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by dbrgn 911 days ago
If you want a ready-to-use solution: Fiio makes great MP3 players, and also nice USB- and Bluetooth-DACs.

A device like the Fiio Btr3k makes it possible to use good quality wired headphones with one of those modern smartphones without an audio jack. (And it sounds better than the devices that did have an audio jack.)

Oh, and Fiio also builds some nice IEMs :)

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> If you want a ready-to-use solution: Fiio makes great MP3 players, and also nice USB- and Bluetooth-DACs.

Or get everything from Sony which supports LDAC 990k on both the audio sending and receiving sides of Bluetooth. I love my Walkman!

I also have non-LDAC "neckphones" to carry around: the Beyerdynamic "BLUE BYRD" gen2 are far more practical than Sony or Apple earbuds for one simple reason: you can't lose one since in the neckphone format, the earbuds hang around your neck with a cable (which also provides convenient buttons)

Originally, I got the Beyerdynamic for my Chinese eink device (which don't support LDAC anyway) but it's so practical I use it's now paired with my Walkman and computer too!

Neckphones are not easy to find in the lineup of popular brands, but I've heard great things about the latest Huawei Freelace Pro: it's the same neckphone design, but with magnets on the back of the earbuds and ANC.

I'm getting the Freelace Pro "soon" (3 days from now lol) to see if it's more comfortable than my Beyerdynamics