wilsonlaidlaw
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Ordered my own pair of T5P 2nd gen and the recommended Impacto Universal High-End DAC/Headphone Amplifier for outdoor usage with my iPhone X.
waiting for it to be delivered in a week or so. Can’t wait and I hope I won’t be disappointed
Anyone knows if tidal master MQA quality format is supported or ill have to use HiFi quality?
Hi, I’m going to use both on my iPhone X with tidal. What do you use to stream the music? And how does the quality change with and without the Impacto?
The T5P headphones direct on the iPhone really don't work very well. The iPhone's amp is not really man (or woman) enough, so the Impacto is an essential. Together they are quite impressive.
The manual says you need a separate app to play hi-res files, so I asked Beyerdynamic "which app then". "Oh we couldn't possibly recommend one app". "OK give me a choice of apps that work with the Impacto then". "I am afraid we have not tested any apps to be able to recommend" A less than impressive response from Beyer! My iPod touch seems to be playing hi-res direct from iTunes but I don't know if it is downgrading them before streaming to the Impacto.
The one thing I really don't like are the very short leads from the Impacto to the phones, so that the Impacto is always sitting on your chest. I have had Custom Cans in the UK make me up a 1.2m extension. Word of warning the extension cables should actually be mono 3.5 2 pole plugs as that is the way that Beyer have wired them. The Custom Cans cables had to be altered so that each channel feeds from the tip connection/pole.
Wilson