I love personal audio devices, but have you ever seen people at a silent disco party? It reminds me of that exact scene from Amadeus.
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MacAttack7
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Not to clog up the thread with anything long, but can you give a short explanation what something like this HiBy R3 II does compared to an iPhone 12?
I see these things all the time, but I can't figure out what they do beyond what something like an iPhone already does.
Do I need to buy one? I love buying new stuff!
Ferdinando1968
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I love personal audio devices, but have you ever seen people at a silent disco party? It reminds me of that exact scene from Amadeus.
Yes, when I was a boy and went to discos, every now and then it occurred to me (I don't know why) to cover my ears and watch others dance.
They all seemed a bit ridiculous to me.
But it's normal.
Human life and activities are made up of ingredients:
as you take them away, life becomes impoverished to the point of seeming absurd.
The secret of many beautiful things is often given by the ingredients, they must not be too few or too many.
The right combination is the one that will give the best results.
Ferdinando1968
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Carpet
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Welcome to the club ! I will just give the not-so-my-favourite ones as presents for Xmas. Easy-peasy .
Also I try to sell those which are good ones just (most probably) will not be used in the longterm (because others I like better) like the Moondrop Aria2 (which is a very good one, no question asked).
Also, I bought ~5 DACs, and I need about one; they will be excellent presents with new IEMs, I say.
I do the same thing, anything I don't like goes in the "Grinch Bag". So named because I'm keeping all the good stuff for myself. Muahaha!
Er, sorry Santa that was a malicious misrepresentation of my genuinely charitable nature.
Another one of my annoying questions. Prior to all this wave of audio goodness when things were a little toned down in the iem world, what were your go-to iems? (e.g., Kato, Blessing 1 and 2, Oxygen, etc. al.)
A low-mid tier DAC is more about convenience than being essential. It saves phone space and battery power while bringing useful features for enjoying music, and a decent sound quality. Plus you won’t lose sound when you load the wrong app. So basically it’s battery saving, memory saving, DAC / headphone socket and separated sound system at the cost of carrying an extra little device.Not to clog up the thread with anything long, but can you give a short explanation what something like this HiBy R3 II does compared to an iPhone 12?
I see these things all the time, but I can't figure out what they do beyond what something like an iPhone already does.
Do I need to buy one? I love buying new stuff!
For some people such DAPs are pointless, but others really like them.
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o0genesis0o
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Not to clog up the thread with anything long, but can you give a short explanation what something like this HiBy R3 II does compared to an iPhone 12?
I see these things all the time, but I can't figure out what they do beyond what something like an iPhone already does.
Do I need to buy one? I love buying new stuff!
You don’t need one, but you might want one after seeing how fast a dongle can drain the battery of your phone if you forget to unplug it, and how janky the whole dongle setup is in your pocket.
Oh, and your iphone has no headphone jack of any kind, R3 II wins by default
Another one of my annoying questions. Prior to all this wave of audio goodness when things were a little toned down in the iem world, what were your go-to iems? (e.g., Kato, Blessing 1 and 2, Oxygen, etc. al.)
FiiO FD5. My darling. Absolutely
Until I trashed it in my review as well.
I don’t miss that era of the market, tbh. At that time, A$450 can give you either blessing 2 or FD5, and neither are truely good (to me, ymmv). At that time, the only way to go was up. Nowadays, we have so many competent stuffs at A$450 or less.
That's a great point that I never see anyone bring up. It's definitely annoying when you're listening to a song on your phone and then audio from another app takes over.Plus you won’t lose sound when you load the wrong app.
Redcarmoose
Headphoneus Supremus
It has a card reader that can run 2TB of music. It has can play parallel with HiBy Phone software which can access the music on your phone and play it on the R3II better that BT quality. It can play higher Res files, it gets way, way louder and can power my full-size MDR-Z1R. It also does about 20 other things better than a phone, but I’m too lazy to disclose them here, read my review instead.Not to clog up the thread with anything long, but can you give a short explanation what something like this HiBy R3 II does compared to an iPhone 12?
I see these things all the time, but I can't figure out what they do beyond what something like an iPhone already does.
Do I need to buy one? I love buying new stuff!
But the most important thing is it sounds way better than a phone, bigger soundstage, a fuller deeper bass, it is an M signature.
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I started with the Shure SE535 a decade ago (September 2013), set broke fast because I took zero care of them.Another one of my annoying questions. Prior to all this wave of audio goodness when things were a little toned down in the iem world, what were your go-to iems? (e.g., Kato, Blessing 1 and 2, Oxygen, etc. al.)
Then in May 2016, I got a V-Moda ZN, courtesy of Uravgconsumer rec'ing, set broke in summer 2019.
By the time my ZN broke, the only sets I had was the infamous 1more Triple Drivers (Which is technically the chi-fi set I ever owned.) and Klipsch X11 I bought off Ebay in 2018 as backup sets, I didn't like either set that much which prompted me to do more research on earphones
Finally in late 2019, I bought a **** **** on Aliexpress after reading audiofool.reviews which opened a portal to the IEM rabbit hole I've been exploring for the past 4 years.
But the IEM that me into the hobby was none other than the famous Moondrop Starfield I picked up during summer 2020.
Edit: Thank you head.fi for still having the stupid brand blacklistings, set I'm referring to is the S.enfer D.T.6
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Absolutely ! 15 post every page ? 90 fking thousand post in just a month shy of 12 years ? 3-4 pages every day ?
This thread keeps a truckin.
We all must be insane ! I love it !
cobrabucket
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Very cool, Jaytiss. Congrats!Hey I got spotlighted. My first iem review!
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