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New Lightning-powered headphones offer sneak peek at next generation of iPhone accessories
Headphones that plug into the the Lightning port of your iPhone, iPad or iPod and draw power from it are due to hit the market soon. Here's a preview of the JBL Reflect Aware, the Philips Fidelio M2L and the Fidelio NC1L.
One of the advantages of Apple's Lightning port is that it's bidirectional, meaning that it can be used for charging its host device or have the host device power an accessory connected to it. Until now most of the charging has been one-way, with iPhones, iPods and iPads receiving energy not giving it.
That's soon about to change as last year Apple quietly added a spec for Lightning headphones to its Made for iPhone/iPad/iPod (MFi) Program last year and a few headphone makers -- Philips and Harman JBL -- get set to release new models that connect directly to the Lightning port on your device rather than the headphone jack.
What are the benefits? Well, not only are you getting a direct digital connection, but the headphones can draw juice from your device to power components in the headphone, which could include an internal DAC (digital to analog converter) and amplifier that bypass the internal DAC of the iPhone and/or active noise-cancellation circuitry.
In the future, headphones with health-related sensors could potentially get their juice via the Lightning port, but presently we're seeing features such as heart-rate monitors, integrated into wireless Bluetooth headphone rather than wired models.
Philips' on-ear Fidelio M2L (around $300, spring) has a built-in DAC and amplifier and can play high resolution 24-bit audio, while its Fidelio NC1L, another on-ear model announced at CES last week, adds active noise cancellation. It's due to hit stores in April for $299.
As I write this article, I'm listening to a standard Fidelio NC1, which I like a lot, though it, too, is pricey at $300. (The standard version is due to be available a little earlier -- in late February or March).
Of course, the big drawback to these types of Lightning headphones is that you can't use them with non-iOS devices. But if you're someone who doesn't like having to charge your noise-canceling headphones every few days, this battery-free solution certainly seems appealing.
stev wrote:im not sure if it was asked before,
do u guys know anywhere locally that sells either sennheiser or audio technica?
stev wrote:thanks a lot man! that Brainwavz one looking great! i think i gonna order it one time
u really got me thinking there....spend rel money on earbuds and then one side stop working
stev wrote:HELP!
can someone recommend some earbuds for me?
I've been researching a while now and get confused by all the different brands
budget is about $500TT and it will be used strictly for watching movies / videos from a tablet.
was looking at the Bose SoundTrue line but then i saw sennheiser has some good ones as well.
EFFECTIC DESIGNS wrote:^ Not worth it since it has a high failure rate.
EFFECTIC DESIGNS wrote:Arcmanov how does your music on your phone sound without any amp when compared to your PC using the fiio usb amp?
AYSN wrote:i looking for a good COMFORTABLE headphones that wont hurt my ears
have some dotish popclick one there....it annoying
flying plenty these days so need something to use
max i wanna spend is $150 US
any suggestions
AYSN wrote:i looking for a good COMFORTABLE headphones that wont hurt my ears
have some dotish popclick one there....it annoying
flying plenty these days so need something to use
max i wanna spend is $150 US
any suggestions
Arcmanov wrote:There's no comparison really. I normally listen to music on phone with a LG Tone Pro bluetooth headset anyway.
I recently got my hands on another headset that I now use on my PS4/Xbone...the Steelseries H Wireless...hands down the BEST wireless gaming headset you can get right now.
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