Not the biggest source guy but the Apple dongle is honestly really solid sonically. Drawbacks are that it isn't durable and it only supports audio up to 24/48. I personally use the ALO Pilot. And/Or you could always get something like the iEMatch and that opens up your source possibilities.Inspired by this thread I went and bought the Andromeda 2020 - was initially weirded out by the far from neutral presentation but they eventually won me over. They survived a recent IEM cull that saw me sell Monarch MK2 and U12t, which says a lot.
Spotted an Ara for sale at a good price the other day and went for it - looking forward to the shootout between these two IEMs.
Question - these are notoriously sensitive IEMs, what in people's opinion / experience is the best portable DAC/amp to drive them with the lowest noise floor (no DAPs as I use my phone as a source)?
EDIT: A lot of people don't seem to like the iEM match. I should have been more clear that I personally have not tried it, but I know what it does/how it works so I wanted to suggest it. Sorry!
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