• Why use a PMP instead of a phone? >better DAC/AMP >more output power so it can drive higher impedance headphones >smaller sizes than phones for activities like exercise >physical buttons >headphone jacks >some people can't use smartphone at work/use dumbphones
• How to request advice: >Budget >Source (phone or PMPs) >Location >Kind (in-ears or earbuds) >Sound Signature (or genres you like, important!) >Past gear and your thoughts on them (important!)
/iemg/ Hall of Fame: • [Insert meme here] • CCA CRA (V with good treble extension/VK4 spiritual successor) • TIn T3 Plus (Mild V) • Etymotic ER2SE/XR ("Reference" Neutral/Bass boosted neutral) • Moondrop KATO (Bass-boosted neutral) • Tanchjim Hana 2021 (Mini-Oxygen with more bass) • Tanchjim Oxygen (Mild V) • Moondrop Blessing 2/Dusk (Neutral/Bassbosted neutral) • [The one that you are using]
/pmp/ Hall of Fame: • Your phone • Hiby R3 Pro / Pro Saber • Sony NWA-55 + Mr Walkman mod • Fiio M11+
/USB/BT DAC/ Hall of Fame: • Tempotec Sonata HD Pro • e1da 9038s/d • Qudelix 5K • CX-Pro Audio 31993
Hello guys, I'm tempted to buy an iPod Classic 7th gen or something and just slap Rockbox on it. Is there any better MP3 player or something in the €100-200 budget that might be better?
listen nigger is you want to poke fun of stupid subjectivists at least talk about people on head fi burning in cables and pairing dacs to iems for enhanced soundstage and imaging
Joshua Ross
How about your phone? What are you currently using? Your Android phone + CX31993 dongle = better than any buyable PMP.
Zex pro vocals are decent but instruments are 5 miles away Mest sound pretty good but not worth 1.5k
Jason Long
reminder
Jose Edwards
It's better than the iPod's DAC? I just bought a POCO X3 Pro which I intend to unlock and put a custom ROM with Viper4Android and what not. What is that dongle exactly? I'm looking at it but I can't seem to quickly find any specifications
John Ross
>she unironically listens to music with iems i only listen to sine wave sweep
Charles Moore
>It's better than the iPod's DAC? im not sure but probably? it just seems like the better choice since it has a balanced output too and im pretty sure the battery is better. you wont have to fiddle with rockbox so it'll just work out of the box. just seems like a meme to get an ipod at this point
Robert Gomez
You put them on the floor so your power cable/audio cable don't touch the ground and it makes the sound feel like it's levitating you
Henry Turner
also you have bluetooth/wifi with it and have a microsd slot that'll mog the 160gb on the ipod
Luis Martinez
thats pretty fucking grim which releases do i download to avoid loudness war shit, for classic rock
Ian Miller
a bunch of anons ordered this one aliexpress.com/item/4001252710276.html mines not here yet so i cant comment but some knowledgeble anons several threads ago talked about diffeernt ones and that CX chip is apparently the best to go for
Joseph Scott
>Budget $70 >Source (phone or PMPs) phone >Location northern europe >Kind (in-ears or earbuds) in-ears >Sound Signature (or genres you like, important!) Liquid Drum & Bass, House, Progressive Trance >Past gear and your thoughts on them (important!) KZ ZSN. a bit bass heavy, the treble was a bit too sharp, but were overall kinda decent.
Gabriel Sanders
aliexpress.com/item/4001252710276.html it is basically a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter that is higher in quality than whatever is inside your phone. it will also be definetally better than any iPod classic in sound quality.
