None of Apple's AirPods or HomePods support lossless audio
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Anonymous, 18 May 2021what do you think about the new zenfone 8? it seems have a ... moreI haven't tested it personally, so I could only point you to reviews, but everyone is just praising the speakers & the return of the 3.5mm jack, but I don't think anyone mentioned the output from the jack specifically.
Maybe Sony might have something better (or worse), bcoz iirc they mentioned something that went like "balanced output" for the jack, I'm not 100% sure though. It's speakers might be worse though
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FatShady, 18 May 2021i don't have any apple crap on me, just some wired hea... moreNot a lot of money.
Just $220 + $99 + $99. That's the drop 6xx + modi + magni.
Thank me later.
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ZolaIII, 18 May 2021It has downgraded Aquatics codec from QC (DAC) like every g... moreIirc Cirrus amp is only for the speakers, the jack doesn't have anything special.
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Fearghast, 18 May 2021It is the only way Lighting->USB and USB DAC (not the Ap... moreCorrect. I'm using Fiio Q1 MII with my iPhone 6s and it uses lightening to micro-usb connection.
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Anonymous, 18 May 2021Android is for free. But Google Play services is not. ... moreIts free for phones and pc and stuff that play the audio. The receiving headphones need license.
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ZolaIII, 18 May 2021It has downgraded Aquatics codec from QC (DAC) like every g... moreDo what is the better standard for audio quality
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ZolaIII, 18 May 2021Decoder part only is open sourced by Sony. LDAC is lossy lo... moreAnd what else needs to be open sourced for free use of ldac?
From what i looked up the encoder is what's open sourced, while decoder needs license.
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Anonymous, 18 May 2021what do you think about the new zenfone 8? it seems have a ... moreIt has downgraded Aquatics codec from QC (DAC) like every generic S880 (part of SoC), amps are Cirrus Logic so don't expect stellar performance al do it probably gets close to 100 dB SINAD, great dongles go up to 115/119 dB (unbalanced/balanced) while good budget one's are around 110.
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Rkm, 18 May 2021or you could get their cheaper iDac for $499Lol that's a funny one!
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3.5 jack solve all problems,no fancy tws bs-no trouble at all
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How to spell planned obsolescence: #courage
How to spell class action lawsuit: #courage
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jamalu96, 18 May 2021Apple reserved that for their upcoming airpods pro max for $999or you could get their cheaper iDac for $499
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Woohoo, 18 May 2021Kudos to Sony & Asus for still sticking one in along wi... moreRemoving the jack was one of the things that put Htc where they are now.
Companies like Apple and Samsung can remove whatever they want and charge more, still people are gonna buy.
Other are doomed if they do same.
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FatShady, 18 May 2021i don't have any apple crap on me, just some wired hea... moreYou don't have to spend a lot of money to feel the difference now. Chifi has revolutionized cheap audio.
You could get a decent dac and iem for under $100.
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I don't think apple users would care about loseless. They would care about spatial audio and it works, so they would still buy and enjoy at whatever quality they are listening.
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Vj02, 18 May 2021Not even Beats headset can play lossless audio?"Not even beats"
I'm not gonna bash you (which maybe coming to you), but please don't buy beats if you seriously want to enjoy music.
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Woohoo, 18 May 2021Kudos to Sony & Asus for still sticking one in along wi... morewhat do you think about the new zenfone 8? it seems have a better DAC than LG's
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RealLifePhones, 18 May 2021you know what supports lossless audio? our good old friend ... moreKudos to Sony & Asus for still sticking one in along with a high capacity battery and ofc IP68 as well. Now they just need to put a great DAC like LG.
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i do not want to directly reply to comments here who say negative against lossless so as not to agitate them. i do not have a good hearing because my left ear is a bit damaged from my years of djing, but i honestly can tell the difference between lossy and cd quality streaming. well, i only have spotify, yt music, apple music, and deezer hifi as references. i tried these services in a setup that includes my deceased father's mid-range hifi system, an android smartphone with hi-res audio certification, a HiFi USB DAC (because music from the smartphone i was using seem to sound better through this USB DAC than the in-built DAC and headphone jack), compared different genres of music, compared the different streaming qualities available on each service, and i still found deezer hifi is better sounding in many ways. i also tried it on the smartphone itself using the previously mentioned USB DAC, and an upper entry-level IEM, and still i am hearing an albeit slight difference between deezer hifi's cd quality and spotify's "very high" quality. let me just also add that i was skeptic myself at first of the benefits of lossless or even cd quality, so my reason for testing is really to debunk the claims of hifi heads.
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FatShady, 18 May 2021to me its just a marketing gimmick, tried it and didn'... moreTry Listening to songs at a mid-high to high volume level. Then try to focus on different instrumental sounds within same song in both the formats.