now that Bt headphones performance is getting quite good and the latest Bt standards have advanced to the point that they can stream almost lossless quality audio, what we will get to use in a couple generations will likely be great. I’m looking forward to the freedom this will bring!
I could’ve sworn I’ve already described it somewhere in the forum, but I can’t find it to put a link right now: I’m thinking instead of a DAP I will use a miniature 3" Android phone hanging off a lanyard under my shirt, and run the dongle off of that, also under my shirt, with only the headphone cable coming out of my collar. I don’t need it to be particularly stable, I don’t listen to music while doing vigorous activities, this will be mostly for sitting down in relatively quiet vacation spots or parks.
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I mean you might have but I wouldn’t necessarily know that. Thanks for the reply.
I will definitely be waiting for some tech generations to pass and for some key things to improve, as I’m no longer happy to buy BT sources with non-replaceable batteries where the whole device just becomes useless when its battery dies. Enough electronic trash as it is. Plus I hope Na-Ion comes of age and finally replaces the more problematic Li-Ion as the dominant battery tech. Then I will consider wireless audio acceptable once again, if I’m still alive to see both of these changes lol.
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Uh-oh. The closely spec’d BHD Pro is also advertised as “280 mW @32” but in Amir’s test it clips after 137 mW per channel, and Amir’s response is “well they didn’t say 280 per channel”…
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Are Tempotec really pushing disinfo like this, summing up the power from both channels just to advertise a bigger number? 
I thought they were a reputable company judging by how much I’ve seen their name by now.
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Ffffffff, they’re confirming it in DMs. That changes the whole story, I’m canceling my order. Of course you can get a clean signal if you’re not pushing any significant power, I already have that level of performance in the HiBy FC3, I don’t need a duplicate just because it has BAL-out. Time to ask AkLIAM the same question I guess. 
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3" android phone? please, tell me more. Never heard of anything like that
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Yeah, thanks for the image if the Facebook link didn’t work!
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And the Design winner for 2023 is, drumroll, the TFZ Crown!
Holy cow…
https://penonaudio.com/TFZ-CROWN
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Truthear Nova are pretty good. I like them more than Sound Rhyme SR5. SR5 sound signature was unusual whereas Novas are safe Harman. Compared to SR5 the Novas are also more comfortable, but your ears might vary.
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Pretty sure I have seen the shells somewhere else.
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Maybe I missed something but since when Kiwi Ears is offering CIEMs?
No Idea if it is new but I just stumbled upon this. Probably everyone knows reddit pictures of someone who clips a Fiio BTR3 to a headphone headband with a short cable.
Well, Spirit Torino thought they could do this too. ES100 clipped on and done.
That driver size!
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YEEAH… I am big fan of the old GL20 and have comteplation making a new shell for them for better ergonomics. GL30s seams to solve some of it with.
But damn a price jump from around 100-150USD for the old version at the start to 700…
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Wwwwwoah, look at the size of that shell! The entire package looks quite nice if I’m honest as well.
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Danmachi collab with what seems to be Open Audio. Regular version is DD + BA at and limited version is DD and 107 usd + 2 BA at 215 usd.
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LMAO
Good ol’ chi-fi moving at absolutely break-neck speeds. Sorry to the people who ordered the R1 over this past weekend - Their R1s will be arriving after the R2 is released 
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