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The DA on older iPhones is mediocre, the DA in those lightning converters is even worse. Try a separate DA if you really want quality audio output.
by dep_b 8y ago
The DA on older iPhones is mediocre, the DA in those lightning converters is even worse. Try a separate DA if you really want quality audio output.
- LeoPanthera 8y ago> the DA in those lightning converters is even worse Absolutely not true. https://www.kenrockwell.com/apple/lightning-adapter-audio-quality.htm https://www.kenrockwell.com/apple/lightning-adapter-audio-qu...
- duskwuff 8y agoAnd the DACs in older iPhones are equally good. Mr. Rockwell has reviews of those as well.
- spronkey 8y agoNot to bag on Rockwell, I appreciate his reviews and viewpoints, but do you trust that he has the requisite expertise to correctly analyse the quality of such an adaptor? I... don't. His write-up doesn't inspire confidence either - I have no idea how he has performed the measurements. I know enough to know that audio measurement is a very tricky endeavour, and most other measurements put the lightning adaptor's output at a few dBA worse in SNR and dynamic range than the iPhone 6S' jack output (but otherwise similar). Both are easily worse than a good external DAC. Certainly not "better quality" than the inbuilt option as Rockwell claims. It's good enough for almost everyone, and is likely to be capable of higher fidelity than most source material, but most agree that it is objectively a worse DA.
- hmottestad 8y agoWould honestly love to read any sources you have on the SNR.
- hmottestad 8y agoI have to agree with the other commenter here. I have not noticed any difference moving from iPhone 6s to 7 (with dongle) listening through my Shure 530 headphones.