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Post by John on Dec 13, 2020 21:50:59 GMT
About 6 months ago I tried the IFi Zen it did not synch well with YouTube and the sound I got was a bit harsh in the treble. However my friend got a small Bluetooth 5 box from Ali Express. Every time I heard his system with it I was always impressed by the sound quality. Also they did not appear to be any synch issues with it.
Finally I got to play with the Bluetooth box I have set my settings on LDAC on my phone and like Jerry and my friend I am quite surprised to the quality that I am hearing. No synch issues. YouTube is a revelation some files are at 24bit 96k. Quality of recordings vary greatly but when done well, the sound is surprisingly good. I am going to play around with it some more, but I can see myself getting used to this.
I am using YouTube premium so no adds
This is a crazy cheap way to get a media player for your system
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Post by Clive on Dec 13, 2020 21:53:53 GMT
I’ve heard good things about BT 5....I’ve just realised that my new DAC has it...I must try it ASAP.
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Post by John on Dec 13, 2020 21:55:48 GMT
Yes worth a try Clive
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Post by Clive on Dec 13, 2020 21:59:44 GMT
Is it imperative to have 5 on both ends? I suppose it’s more ideal.
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Post by John on Dec 13, 2020 22:28:23 GMT
I think so but your phone tablet should have 5 as standard
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Post by John on Dec 13, 2020 22:29:23 GMT
You will need to go into your phone settings and set it to LDAC it is usually in Advance settings
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Post by Clive on Dec 13, 2020 22:35:01 GMT
Hmm...both iPad and Android phone are 4.2.
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Post by John on Dec 14, 2020 5:08:07 GMT
I think for the higher rates the phone will have to be 5 but report back Try Chris Jones No Sanctuary that is on 24/96 on YouTube as very well recorded
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 14, 2020 5:32:38 GMT
Bluetooth rules!  I have to confess that I am 100% Bluetooth these days. My audiophile-approved Wireworld USB cable, W4S Recovery reclocker and Halide Bridge USB converter (both of the latter with fancy PSUs) are still there but bypassed, unused. I prefer the sound of Bluetooth,sourced from my phone. It has to be Bluetooth aptX or aptX HD, though. |
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Post by John on Dec 14, 2020 6:13:53 GMT
I am surprised with what I am hearing Jerry on well recorded YouTube tracks this is beating my ASUS Tinkerboard and I am not even reclocking as using COAX output. I will to do a proper comparison over the next week and compare Spotify on the ASUS board and Bluetooth as well as Tidal as also using the cheap £1.50 for 3 months deal before making any firms thoughts
My friend is now just using YouTube as his preferred media player
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Post by MartinT on Dec 14, 2020 7:43:52 GMT
Surely you can't get all the music you need on YouTube, or is this the paid-for music service?
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 14, 2020 10:22:36 GMT
A bit OT, but I suspect I could live entirely on YouTube. I'd need to approach it rather differently, but there are seemingly limitless live classical concerts, and similarly vast quantities of interestingly obscure recordings uploaded by a number of fanatics.
I don't think it would be a hardship, it may even turn out to be preferable!
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 14, 2020 10:27:28 GMT
Tony@Coherent is quite vociferously anti-USB. Bluetooth neatly avoids it in my setup and imo is an upgrade. Maybe Tony knows what he is on about. Although I suspect that his opinion of Bluetooth would require moving to the Frequent Flyer part of the forum. |
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Post by John on Dec 14, 2020 10:54:05 GMT
You can get premium on a month free trail
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Post by John on Dec 14, 2020 10:55:24 GMT
Tony also anti Bluetooth
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 14, 2020 11:13:17 GMT
. No surprises there! It works for me, very happy with it atm. It's not a convenience advantage for me as I can just as easily control USB streaming from my phone with Spotify Connect. |
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Post by Clive on Dec 14, 2020 11:57:20 GMT
John, it turns out my phone is BT5. After a small struggle, I have it connected to my DAC. Initial feedback is that quality is good with Qobuz playing hi res. I need to have a proper session with it to assess it and play youtube music.
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Post by MartinT on Dec 14, 2020 11:58:49 GMT
Tony@Coherent is quite vociferously anti-USB. To qualify that, he doesn't like USB as the main feed into a DAC. Neither do I. It's prone to conveying a lot of noise into the DAC. However, reclocked USB into the Mutec, with AES feeding the DAC, leads to much lower levels of noise and better musical resolving power. |
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Post by John on Dec 14, 2020 12:07:02 GMT
John, it turns out my phone is BT5. After a small struggle, I have it connected to my DAC. Initial feedback is that quality is good with Qobuz playing hi res. I need to have a proper session with it to assess it and play youtube music. That is good to hear I was thinking it was strange to have a modern phone with Bluetooth 4 |
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Post by Clive on Dec 14, 2020 12:17:24 GMT
John, it turns out my phone is BT5. After a small struggle, I have it connected to my DAC. Initial feedback is that quality is good with Qobuz playing hi res. I need to have a proper session with it to assess it and play youtube music. That is good to hear I was thinking it was strange to have a modern phone with Bluetooth 4 The webpage for my phone states: Bluetooth 4.2, Bluetooth HIDStrange |
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