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Feb 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM Post #496 of 518
Pashmeister said:
Oh, First time I hear this. Seems all reviews and even the headfi thread on BT11 talk about connecting this to non-Fiio receivers and I hadn’t seen one mention exclusivity to Fiio dac amps.
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I couldn’t do that. Maybe it’s just me, but all the bt11 thread talks are focused on BTR17 etc.
It CAN however connect to wireless headsets. But no mention of other dac amps.
 
Feb 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM Post #497 of 518
Feb 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM Post #499 of 518
daijobudes said:
Just an FYI. Not promoting anything. But I use it solely with BTR17. It’s good if it works for you.
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That’s fine, you made a mistaken general claim (which is different from how you personally use a device). It’s cool, everyone makes mistakes.
 
Feb 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM Post #500 of 518
Pashmeister said:
That’s fine, you made a mistaken general claim (which is different from how you personally use a device). It’s cool, everyone makes mistakes.
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If it would work for you, let us know please. And the steps you’ve made to activate another BT device to show up in the find menu.
 
Feb 13, 2025 at 4:50 AM Post #501 of 518
daijobudes said:
If it would work for you, let us know please. And the steps you’ve made to activate another BT device to show up in the find menu.
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There’s a few redditors that have used it successfully with other dongles. It seems it works with least issues with iPhone. But it’s the CMA18P thread and I would not like to derail.

Was hoping to get first some feedback on anyone else who got to compare CMA18P LDAC vs wired (regardless of bluetooth source device used).
 
Apr 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM Post #503 of 518
gylyf said:
As great as the Elite is, I also find the CMA18P to be significantly better (for my preferences). But I have completely different use cases for them, which is why I keep both: the Questyle is my bedside unit, while the Elite is perfect as a tiny, high-quality, always-on source at my desk in my home office. I do find the Elite benefits from using my Macbook Air as source, compared to my phone; could be placebo, but it feels like it fills out the sound and takes it out of the neutral/sterile territory..
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can you please provide a comparison between the CMA18P with the DX340?
 
Apr 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM Post #504 of 518
Pashmeister said:
Was hoping to get first some feedback on anyone else who got to compare CMA18P LDAC vs wired (regardless of bluetooth source device used).
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I recently had the chance to do this exact comparison with the CMA18P using an iPhone 16 and both the DCA Noire X and E3. Headphones were connected via 4.4mm and I wanted to see the difference between using USB-C and BT.

To my ears, wired might have the slightest advantage over BT, but it wasn’t enough of a difference to me where I could pick it out every time. BT on this sounded REALLY good. It makes for a great sounding portable setup. I was impressed enough to pick one up from the classifieds after spending a bit of time with it.
 
Apr 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM Post #505 of 518
nismo270r said:
I recently had the chance to do this exact comparison with the CMA18P using an iPhone 16 and both the DCA Noire X and E3. Headphones were connected via 4.4mm and I wanted to see the difference between using USB-C and BT.

To my ears, wired might have the slightest advantage over BT, but it wasn’t enough of a difference to me where I could pick it out every time. BT on this sounded REALLY good. It makes for a great sounding portable setup. I was impressed enough to pick one up from the classifieds after spending a bit of time with it.
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I can’t imagine we’ve lived without it for so many years. It’s a great codec!
 
Apr 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM Post #506 of 518
daijobudes said:
I can’t imagine we’ve lived without it for so many years. It’s a great codec!
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In this case the codec seems to be AAC (iPhone)?
 
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