jdawghawk Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 I use my phone and TIDAL music streaming for 90% of my music. I currently use RCA to 3.5mm ...... is this the best option for phone use or is there a better option. I feel like BT would have some data loss as opposed to being hard wired although i don't know that for sure. Also....I currently have my amplifier set at about 50% volume and use my phone to adjust the volume. Do you feel as though this is ok or should i set my phone at max and adjust with integrated amplifier's volume control.....or doesn't it matter. Thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 16 minutes ago, jdawghawk said: I use my phone and TIDAL music streaming for 90% of my music. I currently use RCA to 3.5mm ...... is this the best option for phone use or is there a better option. I feel like BT would have some data loss as opposed to being hard wired although i don't know that for sure. Also....I currently have my amplifier set at about 50% volume and use my phone to adjust the volume. Do you feel as though this is ok or should i set my phone at max and adjust with integrated amplifier's volume control.....or doesn't it matter. Thank you. That sounds good about 50 or even less, as long as getting the volume and sound that you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codewritinfool Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 30 minutes ago, jdawghawk said: I use my phone and TIDAL music streaming for 90% of my music. I currently use RCA to 3.5mm ...... is this the best option for phone use or is there a better option. I feel like BT would have some data loss as opposed to being hard wired although i don't know that for sure. Also....I currently have my amplifier set at about 50% volume and use my phone to adjust the volume. Do you feel as though this is ok or should i set my phone at max and adjust with integrated amplifier's volume control.....or doesn't it matter. Thank you. Using your phone and 3.5mm headphone to RCA means that you're limited by the quality of the amplifier in the phone. I suspect that the noise floor of that phone amp isn't good either. You probably cannot run your phone at max. That's a powered output and you'll easily overdrive the input of your amplifier. You might consider Roon + Tidal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 28 minutes ago, codewritinfool said: Using your phone and 3.5mm headphone to RCA means that you're limited by the quality of the amplifier in the phone. And the quality of the DAC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitrofan Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 What you're doing is exactly what I do at work and it sounds fine. Ran through an older pioneer avr and some klipsch rvx speakers. Everyday for 9 hours phone volume at max and have had no problems 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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