Audioengine B1 Bluetooth Music Receiver vs Arturia MicroFreak

I think the build quality of the device is premium. The only thing that I think that isn't is the antenna, for whatever reason it doesn't seem like it...

So there's a few interesting things going on. Additionally, there's a 35-point modulation matrix here, and this is a something that you just kind of d...

On the flip side, I don't want to inadvertently downgrade to a worse option if the Marantz is already decent for audio. Also, I still need to deal with my TV audio..

So these are the basic super wave shapes and then we've actually got their own modulation in D tune. So this is the amount of detuning and then the vo...

I have never heard a wireless signal sound so clean and authoritative in the bottom end without being muddy or losing its musicality. The B1 is extremely quite and I have not detected any background noise at all. Very impressive. As an experiment I decided to hook up the B1 to my Musical Fidelity V90 Dac to see if that made this already great sounding piece better

If you're a bass player, it's E to E key bed range is very appreciated, and the slim keys are actually pretty nice. (Those are not mini keys as these keys are the normal length, just skinnier)

In fact, the whole point in supporting both the HD and the LL codecs is that there are different definitions of “the best” based on the application space. One usage model might value audio quality as the most important characteristic, but another might value low latency as the most important. If I’ve understood the B1’s protocol choice algorithm correctly, it’s an unfortunate design decision. All the modern high-quality transmitters which support AptX protocols whichI have looked at support both HD and LL, which means that the B1 can NEVER function as a low latency receiver

So, after watching tons of Youtube videos, I decided on the Arturia Microfreak...and I'm glad I did! It has a LOT of sound design potential, and using the Mod Matrix is a joy