IBasso DC03 Pro with Apple Music on iPhone

[avnsiva316]

Recently purchased a iBasso DC03 Pro, Olina SE and Kinera Pandamon.
Tried Apple Music on iPhone for Loseless audio.
Olina SE seems to be a V shaped sound and Pandamon is quite flat. Vocals are clear in Pandamon.

Seems like most of the high bitrate songs are not from India and the collection is quite limited.
Also, I could not hear much difference between the iBasso and the apple's simple lightning to 3.5 mm connector.

Am I missing something here or thats the way it is?

 

[karthik_ashok]

the apple dongle by itself is a very potent DAC IMO. If you search online, you can see that it measures quite well compared to other DAC's. Only benefit of running an external DAC/ AMP is when you use power hungry headphones > 240ohm.

 

[avnsiva316]

Yes, Now listening to Apple Music loseless. Will compare against the Wynk Music Premium and see if there is any perceived change in sound clarity between these two streaming services.