I’m on iphone

I’ve been looking at the Dragonfly black

But I dunno if a fiio dac amp would be a better choice

it's reasonably priced and is quite small

cannot compare quality though - take a look into reviews

The worst part is my music player.

Poweramp.

I love the damn thing because it has a preset that just fits me.

me too <3

But it doesn't fucking work when it switches from track to track

It always has this very noticeable skip when it switches

But goddamn it, there is no music player than can compare to it.

I just want to listen to my mix sessions.

Sometimes the audio even lags.

really

never had a problem

gapless playback also working

maybe you should enable crossfade for 1s?

Maybe.

Also @spaqin rate my iems.

Or headphones or whatever.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm not really an audiophile...but I tend to get something g-g-g-good

In a sec bro

So why exactly do you like poweramp so much?

I used Neutron, it was a hifi one

On android

you see

back in 2012

there was no good music player

haven't seen another one with so good customizability *about the fucking music, not the interface*, with uncluttered UI

I’ll give you that one, Neutron’s ui is a fucking mess.

Still I remember it has better sound than poweramp

Our phones are probably different

could be

poweramp has two audio engines too to chose from

Oh, may be a new version

i'm going with 3.0 beta - i don't know if it was updated to main branch yet

Nah I haven’t used poweramp in over a year

That’s all new to me

Although I never tested the usb dac on my galaxy

The fiio I had was just a simple amp, not a dac

@spaqin What is the difference between the audio engines?

idk

from all I know, AudioTrack out supports 24bit/96khz on my Fiio, and OpenGLES goes up to 16/48

or it was the other way around?

I would assume the usb runs higher output

There are some really nice audeze headphones that run of the lighting port

But they cost fucking 600$

if you're doing lightning you should just get a DAC

don't marry the DAC with headphones because you can't change only one of them

I thought it was a cool ideas nonetheless

I'm not expert, but the headphones sounded absolutely glorious

Avenged Sevenfold sounded heavenly

oh a7x

haven't listened to them in a long time

The stage is fucking amazing

hail to the king sounds like shit next to it

nightmare was my jam

HttK sucked

Omg they got even better

Slightly prog

kind of like the ending song to nightmare

you gotta listen to it

oh shiiiiiiit

lemme get to rutracker

those ruskies motherfuckers have a FLAC rip from a vinyl

FLAC should be good from any source right?

24/192

I get mine off deezer

I think 16 bit

Vinyls are mastered differently

ohh

you can't make sudden jumps in volume like on CD

because the needle will crash/burn/drop out/destroy the disk

and of course it will sound slightly different

sudden jumps in volume?

So the mixing is different??

Apart from analog/digital

mm

I can't say I can surely hear the difference

had a vinyl rip of Rage Against The Machine discography, and it seemed soft, yet firm

I've listened to vinyl like once, I did not hear any real advantage. I guess I'm just used to digital music.

Rage against the machine could use a remaster

Like Megadeth, sounds a lot better after it

could be it

@spaqin RAAAATEE

REEEEEEEEEEE

too bassy 0/10

^

what did you rate?

what hedphons u have

mdrxb50?

Sony ToomuchfuckingbassBT

@Deleted User get the pixel 2 USB c dongle

It measures really well

@Lefteris Yes, that one.

Fuck my HD668b's short plug broken

Fucking gay man

😦

@HEKTIK the what

pixel 2 usb C headphone dongle

https://store.google.com/product/usb_c_headphone_adapter

im not sure if that works with normal usb devices though

it should, but it specifically calls for a device with usb-c

i dont see why it wouldnt

USB C is cross compatible with other USB connectors is it not?

dunno

i have a motherboard next to me with a usbc port

we live in the motherfuckin future

its a usb c connector, but you could convert it to micro usb or type a in theory right?

also doesn't this mean that every usb-c to 3.5mm has a dac on it

i await the chink adaptor shootout

```My understanding is all device currently out that uses USB C still sends an analog signal because it is still handled by an internal DAC. The Pixel 2 doesn't use an Internal DAC to push the signal and the adapter has a DAC inside of it to convert the signal.```

how awful

nah some are designed just as passthrough

i think only the pixel 2, some motorola thing, and the apple devices actually have a DAC inside

