Iphone 6+ Amp/Dac

FloppyPoppy · 16 Oct 2017 at 08:05

Hi guys i was looking for a bit of advice in the audio area,

Looking for a easily portable amp/dac or whatever else may be recommended for an I phone 6 plus ( i will be getting an iphone x on pre order so that will also be factored into this )

I don't know much about phone audio equipment and am struggling to find much information regarding this.

Any advice appreciated.

FloppyPoppy · 16 Oct 2017 at 08:23

Ignore above, i found some pretty decent reading in a few places. Have ended up getting an audioquest dragonfly red.

Deleted member 138126 · 16 Oct 2017 at 11:53

You need a capital "I" and an apostrophe in your sig!!

Kohaashi · 16 Oct 2017 at 22:15

Another option is the Oppo HA2 or HA2SE

FloppyPoppy · 17 Oct 2017 at 05:42

rotor said:
You need a capital "I" and an apostrophe in your sig!!

Shame.

Chadd said:
Another option is the Oppo HA2 or HA2SE

Thanks for the reply, those both look quite cumbersome for my personal liking.

Deleted member 138126 · 17 Oct 2017 at 12:31

harry5522 said:
Shame.

Actually, you also need a capital "R". =D

Barry Smalley · 22 Oct 2017 at 22:52

ive got a dragonfly black for my phone. Watch that lightning - USB cable, Harry. I'm on my third already.

FloppyPoppy · 22 Oct 2017 at 23:09

Barry Smalley said:
ive got a dragonfly black for my phone. Watch that lightning - USB cable, Harry. I'm on my third already.

Thank you for the heads up, does it happen to be thr usual weak point? Where the cable meets the connector? If so I will build it some reinforcing joints.

Barry Smalley · 23 Oct 2017 at 05:57

harry5522 said:
Thank you for the heads up, does it happen to be thr usual weak point? Where the cable meets the connector? If so I will build it some reinforcing joints.

It seems to be inside somewhere as they sometimes work depending on how you have it positioned even though the cable is in perfect condition. I have had Apple replace mine, but from my experience these things aren't designed to be portable. They should be laid flat and left like that which sort of defeats the object of having a DAC on your phone. The Dragonfly though is an excellent bit of kit - its truly remarkable with what you can get out of your phone with one of these. I love mine and shudder at the thought of having to go down Apple's preferred route of using those ghastly AirPods.

Combat squirrel · 23 Oct 2017 at 10:46

Does it have to be iPhone? LG v20/30 has amazing built in quad dac, drives all headphones I know of.

FloppyPoppy · 23 Oct 2017 at 11:03

Yeah unfortunately my personal experiences with windows/android mobile operating systems haven't been the best on a variety of handsets so will stick with Apple for my next upgrade. I may look at getting back into the android ecosystem after that but for now il stick here.

Combat squirrel · 23 Oct 2017 at 11:11

harry5522 said:
Yeah unfortunately my personal experiences with windows/android mobile operating systems haven't been the best on a variety of handsets so will stick with Apple for my next upgrade. I may look at getting back into the android ecosystem after that but for now il stick here.

When Did you last try it ? LG on latest Android is great, no difference in commonly used apps.

The built in DAC is amazing though and memory card storage for flac files.

FloppyPoppy · 23 Oct 2017 at 11:26

The S7 was the last android device I spent more than a week with. (I'm fortunate enough to have a friend who works for a mobile distributor) so he gets hands on a lot of free phones / perks and happily throws them my way for a test.

Yaayuh! · 23 Oct 2017 at 11:35

The Apple Lightning to 3.5mm DAC isn't all that bad, i've certainly heard worse. However, it is noticeable and because that pair of HD25-1 II are getting quite worn now, i'm just going to leap to the Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 Wireless.

Combat squirrel · 23 Oct 2017 at 11:50

harry5522 said:
The S7 was the last android device I spent more than a week with. (I'm fortunate enough to have a friend who works for a mobile distributor) so he gets hands on a lot of free phones / perks and happily throws them my way for a test.

Try and get an LG v30 & some awesome headphones and see what you think - carrying a separate large dac must be a PITA

FloppyPoppy · 23 Oct 2017 at 12:19

Combat squirrel said:
Try and get an LG v30 & some awesome headphones and see what you think - carrying a separate large dac must be a PITA

The Dragonfly is actually really small, might look big in pictures? but it's smaller than all of the usb storage " pen drives " that i have. I don't notice it in my pocket at all. For reference im using a pair of Sennheiser IE800s with it so they are pretty damn awesome

. They were the reason i bought a separate DAC to really provide the best quality possible whilst on the go. I will however try to get an LGv30 and try it out.

FloppyPoppy · 23 Oct 2017 at 12:28

Rossi~ said:
The Apple Lightning to 3.5mm DAC isn't all that bad, i've certainly heard worse. However, it is noticeable and because that pair of HD25-1 II are getting quite worn now, i'm just going to leap to the Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 Wireless.

Love the momentum range. The in ears are fantastic.

Combat squirrel · 23 Oct 2017 at 12:33

harry5522 said:
The Dragonfly is actually really small, might look big in pictures? but it's smaller than all of the usb storage " pen drives " that i have. I don't notice it in my pocket at all. For reference im using a pair of Sennheiser IE800s with it so they are pretty damn awesome . They were the reason i bought a separate DAC to really provide the best quality possible whilst on the go. I will however try to get an LGv30 and try it out.

Yeah check it out - and google some reviews, the audio quality exceeds most external dacs in the reviews with a huge range using the right headphones, I'm on the V20 and its audio is amazing also.

FloppyPoppy · 23 Oct 2017 at 12:46

Combat squirrel said:
Yeah check it out - and google some reviews, the audio quality exceeds most external dacs in the reviews with a huge range using the right headphones, I'm on the V20 and its audio is amazing also.

Im having a look at a few now

specifically some comparing it to the Dragonfly red that i have. Seems that the AMP isn't quite as powerful on the phone but that the DAC is about on par. ( im not trying to shame the phone with that statement ) i think it's amazing that they have got such a great audio solution internally. Im going to drop my pal a message now and see if i can pry one out of him soon.

However, given i now already have the DAC i think it would also be a shame to not use it.

Barry Smalley · 25 Oct 2017 at 07:38

The Dragonfly can also be used wherever you like, so you are not just limited to the phone. I use mine in my work machine if I want to listen to music. I'm dead impressed with it - its just a pity the Apple cable is turd.

Iphone 6+ Amp/Dac

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