al2813
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Again posting here to get opinions as I cannot make up my mind
I am probably not an audiophile in the strict sense of the word, but music is my life and in recent years I learnt to appreciate the quality of sound I am listening to. Did not pour thousands into cabling, speakers and amps, but spent quite a bit in what I consider now two decent setups in my house.
In parallel, I started working on my mobile music which in fact gets, even more, listening time as I travel quite a bit. I got the Sony 1000xm3 in Jan, started listening less and less to lossy music (Took some time but ended choosing Qobuz over Tidal). There was one thing I did not take into account - the source.
I listen to music in my iPhone XS Max. I mostly listen wireless - I know that wired probably gets you better results, but as I said - I am on the move a lot. In fact, I am even now searching for a truly wireless solution to complement the Sony (due to various reasons but this is for a separate post).
I read a lot of pro-Apple people speaking the praise of AAC, but yesterday I took my Galaxy S8 (a phone given to me by my employer which I use only for mail as they refuse BYOD...). Download Qobuz, connect my Sony and enable LDAC. I was shocked by the difference in quality and now am at a dilemma. I clearly need a different source. Buying a DAP means yet another device in my bag. I am considering seriously switching to an Android phone (which one?), or is there a DAP which is not too expensive and will allow me a much better portable music experience?
I am probably not an audiophile in the strict sense of the word, but music is my life and in recent years I learnt to appreciate the quality of sound I am listening to. Did not pour thousands into cabling, speakers and amps, but spent quite a bit in what I consider now two decent setups in my house.
In parallel, I started working on my mobile music which in fact gets, even more, listening time as I travel quite a bit. I got the Sony 1000xm3 in Jan, started listening less and less to lossy music (Took some time but ended choosing Qobuz over Tidal). There was one thing I did not take into account - the source.
I listen to music in my iPhone XS Max. I mostly listen wireless - I know that wired probably gets you better results, but as I said - I am on the move a lot. In fact, I am even now searching for a truly wireless solution to complement the Sony (due to various reasons but this is for a separate post).
I read a lot of pro-Apple people speaking the praise of AAC, but yesterday I took my Galaxy S8 (a phone given to me by my employer which I use only for mail as they refuse BYOD...). Download Qobuz, connect my Sony and enable LDAC. I was shocked by the difference in quality and now am at a dilemma. I clearly need a different source. Buying a DAP means yet another device in my bag. I am considering seriously switching to an Android phone (which one?), or is there a DAP which is not too expensive and will allow me a much better portable music experience?