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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #180 on: August 10, 2015, 05:03:16 PM »
Double amping is not all that bad, but you are correct most aftermarket dacs should sound a bit better than the phone.  It may be minor though.  I have used the HRT Microstreamer to good effect with Android phones using an OTG cable and with an ipod 5th gen and cck.

Powered any iem I had very nicely.  The only real issue is the increased strain on your micro USB port on the phone.  I had a Moto X that eventually failed at that port.  But you cannot beat the little microstreamer from a pocketability standpoint.  Does it sound as good as the Leckerton as far as the amp stage goes.......no!

I just ordered another microstreamer (thought I could live without one and sold it) after becoming dissatisfied with my phones hp out, but will have to wait and see if windows 10 for phone will support OTG USB at some point.  In the meantime, I may just grab another ipod or android phone to play music.  Anyone know of a good flac player app for either platform?
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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #181 on: August 10, 2015, 05:05:00 PM »
Quote from: lmader on August 10, 2015, 04:58:19 PM
My personal approach is to use the USB OTG out from the phone, into a small amp/dac dongle, then to my headphones.  I use the AudioQuest DragonFly 1.2 (~$150), but that isn't necessarily a recommendation, it's just what I bought.  The Schiit Fulla ($79) is probably better, and there are many others.  GeekOut is pricier but way better.  I have to use an app called USB Audio Pro on my phone to make this work, as the built in Android USB OTG support doesn't work for many DACs, but with that app everything I have tried works well.

Unless they changed something the Fulla will not work with OTG as it needs more power from the usb port.  sounds nice though.


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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #182 on: August 10, 2015, 06:35:08 PM »
I definitely dig the new Motorola's!
I've been using a Moto Maxx (http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_maxx-6779.php) since December/January and it's definitely a kick-ass phone. Good performing (haven't noticed any lags at all for the things/apps I normally use), ok audio (call) quality, seems to be excellently constructed and that quick charge thingie is definitely pretty cool!

But, lately I've been using... :eek: my Lumia 830 a bit more!!! What can I say? I like Nokia! LOL I believe that since I'm not really a "power user", the simple nature of Windows phone just calls me (no pun!).

Lately though I've been really looking into Blackberry QWERTY phones (Q5, Q10, Classic). I love qwerty phones and sadly they are no longer being made. Since I mostly use social media stuff (FB, Twitter, Whatsapp), browser, youtube, E-mail/Calendar, etc) I think the Blackberry could be an awesome phone to have at home just in case I feel like using something different.... I know... I'm weird...
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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #183 on: August 16, 2015, 09:08:21 AM »
This is brilliant  :)p13

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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #184 on: September 17, 2015, 04:28:01 PM »
Hello folks. So something interesting happened today. I was looking at my LG G3's screen (AT&T D850) while listening to TiDAL on my Ety HF (LG G3 > Ety HF5) and saw a headset-with-mic icon on the top left of the screen. Fair enough I thought....but when I added my Fiio E12 in the signal chain where LG G3 > Fiio E12 > Ety HF5, the headset-with-mic icon was replaced with an icon showing a TRS plug.
   Curious, I looked up the manual and discovered that the TRS icon denotes "Wired high impedance accessories or AUX". Does this mean that the LG G3 is switching over from "amplifier" mode to a "line out" mode when it sees a device like the E12 connected? Or is it just a pretty UI tweak? Thanks.


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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #185 on: September 18, 2015, 04:21:42 AM »
I have a note 5 now.

Does this thing resample all audio to 48k?
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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #186 on: September 18, 2015, 05:09:00 AM »
Quote from: mickeyvortex on September 17, 2015, 04:28:01 PM
Hello folks. So something interesting happened today. I was looking at my LG G3's screen (AT&T D850) while listening to TiDAL on my Ety HF (LG G3 > Ety HF5) and saw a headset-with-mic icon on the top left of the screen. Fair enough I thought....but when I added my Fiio E12 in the signal chain where LG G3 > Fiio E12 > Ety HF5, the headset-with-mic icon was replaced with an icon showing a TRS plug.
   Curious, I looked up the manual and discovered that the TRS icon denotes "Wired high impedance accessories or AUX". Does this mean that the LG G3 is switching over from "amplifier" mode to a "line out" mode when it sees a device like the E12 connected? Or is it just a pretty UI tweak? Thanks.

Probably UI tweaks, but who knows? If you can adjust the phone volume, it is probably treating it just like anything else plugged in with a regular TRS jack.
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Re: The all purpose smartphone advice thread - regular folks welcome
« Reply #187 on: September 18, 2015, 05:05:00 PM »
Quote from: zerodeefex on September 18, 2015, 05:09:00 AM
Probably UI tweaks, but who knows? If you can adjust the phone volume, it is probably treating it just like anything else plugged in with a regular TRS jack.


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Quote from: zerodeefex on September 18, 2015, 05:09:00 AM
Probably UI tweaks, but who knows? If you can adjust the phone volume, it is probably treating it just like anything else plugged in with a regular TRS jack.

Thanks zdfx. I can adjust the phone volume so probably a UI tweak then. Bloody smartass smartphone   
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