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Re: Thoughts or impressions of the Geek Out V2
« Reply #70 on: July 06, 2015, 04:27:28 PM »

Yes ios requires a cck, but according to LH, only ios 6 anf lollipop will work, earlier versions will not, at least thats what lh told me. People around here seem to think differently. I wish they could show lh the error of their ways.
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Re: Thoughts or impressions of the Geek Out V2
« Reply #71 on: July 06, 2015, 04:29:59 PM »

V2+ works with iOS too? do i need camera connection kit for that?

Yes, and yes.

Bad design choice to limit use to lollipop/ios6. And I wasn't looking for sympathy, I was trying to warn people.

The first sentence is a valid criticism of the device, others have been frustrated with this. FYI opt/spdif support in portable amps is limited, Leck UHS-6 is a major standout though... I think the bigger weakness is not V2+ failure to support opt/spdif, but rather its lack of a line in. Still, I jumped in since I intend to use it with my phone(s?) when that is warranted, and laptop when necessary. The second quoted sentence is the problem with your complaint: I think most people who went so far as buying it were aware of these limitations, especially since they have been discussed in several places, including HF and here.
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Re: Thoughts or impressions of the Geek Out V2
« Reply #72 on: July 06, 2015, 04:31:40 PM »

Dude, your X3 and X5 would need a SPDIF optical to USB converter.

These units have ALWAYS been USB based. I can understand being frustrated with their support if they told you you had to buy a $100 cable, but at this point you're bitching because you didn't read before buying.

I give LH a lot of shit for areas where they can improve, but this is on you. You'll get no sympathy from pirates on this one.

If you'd like a cheap micro to micro OTG cable, these work great:

http://hakshop.myshopify.com/products/micro-to-micro-otg?variant=211796287

Thanks for the link to the cable. It still won't work with anything but my Tablet as transport, which is hardly portable, at least for me.
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Re: Thoughts or impressions of the Geek Out V2
« Reply #73 on: July 06, 2015, 04:38:33 PM »

Thanks for the link to the cable. It still won't work with anything but my Tablet as transport, which is hardly portable, at least for me.


I get the beef with lack of storage on the phone, I could only use my iphone with streaming services for that reason. What OS is the moto g? It supports USB OTG in Kitkat. You can probably use it with your moto g for streaming services, if you are into that.
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Re: Thoughts or impressions of the Geek Out V2
« Reply #74 on: July 06, 2015, 04:39:32 PM »

Yes ios requires a cck, but according to LH, only ios 6 anf lollipop will work, earlier versions will not, at least thats what lh told me. People around here seem to think differently. I wish they could show lh the error of their ways.

I am the one who told LH about Lollipop support for USB class 2 audio being a standard feature and they consult with me with regard to Android functionality and feature sets. I am telling you, plenty of other devices support this. LH doesn't officially recommend anything else though since it's very difficult to catalog EVERY device that supports the standard.
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Re: Thoughts or impressions of the Geek Out V2
« Reply #75 on: July 06, 2015, 04:43:18 PM »

Yes, and yes.

The first sentence is a valid criticism of the device, others have been frustrated with this. FYI opt/spdif support in portable amps is limited, Leck UHS-6 is a major standout though... I think the bigger weakness is not V2+ failure to support opt/spdif, but rather its lack of a line in. Still, I jumped in since I intend to use it with my phone(s?) when that is warranted, and laptop when necessary. The second quoted sentence is the problem with your complaint: I think most people who went so far as buying it were aware of these limitations, especially since they have been discussed in several places, including HF and here.


Yeah my bad. guess I was hoping for (and more fool me, expecting) the kind of design forethought and versatility that ifi put into the micro idsd. My excitement at potentially getting the sq of my pulse on the move combined with the fact that every time I looked away from the IGG campaign the wait was a month or two longer had me not doing my due diligence. Thank god for ebay. Hey, maybe they will actually follow through on their commitment to give me a refund. Stranger things have happened.
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Re: Thoughts or impressions of the Geek Out V2
« Reply #76 on: July 06, 2015, 04:47:49 PM »

I get the beef with lack of storage on the phone, I could only use my iphone with streaming services for that reason. What OS is the moto g? It supports USB OTG in Kitkat. You can probably use it with your moto g for streaming services, if you are into that.
It says 4.4.2, but running USB OTG Checker app tells me the device does not support USB OTG. I have spotify, but using an outboard DAC with Spotify makes no sense to me. BTW, it's free Spotify.
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Re: Thoughts or impressions of the Geek Out V2
« Reply #77 on: July 06, 2015, 05:03:36 PM »


Yeah my bad. guess I was hoping for (and more fool me, expecting) the kind of design forethought and versatility that ifi put into the micro idsd. My excitement at potentially getting the sq of my pulse on the move combined with the fact that every time I looked away from the IGG campaign the wait was a month or two longer had me not doing my due diligence. Thank god for ebay. Hey, maybe they will actually follow through on their commitment to give me a refund. Stranger things have happened.


Now that the campaign ended, price jumped by like $150, so if you keep it unopened and cannot return it, you stand a good chance of selling it for what you paid.

It says 4.4.2, but running USB OTG Checker app tells me the device does not support USB OTG. I have spotify, but using an outboard DAC with Spotify makes no sense to me. BTW, it's free Spotify.

I get the hesitance to have a ~$300 device to enjoy 160 ogg, and if that was the only use case that worked for you, I wouldn't recommend it. FWIW, I did some very limited googling, and it seems 4.4.2 had a minor glitch that interrupted OTG functionality on moto g. It appears to be fixed as of 4.4.4, maybe time for an upgrade regardless?
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Re: Thoughts or impressions of the Geek Out V2
« Reply #78 on: July 06, 2015, 05:20:43 PM »

Now that the campaign ended, price jumped by like $150, so if you keep it unopened and cannot return it, you stand a good chance of selling it for what you paid.

I get the hesitance to have a ~$300 device to enjoy 160 ogg, and if that was the only use case that worked for you, I wouldn't recommend it. FWIW, I did some very limited googling, and it seems 4.4.2 had a minor glitch that interrupted OTG functionality on moto g. It appears to be fixed as of 4.4.4, maybe time for an upgrade regardless?

A phone upgrade, you mean?
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Re: Thoughts or impressions of the Geek Out V2
« Reply #79 on: July 06, 2015, 05:30:05 PM »

Ok, then how you connect CCK to this thing actually ? one more adapter to connect CCK>V2 ?  that sounds very tedious that i'm thinking of just getting android device instead hahahah
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