Dongles are fine tbh, if only there was a phone case where there is like a garter pocket where you can put the dongle so you dont actually lose it. Its all about internal phone space and the headphone jack is pretty big.
@@Yossarian_Lives73 Nope, that could be a thing, but like all BT products I've seen so far, it's a slave BT DAC, so that it receives the BT out from the phone/PC/..., as an input, & converts it through the 3.5mm jack, being it's only output. Otherwise it would be quite inefficient of a product, to buy a whole DAC-Amp, just to add a bit better connectivity (range & LDAC, eventually). All the rest of the hardware would be 100% useless in this usecase, where only the BT chip would be used.
I'm still trying to figure out if the following setup will work: I connect my iPhone to Khadas Tea with usb/ lightning cable and then from dac I stream music to my Sony WH-1000XM3 bt headphones via bluetooth using high quality codecs like LDAC or Aptx HD which these headphones support. Any thoughts on that? Or maybe I'm totally wrong and bluetooth connection is possible only between the dac and music source, in this case iPhone?
Yeah, it's only possible between the DAC and music source. Not only is adding the TEA between your phone and headphones impossible, even if you could it wouldn't improve the sound at all because the headphones do their own digital to analogue conversion.
These reviews that you wrote before AI came along were much more impactful. I believe your words in this. Whereas I tune out when it’s an AI generated description, like your current videos
Imagine having a dac built into your phone. Please imagine that, smartphone manufacturers
Yes
LG had DAC.
You mean like LG phones? RIP.
@@8bitchiptune420 yes, had one myself.
Dongles are fine tbh, if only there was a phone case where there is like a garter pocket where you can put the dongle so you dont actually lose it. Its all about internal phone space and the headphone jack is pretty big.
All the fancy bluetooth codecs it supports arent supported by the iPhone. iPhone is AAC only
I think it’s to run wired then you get Bluetooth to your LDAC headphones
@@Yossarian_Lives73is this correct?
@@raymondwebby2441 it basically just turns your wired headphones into wireless
@@Yossarian_Lives73 Nope, that could be a thing, but like all BT products I've seen so far, it's a slave BT DAC, so that it receives the BT out from the phone/PC/..., as an input, & converts it through the 3.5mm jack, being it's only output.
Otherwise it would be quite inefficient of a product, to buy a whole DAC-Amp, just to add a bit better connectivity (range & LDAC, eventually). All the rest of the hardware would be 100% useless in this usecase, where only the BT chip would be used.
Love the form factor!
I love mine, great video review.
the lock screen tho
I'm still trying to figure out if the following setup will work: I connect my iPhone to Khadas Tea with usb/ lightning cable and then from dac I stream music to my Sony WH-1000XM3 bt headphones via bluetooth using high quality codecs like LDAC or Aptx HD which these headphones support. Any thoughts on that? Or maybe I'm totally wrong and bluetooth connection is possible only between the dac and music source, in this case iPhone?
Yeah, it's only possible between the DAC and music source. Not only is adding the TEA between your phone and headphones impossible, even if you could it wouldn't improve the sound at all because the headphones do their own digital to analogue conversion.
@@PrimeAudioReviewsthen what’s the point of the LDAC and AptX?
@raymondwebby2441 if you have an Android phone and stream to the Khardas you can use LDAC or aptX.
@@PrimeAudioReviews oh I see, nice, thanks for responding to my question.
These reviews that you wrote before AI came along were much more impactful. I believe your words in this. Whereas I tune out when it’s an AI generated description, like your current videos
Thats quite a nice device.
Will fit perefctly in my shirt pocket
How the hell do you connect it via usb c to usb ? I followed the instructions to press power and - but not working
Maybe try another cable if you have one. Some only good for charging and others can do charging + data.
Great video! I wanted one
and I thought to myself "why did dankpods not put their shrekpad on the table?" aaaand it's not dankpods
Apple Lightning dongle is good enough for most IEMs, I don't see the point in wasting money on this DAC.
Apple dongle doesn't have Bluetooth lol
@@PrimeAudioReviews i get it but the main selling point is to stick one on the back of iphone so it's essentially the same as just using the dongle.
@@HarryUnchained Yes, it is. But it's nice to have the option to use it separated from the phone. Or even stuck on the phone without using a cable.
True, Apple dongle is enough.
I will only get this for its looks.
Can’t do hi rez audio on apple dongle
My phone has a HEADPHONE 🎧 JACK ❤️
Ooh
Comment for da algorithm
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The promised companion app was never delivered.
hmm did not know that, thanks for the heads up as I was thinking about buying one and saw it supposedly had an app