Koolpep
Headphoneus Supremus
@krismusic @elfary
Yes. After having spend a few thousands dollars on DAPs and hearing all kind of amazing improvements and things - then finally volume matching them and putting them onto an input switcher.... I was devastated. The differences were tiny.
My current favorites are: Hifiman 901 with balanced card, Hidizs AP100 and the AK100 with The Predator.
But I use them with hard to drive IEMs and with over ear headphones - the 901 in balanced mode with the PM-3 sounds amazing and it can even drive LCD-2 very well.
Why I still use DAPs in general is just that my phone pings and plops, reminds and disturbs me endlessly while I am trying to enjoy my music. Better with a DAP - you can kick back, relax and just leave you phone out of reach (I know I could change my settings etc. but I don't want to do that).....
Anyhow, the iPhone 6 and 6S are very capable. The biggest issues people might have with them are probably based on bad synergy (impedance mismatch) or under-driven headphones. Otherwise the iPhone sounds amazing....
Yes. After having spend a few thousands dollars on DAPs and hearing all kind of amazing improvements and things - then finally volume matching them and putting them onto an input switcher.... I was devastated. The differences were tiny.
My current favorites are: Hifiman 901 with balanced card, Hidizs AP100 and the AK100 with The Predator.
But I use them with hard to drive IEMs and with over ear headphones - the 901 in balanced mode with the PM-3 sounds amazing and it can even drive LCD-2 very well.
Why I still use DAPs in general is just that my phone pings and plops, reminds and disturbs me endlessly while I am trying to enjoy my music. Better with a DAP - you can kick back, relax and just leave you phone out of reach (I know I could change my settings etc. but I don't want to do that).....
Anyhow, the iPhone 6 and 6S are very capable. The biggest issues people might have with them are probably based on bad synergy (impedance mismatch) or under-driven headphones. Otherwise the iPhone sounds amazing....