```One of the reviews I've read today (can't remember which) stated that the HTC adapter does work with the Pixel 2. That's a positive sign with regards to standards, which is what's needed if we're to have more options. ```

very interdasting

will keep in mind before i kms over the note 4x dac

its seriously beyond me how they fucked it up this badly

im actually getting a pixel 2 dongle sometime soon

gonna try adapting to micro usb

that said, my rn4x's otg is fucked for some reason

stock? mine is fine

so im gonna try reflashing to a diff rom

yuh stock

🤢 miui
<:alismirk:230784726615588865> pajeetrom, with "you tell me" as known issues

bluetooth also doesnt work

wot

ya ur shit is fuck

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

bluetooth doesnt work properly in the dropdown menu for lineageos but my old phone had that issue as well

it'll say its on when it isnt

i was seriously considering a pmp but im not sure if i want to give myself terminal autism

daps suck unless youre willing to spend a lot

phone + dongle is way better experience

thats what i thought as well

and plus dongles are cheaper

and phones are easier to navigate

unless youre gonna buy some $250+ DAP dont bother

b-but my cnc knurled knob and 6 hour battery life

```BTW. They RMA'd the phone, when I told them about the dongle heating up. ```

<:pepewot:327934404234313739>

😮

probably a short in the dongle lol

wew

really knows his audience

was the pricing there all the time?

nope

k00l

are the purple drank ZST different from the black ones internally?

doubt it

the zst sucks tho

lol

ive had enough of the memes im buying a pair of sennheisers and im out of the china game

cheap sennheisers suck too

shure then

cheap shures also suck

might as well deafen myself with my chinkshit then

brainshaker test objectively correct

just drop some cash on some hd 6xxs and be done smfh

i have akg 271 already idk why i bother with chinkshit

lols

chinksumerism

like

I haven't bought a pair of chink shit IEMs in the past few months

I've bought Superlux HD668Bs which sound absolutely great

Xiaomeme Hybrid Pros with the Blutack mod sound great and look great with decent sound isolation so I'm g for now

imma go home and fire up these little bad boys

how do the superlux 668 compare to other stuff u have?

Don't really have much audio gear besides IEMs

But they surpass my SteelSeries Arctis 7s on sound pretty easy

They're open and airy and spacious and it's great

fairynuff

Looks nice. I have some big Dali Concept standing speakers, take a bit of room but nice sound

nice choice

Tfw still running some desktop 2.1 logitech set from 10+ years ago <:alismirk:230784726615588865>

stunning 😃

@HEKTIK Which KZ goes nicely with their silver cables?

wdym

@HEKTIK got a pair of their cables through Gearbest's Lucky Bags

https://m.aliexpress.com/s/item/32723001937.html?spm=a2g0n.search-cache.0.0.33db3386eabp5M

Is this worth it?

looks like a fun project

i doubt quality will be any good though

Reviews said quality was decent. I just figured it was something to do

Wow

These tz kings sound really good

Not sure 80$ worth tho

Or 100 at regular price

Uncomfortable as fuck as well

I prefer my unicorn earphones <:alismirk:230784726615588865>

I have the fake shure se215

They are amazing

from?

or are you talking about the tennmaks

@Big Meme @spaqin i mean it's just a 5532 box, should be plenty fine for sensitive/low impedance headphones

's kinda hard to fuck up a headphone amp design unless you're making it to drive really high impedance low sensitivity headphones

unless they _really_ fucked up the design somehow or used actual recycled garbage parts with wildly incorrect values, should be about on par with a cmoy

so p good for like the $7usd it costs

thanks m8

@凛音 yo, you can crack the plastic on the 668b and solder on a new plug, if it's worth it to you. I've seen the drivers re-wired by autismophiles and boutique-cable memesters. In your case, you could repurpose one of the wires that came with the headphones.

>he doesnt use $400 cables

>not just using the metal wire 'headband' as conductive material for audio signals
Absolutely bourgois.

No, I meant the highly circulated fake shure se215

It says shure on the box and earpiece

They’re amazing, the cable is awesome, they feel and sound quality

wow

these superlux hd 6861 are good

i see why they were the biggest meme a few years ago

Wait what

Is it the 668 or the 681 youre talking about

Cuz im sure as heck there isnt a model 6861

he's on a higher plane

i assume he means 681

Nigga living in 2050 already

Either that

Superlux Global Empire Corp

Or he got both sets and fused them into one super set of headphones

Ye 681

You better have gotten some new pads for them

I'm not really into headphones, my best background for comparation would be AKG K430s. Do someone know how the 681s compare to them?

Because my AKGs are almost dying

The cable on them is really shitty, there is a kind of knot on the cable inside the housing that makes the headphone stop working with time

they shud prob be better

sayni that they're completley different headphones

k430s = portable use

681 is deff non portable lol

ZS5s and replacement ES3's arrived today

can anyone recomend a decent 2 pin cable?

tfw you break earphone cable on first day 😢

@bentech .75 or .78?

0.78

are .75 & .78 standard sizes for 2 pin cables?

one is standard

the second one is kz

Nah other companies other than kz also use 0.78

enough for it to be standard size too?

both are standards

UE has used both, i think JH has too

i hate 2 pin connectors tbh

always fall out

get better cables then

ive never had a 2 pin come out