psikey
Headphoneus Supremus
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OK, I only use IEM's and after purchasing Shure SE846's I won't be buying any others as I find them superb and a big step-up from the SE535's I had.
So next was pursuing best smartphone to use with them and used all of bellow:
iPhone 4/4S/5/5S/6
Samsung S3/S4/S4minn/S5/S5mini/S6/Note1/Note3/Note4
HTC M8
Sony Z3/Z5/Z5c
To cut a long story short, I've always thought the Note 4 was amazing, iPhone/M8/Xperia good and S6 poor until the latest firmware which seems to have significantly boosted the audio quality from the Wolfson DAC. I'm using Note 4 with Adapt sound configuration but everything else off. Not done any rooting to try V4A (I don't intend to).
So then onto DAC/AMP's and tried Dragonfly and HA-2 which all went back, then I tried the Chord Mojo which like the SE846's experience was a quantum step up for me when listening to Hi-Res/DSD.
I mostly listen to Chord Mojo now when indoors but still prefer just a phone when out and about.
No matter how many times a do back to back listening between iPhone6/Note 4/S6/Z5c I still come back to the Note 4 having the best headphone out with the SE846's and nearly as good as the Mojo with Tidal/Spotify.
I always read that Qualcomm was crap and phones like the M8, Xperia and some other Samsung's have Qualcomm but none sound as good as Note 4 to my ears (Mojo is amazing with Hi-Res/DSD).
So, is it just me or do others find the Qualcomm Note 4 superb with low impedance IEM's ?? Even though I have access to newer phones such as iPhone 6S/S6/Z5 I'm still tending to stick with the Note 4 even though I'd prefer to use a smaller phone, but in addition to having excellent headphone out/DAC audio its also got excellent battery life, removable battery, great camera, memory expansion, awesome screen, still quick.
So next was pursuing best smartphone to use with them and used all of bellow:
iPhone 4/4S/5/5S/6
Samsung S3/S4/S4minn/S5/S5mini/S6/Note1/Note3/Note4
HTC M8
Sony Z3/Z5/Z5c
To cut a long story short, I've always thought the Note 4 was amazing, iPhone/M8/Xperia good and S6 poor until the latest firmware which seems to have significantly boosted the audio quality from the Wolfson DAC. I'm using Note 4 with Adapt sound configuration but everything else off. Not done any rooting to try V4A (I don't intend to).
So then onto DAC/AMP's and tried Dragonfly and HA-2 which all went back, then I tried the Chord Mojo which like the SE846's experience was a quantum step up for me when listening to Hi-Res/DSD.
I mostly listen to Chord Mojo now when indoors but still prefer just a phone when out and about.
No matter how many times a do back to back listening between iPhone6/Note 4/S6/Z5c I still come back to the Note 4 having the best headphone out with the SE846's and nearly as good as the Mojo with Tidal/Spotify.
I always read that Qualcomm was crap and phones like the M8, Xperia and some other Samsung's have Qualcomm but none sound as good as Note 4 to my ears (Mojo is amazing with Hi-Res/DSD).
So, is it just me or do others find the Qualcomm Note 4 superb with low impedance IEM's ?? Even though I have access to newer phones such as iPhone 6S/S6/Z5 I'm still tending to stick with the Note 4 even though I'd prefer to use a smaller phone, but in addition to having excellent headphone out/DAC audio its also got excellent battery life, removable battery, great camera, memory expansion, awesome screen, still quick.
