Excellent, I like it!

Then you didn’t even really read what I said. I even described the two different kinds of signal paths I was talking about in my first response to you.

This has been a waste of time. Have a nice day.

Again, when I said it wasn’t possible to get the same quality using Bluetooth, I meant using Bluetooth headphones, not a Bluetooth DAC and wired headphones. And this is the second time I’m explaining that to you, not going to waste my time doing it three times.

Well, but that wasn’t the use case I was talking about at all. I was talking DAC + wired headphone vs. Bluetooth headphones.

You’re talking about wired headphones with a Bluetooth DAC. Entirely different thing.

The only difference in that setup is the connection between PC and DAC. USB or Bluetooth. I could connect my Arya Organic to a Bluetooth DAC, of course. Nonetheless, you completely misunderstood my entire point.

Also, might I add, I have tried just about all the highend Bluetooth headphones.

Dali IO-12, Mark Levinson No 5909, Focal Bathys, B&W Px8, T+A Solitaire T, Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H100. In a shop which had them all available to try. I’ve compared them with the Arya Organic and the Meze 109 Pro (both wired).

The Bluetooth headphones I liked the most were the Dali. They really came close to the wired ones. But then again, I would advise you to check out the Hifiman Arya Organic at a local dealer if you can. You will definitely know what I’m talking about.

When I mentioned “balanced output” I was referring to the analogue cable I’m using to connect the headphones to the DAC. Balanced means you get separate channels for each ear in your analogue signal path.

With a Bluetooth connected wireless headphone, it’s always balanced by definition. But when I said “that kind of sound quality isn’t possible” with Bluetooth, I was referring to a different problem: Digital to analogue signal conversion.

In my setup, it happens in the DAC which is audiophile quality. Signal path: PC - (digital USB) -> DAC -> Balanced cable (analogue) -> Headphones.

In Bluetooth, it looks like this: PC - Bluetooth (digital) -> Headphones (which do the digital to analogue conversion).

This signal conversion can’t match the quality of a dedicated desktop DAC.

I had a Focal Bathys. They sounded great, but the build quality was laughable for such a high priced pair of headphones. Some plastic bit broke and they’ve become unusable after only two years.

So I bought some cheaper BT headphones just for home office purposes, calls and such.

And I treated myself to a dedicated USB DAC (iFi Zen DAC v3) plus wired headphones (Hifiman Arya Organic) connected with a balanced cable.

Never going back - I don’t think that kind of sound quality is even possible with Bluetooth.

If these people have their way, the USA will become a religious autocracy that respects human rights on a level comparable to that in Iran.

I constantly tell people the remedy of the dangers of dual booting, using a separate drive for Linux. They sometimes listen and then have a dual boot system that doesn’t break.

To this day, the song Operator Plays a Little Pingpong from the Neverhood OST is my ringtone.

Correct. He might try to screw your head off.

I bow to these brave fighters who dared resisting the Nazis, knowing they had zero chances of success. True heroes. Sincerely, a German.

I happily pay for software. ONCE. I have no idea if this software will be regularly updated and if there will be new features. How do we know the developer won’t abandon the project? And it’s a lone developer, apparently. Ever heard of the bus factor? Give me a license that enables me to use the product in its current form indefinitely, and I might consider buying it. But a subscription? No thanks. Who does this guy think he is, frickin Adobe?

Good software, but subscription plans are a deal breaker for me.

https://youtu.be/7zTei5RMhQ8

Are you sure it wasn’t a star and is your wife’s name Claire Cooper, by any chance? https://youtu.be/JNRPa6Mmqm8