I have some Bose & Beats headphones, will using the 3.5mm to lightning converter degrade the sound?

[Hieveryone]

Hi everyone

I have a pair of Bose earphones and Beats headphones. I love both (although I do have a Beats bias).

I recently bought an iPhone 7, but haven't set anything up yet. My initial reaction was to return it because of the headphone jack, but I might not.

I was wondering if the 3.5mm to lightning converter that comes with the iPhone 7 causes sound quality to be worse.

Thanks.

 

[Stewie]

Yes. No. maybe. Depends on who you asks. I haven't noticed any quality issues.

 

[Hieveryone]

Yes. No. maybe. Depends on who you asks. I haven't noticed any quality issues.

Is there any data out there that shows if it causes any sound degradation?

I would hate to have spent money on Bose then get less sound quality bc of an adapter...

 

[Bryan Bowler]

No, it's basically the same digital to audio converter that was in there before. It's just outside the iPhone now rather than inside of it.

Cheers.

 

[kuechi]

Nope still the same. I have the bose soundtrue II and its still the same maybe better, I maybe because of the iphone 7 effect.

 

[HippieMagic]

iPhone 7 audio output is very slightly worse than it was on the 6s. It's so slight that you most likely won't notice it at all.

http://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/iPho...apter-liefert-schlechteren-Sound-3325932.html

If you want to see some test results you can find them on this page.