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400Flux
joined 10 months ago
Dongle is fine and if there's something about the sound you don't like different eartips can make a huge difference. That said, I'm currently using a gaming phone so it has a 3.5mm jack but I still bought a dap so my headphones aren't connected to my phone, especially while I'm out of the house. I bought a tiny one, (Shanling m0 pro) and love it. I clip it on the outside of my pocket I paid $130 for it and it's been completely worth it. But that's so I don't have a cord attached to my phone not for sound quality and I'm using downloaded files on it. My dap also works as an external DAC/amp but I've only used it that way to get more power to some over ear headphones.
Compared to the same songs in flac or wave on my dap or phone, or even Napster Tidal sounds weird to me. It sounds like everything has been put through a smooth jazz filter/eq/sound effect or whatever. It's not always a bad thing. It can soften some harsh poorly recorded, mixed, mastered etc music but if it's music that actually sounds good lossless I'm generally not a fan of how it sounds compared to other options.