MUSIC FANS: it's time to ditch the AirPods!

Darko Audio β€’ July 10, 2025
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This episode brought to you by Bowers & Wilkins & Roon πŸ‘‰ https://bit.ly/4ggz8X0 πŸ‘‰ https://roon.app/en/ πŸŽ₯ Camera: John Darko / Olaf von Voss 🎬 Editor: John Darko 🌈 Colour: Olaf von Voss πŸ•ΊπŸ» Motion GFX: John Darko πŸ’° Ad segment: Jana Dagdagan 🎡 Song IDs? Playlists of all music heard in this video - and other videos - can be found on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko 0:00 Normal people 1:02 The backstory 3:51 Enter the Axion 8:13 USB-C, bit-perfect & hi-res audio 11:06 Side-by-side comparisons πŸ‘‰ As mentioned in this video... Silicon pouches for IEMs πŸ›’ https://amzn.to/3GtY1Cu Apple AirPods Pro 2 πŸ›’ https://amzn.to/40IqyuN Sennheiser IE300 πŸ›’ https://amzn.to/3GCLJaO Campfire Audio Axion πŸ“– https://www.campfireaudio.com/pages/axion Cables and power products by AudioQuest πŸ›’ https://audioadvice.io/Audioquest Hi-fi furniture and speaker stands by Solid Steel πŸ›’ https://howl.me/ckbW9947Hdi aptX Lossless: is it worth it? πŸ“– https://darko.audio/2024/03/cd-quality-bluetooth-audio-is-now-a-reality-but-is-it-worth-it/ Room treatment by Vicoustic πŸ“– https://audioadvice.io/Vicoustic Darko.Audio may earn a small commission from items purchased via affiliate links, as indicated by a 'πŸ›’'. Darko.Audio is an Amazon Associates Program member, an Audio Advice Program member and a Howl Program member. __________________________________________________________________ πŸ“– PLEASE READ *before commenting*! 1) Polite comments that advance the conversation are most welcome 2) No URLs, racist/sexist remarks or conspiracy theories 3) All comments here are moderated by a third party __________________________________________________________________ ⏰ How our YouTube videos get made: https://darko.audio/2021/10/how-our-youtube-videos-get-made/ Darko.Audio FAQ: https://darko.audio/faq/ Why are/were comments turned OFF? https://darko.audio/2020/10/why-im-switching-off-youtube-comments/ What the bloody hell am I talking about? https://youtu.be/MBzHB9877fg How is Darko.Audio funded? https://darko.audio/funding/ __________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Check out the Darko.Audio podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/darko-audio/id1368388920 https://open.spotify.com/show/1mnKixperZd4zmJWCvEbNl https://soundcloud.com/johnhdarko __________________________________________________________________ Web: https://Darko.Audio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darkoaudio/

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