I use a iphone.
I would like to have bluetooth and the ability to carry it around not to big like q5s. I would like it to have a low noise floor and balanced since I will be using it with iems. I would also be using with headphones. I’m thinking about under 200$
Btr5 or Up4?
BTR5 is a goodie!
Iphone doesn’t support ldac
True. Try something like the dragonfly red or black, the xduuo xd05 or a used ifi dsd micro (non black label).
Either the iFi Nano or Hip-Dac would be more portable and cheaper option than the Micro?
Yeah, up to him if he values power or portability, I suppose.
since he doesn’t want to carry something big like the fiio qs I don’t think he would want those. tbh the fiio btr5 is the only one that makes sense. he wants bluetooth.
unless you are planning on connecting it physically and want bluetooth it’s probably the way to go. even if it doesn’t have ldac it still works with it
Check out the new radsone hud as well, been hearing some good things
xDuoo XD05 plus or Audirect beam 2