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Re:AirPods don't “just work” by piaste on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @09:49AM (#30086066)
That just means your phone's or PC's DAC is crappy compared to the internal one, and any other headphones would sound just as bad.

I have an older pair of JBL E55, which are about 50% cheaper than yours, and on a modern phone they sound slightly better on wire than on wireless, presumably because their internal DAC is mediocre.

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Re:AirPods don't “just work” by iso1210 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @10:58AM (#30087056)
In theory they could use an ADC to convert the analog input to digital then run through the same DAC as bluetooth goes
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Re:AirPods don't “just work” by piaste on Thursday January 27, 2022 @06:10AM (#30098998)
If the original device's DAC has produced a shitty analog signal, the best ADC in the world will only be able to turn it into a shitty digital signal.

The strength of a chain is that of its weakest link.

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Re:AirPods don't “just work” by KptMarchewa on Thursday January 27, 2022 @06:49AM (#30099338)
I have new MBP 14', and even external fiio E10k headphone amp. They work great with my Sennheisers HD 650, but suck with WH-1000mx3 compared to internal AMP.
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