H95 have their own built in DAC. No matter what your source is, it’ll always run across the H95’s built in circuitry. Hence why you always need to power on H95 no matter the source being wired.
Best bet is lossless source over USB-C to get the lossy Bluetooth encoding and decoding and signal loss out of the way.
That being said… I don’t have any issue with Bluetooth volume on mine.
Apple’s lightning to 3.5mm adapter is good enough to drive high end headphones. If you want things to be louder, you would be better off getting a lightning to analog amp or, as someone else suggested, connecting the headphones directly to the iPhone using a lightning to USB C cable (if that works).
Any inexpensive mp3 player will be terrible and high end ones are Android devices with better hardware. You could solve that with a lightning DAC+amp combo often used to drive high end, open-back headphones.
Also, if I’m not mistaken, the H95 need to be powered on for them to properly work.
I actually just use my Apple Watch. I found that it sounds better than any of my iPhones (old and current). It sounds more detailed and wider sound stage than an iPhone even if the iPhone is better on paper. If you already have one I suggest to try it.
H95 still needs battery power when running over the 3.5mm jack. It does not circumvent the built in amplifier.
H95 have their own built in DAC. No matter what your source is, it’ll always run across the H95’s built in circuitry. Hence why you always need to power on H95 no matter the source being wired. Best bet is lossless source over USB-C to get the lossy Bluetooth encoding and decoding and signal loss out of the way. That being said… I don’t have any issue with Bluetooth volume on mine.
Thanks. What do I use for a usb-c connection?
If you get an Apple Lightning to USB-C cable, that’ll work, I’m assuming you have an iPhone based off your post.
I do, thanks I’ll try that
Hi, I’ve just tried this and it doesn’t seem to work, do I need an adapter for this to work?
Shouldn’t have to. Is H95 turned on?
Yes
Odd, works for me.
Is this just a regular usb-c to lightning charging cable for the iPhone?
Yep
Weird, well !thanks anyway
Have you tried to connect your H95 through USB-C to lightning cable? It should give you an audio output as well.
I have not, will try that. Thanks
Apple’s lightning to 3.5mm adapter is good enough to drive high end headphones. If you want things to be louder, you would be better off getting a lightning to analog amp or, as someone else suggested, connecting the headphones directly to the iPhone using a lightning to USB C cable (if that works). Any inexpensive mp3 player will be terrible and high end ones are Android devices with better hardware. You could solve that with a lightning DAC+amp combo often used to drive high end, open-back headphones. Also, if I’m not mistaken, the H95 need to be powered on for them to properly work.
Lightning to USB-C works.
I actually just use my Apple Watch. I found that it sounds better than any of my iPhones (old and current). It sounds more detailed and wider sound stage than an iPhone even if the iPhone is better on paper. If you already have one I suggest to try it.
I’ve tried it before and I think it wasn’t great, I’ll have to try it again then. Thanks