin AUDIO P1 in balanced output?
Hey everyone. Hope you are all well. I have been reading this thread and have watched a few videos about the BTR5 and I am wondering what the cheapest device is that I could get that would take advantage of the apxhd or ldac capabilities when I am already totally submerged in the Apple/iOS pool. All the searches I have done are suggesting android phones but I don’t need another phone etc. Hope that makes sense and thanks for your time and advice.
Neither LDAC or aptx-HD offer any real world advantages over AAC output from an iOS device for music listening quality in my opinion, so I personally wouldn't bother with a different device
Hey everyone. Hope you are all well. I have been reading this thread and have watched a few videos about the BTR5 and I am wondering what the cheapest device is that I could get that would take advantage of the apxhd or ldac capabilities when I am already totally submerged in the Apple/iOS pool. All the searches I have done are suggesting android phones but I don’t need another phone etc. Hope that makes sense and thanks for your time and advice.
As far as I know, it is more important to specify what is the quality of your source files. If for example you are sourcing from spotify, even SBC(the default link speed) is enough. But if you are using higher quality formats souch ALAC, then it starts higher rates (aptxhd, ldac) to have meaning. Also it depends on your headphones and your ears training to find the diferences. I cant yet!!!Finaly, iphone and ipod and ipad can connect up to aac, wheareas macbook and imac support higher bitrate connections. BTR5 supports almost all current audio formats except the fairly new aptx adaptive.
Well my SE846's have decent bass thump anyway and certainly not dimminished with BTR5 compared to my DFC or Sony A105. If anything there is slightly more kick in the bass.
In a good way.
I agree. Compared to my DFR, it has a slightly warm signature with a little more bass but retain all the details from DFR. I sold my DFR for the BTR5 and I found myself using LDAC most of the time. The difference between wired and bluetooth is so small that it is hardly noticeable. I'm very satisfied with this purchase.
Neither LDAC or aptx-HD offer any real world advantages over AAC output from an iOS device for music listening quality in my opinion, so I personally wouldn't bother with a different device
As far as I know, it is more important to specify what is the quality of your source files. If for example you are sourcing from spotify, even SBC(the default link speed) is enough. But if you are using higher quality formats souch ALAC, then it starts higher rates (aptxhd, ldac) to have meaning. Also it depends on your headphones and your ears training to find the diferences. I cant yet!!!Finaly, iphone and ipod and ipad can connect up to aac, wheareas macbook and imac support higher bitrate connections. BTR5 supports almost all current audio formats except the fairly new aptx adaptive.
Not necessarily true. This is coming from a person who has an iPhone 7 used solely as a digital transport for audio, because of the bitperfect output. I also use Android phones. With my Audioquest Nighthawk, Campfire Audio Solaris, or Meze 99 Classic, I definitely hear a difference between AAC on iOS, and LDAC, APTX-HD, and in some instances treble presentation with APTX vs AAC. It's the higher frequencies that are the most affected by the different codecs. The treble extension is less in AAC than say LDAC or APTX-HD. AAC doesn't sound bad at all, but I certainly notice the greater Dynamics in presentation on an Android with LDAC. For the record, it's easy to buy a "budget" Android phone, with the ability to expand storage via Micro SD on eBay. For instance, a Samsung j3, which does APTX and LDAC, no APTX-HD, can be purchased used for $60-$70 and a 400gb micro SD card for less than $60.
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