• rabs@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Bluetooth and nfc audio codecs have gotten so good that unless you’re running high impedance headphones with an amp/dac, wireless is effectively indistinguishable from wired, at least for most applications, and especially if using a mobile device.

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      1 year ago

      Got myself a fiio (IIRC) BT DAC and can’t go back. Sound quality sure differs from a phone DAC.

      Still got an ass-long cable though lol!

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      1 year ago

      Until it can stream hi-res lossless without compression I’m sticking to wired. For a long time I’ve been eyeing the AirPods Pro and I finally tried them out at the Apple Store; they sound like trash. I don’t know how people put up with it.

      I’ve got the Audio-Technica ATH-M50 (Bluetooth version, can’t think of the specific model number) and it’s just terrible unless I use the cord with a nice DAC.