My Grado SR80x and the Etyomic ER4XR are the best banf for buck for a headphone and IEM. I know they are not for everyone but for I cannot help but to love them both.
The Grado sound is so much like the studio/monitoring headphones I grew up listening to while my parents were performing and the Etymotics are technically astonishing IMO.
Surface duo 2 and use a bluetooth dongle or USB amp. The phone is not great by itself to power any headphones or IEMs but has great processing power.
Surface duo 2 and use a bluetooth dongle or USB amp. The phone is not great by itself to power any headphones or IEMs but has great processing power.
You should ask your teacher about interfereance, cable sizing and power mangement in reticulated systems as well. The things he noted above are very important on medium/large scale electrical systems with balancing power loads in each system being seriously impacted by the cable material/quality.
The big thing, from an engineering perspective, is what you noted. You need to have quailty products at both ends of the cable with a cable that is “sized” for the losses between the two components (i.e. amp, Dac, IEM, Headphone and etc). This is in a perfect enginering world though lol, it does not necessarily translate to the real world.
It is an interesting topic to look into while you are studying if you have the time. Audio engineering and power reticulation is an important component of your engineering education.
I got my hands on the FIIO FH7 OG which are fantastic. An older model but still a great performer.