Veyska
100+ Head-Fier
I had this whole long post written up and then decided I was rambling too much and deleted it.
TLDR - If my library isn't lossless (high res mp3s yes, but I can't get some of the songs lossless so I'm not worrying about the rest) and I'm only ever going to use it in outdoors/noisy environments with easy-to-drive IEMs/whatnots is there any real reason I shouldn't save a bit of $ and get something like the FiiO μBTR instead of their BTR3 or the EarStudio ES100? (Yes, future-proofing is a thing, but so is battery life decay.)
(PS - If there are other good Bluetooth receivers in the same general price range I'm open to recommendations - I tried poking Amazon but that mostly just spits out generic dongles that don't even mention codecs and larger units designed for at-home usage. My phone supports AptX/AptX HD but not AptX LL and I *think* it supports LDAC as well, for ref.)
TLDR - If my library isn't lossless (high res mp3s yes, but I can't get some of the songs lossless so I'm not worrying about the rest) and I'm only ever going to use it in outdoors/noisy environments with easy-to-drive IEMs/whatnots is there any real reason I shouldn't save a bit of $ and get something like the FiiO μBTR instead of their BTR3 or the EarStudio ES100? (Yes, future-proofing is a thing, but so is battery life decay.)
(PS - If there are other good Bluetooth receivers in the same general price range I'm open to recommendations - I tried poking Amazon but that mostly just spits out generic dongles that don't even mention codecs and larger units designed for at-home usage. My phone supports AptX/AptX HD but not AptX LL and I *think* it supports LDAC as well, for ref.)