Nope . The W 1 chip is a highefficiency DAC designed to encode their proprietary audio standard . I put highefficiency in quotes because Bluetooth headphones with a 5 hour battery life and a single coil driver is hilariously shitty . <| sep |> Well yes , one ' s culture is a huge influence as to how they act . It ' s why I ' d feel far safer around your average Singaporean not a race thing , Singapore is crazy diverse than your average Saudi . Saudi culture will generally get you much more antagonistic and honor bound people than Singaporean culture . Try growing up in an international environment , you learn very quickly that what matters is culture , and that quite frankly , some cultures are far less conducive to peaceful relations with others .