Headphones

[Hifi-dog]

For under a tenner it is a great piece of kit.

[MikeD]

Bluetooth. NO NO NO NO NO. It’s garbage.
Why be a cheapskate when spending on your portable solutions? You wouldn’t deliberately go for a cheap option when buying in for your home hifi would you? After all - the goal of best SQ outcome should be the same for both, shouldn’t it?

I recently modernised my smartphone but stiĺl wanted a solid cable solution. My portable option looks like this:

Samsung Galaxy A33 5g - Qobuz app - USB Audio Player app - Audioquest Dragontail connector - Audioquest Red Dragonfly DAC - "Golden Gate: cable ’ - B&W PX headphones.

Mate, don’t be mean to your ears, go for the USB/Offboard DAC solution.

[anon79335726]

It’s not just the price.

I used a very expensive solution for listening to music on the go. iPhone + Lightning adapter + Chord Mojo DAC + very expensive custom cable + Noble Audio earphones. Yes, the sound was outstanding. However, very quickly got tired of the complexity and inconvenience of this set. All these wires/boxes/clumsiness/weight really spoiled the pleasure of listening. For sitting at home unmoving it could work maybe, for a walk on the street, in layered clothes, with a bag, etc. - a real penalty.

After that, I had some pretty expensive Audeze headphones with a special Lightning adapter cable with a DAC built into it. It was a little more comfortable, although again, the wires were always in the way. Limited the options for use.

Now I have good Bluetooth earphones with fine sound quality, and I am quite satisfied. And it’s very convenient, the movement is not constrained, nothing hangs in the way, I can put smartphone in any pocket, or in my bag.

[cayorob]

Fully agree. Bluetooth may not be the pinnacle of our game but it is certainly no longer garbage. Quite a well known YouTube reviewer did quite an informative review here….

QUAD "Electrostatic" Chord MOJO 2 vs APPLE Airpods MAX

[Farthings-cat]

I have some Sony wh1000xm4 headphones they actually sound very good with an iPhone.
No way would I be faffing with all those cables and dacs whilst on the move!
Gary

[Ardbeg10y]

[Rutlander]

The quest is over. I’m happy with the way it all connects and I’m happy with the sound. Please bear in mind it’s listening on the move - so the sound quality is never needing to be that high. It’s entertainment on a train, in an aircraft.
KISS!!

[MikeD]

Oh right. I don’t listen to music like that. With headphones, it’s either on the lounger on the patio or when I’m on a plane or in a hotel or the like and I need my hifi fix.

[c2photo]

I upgraded from my Sennheiser Momentums 2 to the Beyerdynamic Amiron wireless and love them. Very detailed and open.