There are plenty of controversies surrounding Spotify, but what really made me cancel my subscription was the fact that they ran recruitment ads for ICE. Boycott Spotify!
There are plenty of controversies surrounding Spotify, but what really made me cancel my subscription was the fact that they ran recruitment ads for ICE. Boycott Spotify!
Well, currently I’m running via a mobile hot spot because I hate my cable company and I don’t feel the need to send them money since my media is mostly physical and downloaded…
The other factor I’m a heavy mobile user and it’s not unusual to run down the battery; taking the load off the phone battery with a separate, very efficient device, is a good move; and, not that I care particulary, but wired headphones with a DAC is gonna beat bluetooth on quality.
Wired and a dedicated device will always be better of course if you can manage. I’m currently going with wired IEMs attached to a Bluetooth DAC/amp that connects to my phone. There might be some quality loss indeed, but I’m probably not going to notice it in the outside noise anyway. Still, I can use the DAC connected via USB too if I insist on lossless - but it’s a bit cumbersome with using my phone attached to it. It’s fine with a player that I toss in my pocket and maybe hit play/pause from time to time, but with a phone that I’m using way more often it’s inconvenient.