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Hope they perform better than the first HeddPhone: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/hedd-heddphone-review-headphone.18976/

Would be surprised if it makes a difference. Most of the time this is about low passing the signal send to the sub not high passing the signal send to the speakers. But you can try. Run a sine sweep e.g. 30-200 Hz with the low pass set to 120 and again with the low pass set to 40. If it makes a...

Look for UPnP solutions. It supports lossless streaming up to 24/192 kHz. BubbleUPnP had a Android UPnP server.

There's an exception to this rule. Apple uses AAC as Bluetooth codec. AAC is not developed or owned by Apple but by Fraunhofer & Co. Really? The standard says SBC is mandatory but manufacturers are at liberty to add their own codec.

How to tell you are getting old without saying so :)

I think Gray has a good solution. It will send the full audio signal to both speakers and woofer. I assume the woofer has its own low pass filter. You can't offload the bass from your speakers. An alternative a product like the MiniDSP FLEX. It is a DAC so it can replace the ifi but it is also...

No. Bluetooth (and USB audio) are digital. A Bluetooth headphone contains a Bluetooth receiver, a DAC and an amp. It is battery powered. The only thing driven by the DAC of the phone are the speakers and the analog headphone out.

Yes! This is not about USB but about USB-C. Android started with accessoire mode. This mode allows for sending analog audio over some of the 24 pins of this connector. All you need is a passive USB-C to female TRS. Most of the mobiles use OTG. In this case, UAC2 (USB audio Class2) is send over...

Wonder where all the fuss is about. Spotify delivers a lossless file to your renderer. If your renderer is not able to provide bit perfect output, does that make Spotify lossy? I'm afraid Goldensound is unable to discriminate between lossy and bit perfect. Anyway, Spotify delivers 44.1 kHz...

My glasses are made by 2 specialist, Nina Mûr and ZEISS. Kenneth, are they big enough?

As you need a UPnP enabled renderer, have a look at WiiM or EverSolo

The PX8 is a Bluetooth headphone supporting APTX Adaptive. Get a Bluetooth transmitter supporting the same codec and connect it to a line out of the Pioneer VSA-LX805

IMHO a box that colors is simply not true to the recording and will never be. Its coloration might enhance a bad recording but at the same time spoil a good recording. That is the problem with one trick horses, they color all the time, needed or not. Better get something neutral and use DSP if...

CD-S300 is from 2009 R-N600A is from 2023 I expect the R-N600A to have the better DAC, simply less distortion, lower noise floor, etc. as DAC technology improved over time.

Manual says output impedance of the phones is 220 Ohm. A damping ratio of 8 is recommended as a bare minimum. So you need a 1760 Ohm headphone impedance? Manual also says >500 mV into 8 Ohm. If the impedance drops, the voltage drops too???? Wonder if this manual is correct and if it is, you...