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The DAC in the iPhone is as good as any external DAC you can buy, when it comes to human perceivable sound quality. Any other claims are audiophile BS and place
by slewis 10y ago
The DAC in the iPhone is as good as any external DAC you can buy, when it comes to human perceivable sound quality. Any other claims are audiophile BS and placebo.
There are valid product reasons for moving away from the 3.5mm jack though, like adding a power line that allows you to make active noise-canceling headphones that don't require their own battery, or outputting to more than two (stereo) speakers over a single cable.
- largote 10y agoThe DAC is, but the amplifier that's after it certainly isn't. And there's no line-out, so you're effectively dual-amping any signal if you use an amplifier on the built-in 3.5mm jack. In any case, I think they should have kept the onboard jack, and people who really care would continue to use external DAC/Amp stacks.
- rplst8 10y agoIt's not that simple. The load impedance is much different when used as a line out.