How to turn your Smartphone into a Hi-Res audio player 

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Give me the link for your smaller bluetooth DAC for android

Agreed

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this guy just changed my whole perception of streaming music, i hate apple but i guess i have to get a good DAC and apple music now

@@YureK___ rather buy a neutral sounding iem and change its eq settings by using wavelet or poweramp and rather use a software like soulseek to get free flac (lossless) files.

@@Bhomik98 or just use in-built equalizer

Yes, indeed! Great video, LOVE INDIA!

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Yup, don't wanna use iOS for that

Thank you sir, for speaking the truth. Just getting a DAC won't make much difference. Any type c earphones will do a decent work as most flagship phones and some budget ones do provide atleast 24bit audio processing on the device itself.

As a producer myself i agree each of the words u said

I think the key is within your own comment: “casual music listeners”. If you clicked on this video it means you are looking for that extra, no matter how little it could be. Whether one is disappointed by the result or not is completely independent to the curiosity of getting everything out of the service you’re paying to listen to high definition audio. I do agree a good pair of headphones should be the first step towards experiencing high definition audio and it will get you 80%-90% of the way there but a lot of these high end headphones need an amp to take advantage of them and there are plenty of DAC/amp combos so might as well get the DAC at that point.

Which cheap but quality DAC would you recommend?

The best.. NoNoNo.... The Very Best for Iems, Dacs and anything Audio.... Seriously try them

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What smartphone?

whats UAPP, iems, simgot, etc?

Bought UAPP?

@@user-oh6ev7mj5q UAPP : USB Audio Player Pro, what it does is something i still do not understand but seems like it stops android from suppressing audio? IEMs: In-Ear Monitors, they fit better, sound better, and give better isolation

​@@user-oh6ev7mj5qletshoeur, cklvx, simgot are brands of IEMs

Very kind of you, thank you.

it gets better everyday which is pleasing

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@@user-jh5fm7ci6o where did you hear that nonsense? Apple Music uses Apple's own ALAC codec (up to 24 bit/192 kHz) instead of FLAC. FLACs are not supported by iTunes (and the standard music app), but can be played through 3rd party apps. Obviously, you need a DAC for that, since the $9,99 Lightning to 3.5mm adapter limits output to 24 bit/48 kHz. So if you want to make your life easier, get ALAC files for iPhones or use a different app, problem solved. On iPhone 15 models it's obviously easier, since they have USB-C and there's no need for weird Lightning-dongles.

@@user-jh5fm7ci6o24 bit 192khz ALAC is not hi-res?

What about spotify

@@heatsflamesman6080 Spotify doesn't have lossless(yet). With good headphones you will most probably feel its inferiority to Apple Music.

Hey there, Thank you for your kind words, As for your query, we experimented with different devices ourselves and hence discovered that from Android 13 onwards the downsampling issue was not present. Keep the music playing!

@@headphone_zone you should do a video showing that, because there is no info about it on the internet, so your video would be the first source to test it and confirm it. I'll test in my Hip DAC 2 today to see how the led colors will change depending on the sample rate. But I believe that the Apple Music app should ask Android System to use the DAC as the source in exclusive mode, just like Tidal app does.

@@headphone_zone I tested using the Apple Music app + Hip Dac 2, and I can confirm that the LED will change to white when playing Hi-Res Lossless. It is a shame that Google is not sharing this info anywhere I could find, so a video showing that would be valuable to the audiophile community. Thanks a ton!

@@formulazen Android hasn't fixed resampling, they have put the USB lossless in the back burner, that's why iPhone keeps selling a lot!

I see a lot of people using the app for the convenience it offers in using a portable USB DAC Amp. So i think a lot of audiophiles would be happy to recommend the app. For me personally, i just plug and play and use Apple music.

USB Audio player pro..doesn't use android output system or simply it doesn't let the android touch the audio in anyway...so USB Audio player doesn't convert anything internally in the device and just send the digital signal to the DAC like a passthrough stream without altering the signal...and the Digital signal is converted to analog using external DAC. which makes it a bit-wise perfect i.e not a single bit is changed.. but it only does the passthrough of digital stream. But the quality of the audio depends on the speakers you connect to the DAC. if they can play every bit perfectly you get exact music offered by the artist...if the speakers are bad you won't get the details...But it is for the older Android versions...on android 14 and successors there is a native android option to passthrough the digital signal to the external DAC without any alterations..using 'AudioMixerAttributes' class and it works the same way as USB audio player pro...you can read the blog post regarding that here 'android-developers.googleblog.com/2023/05/android-14-beta-2.html' in lossless usb audio section.. and whatever he said in the video that comparing audio resolutions to video is not a correct comparision.. audio works differently..you cannot compare 16bit/44.1KHz as 1080p and 24bit/96KHz as 4k...because a naked eye can easily find difference between a normal 1080p stream and a 4k stream but as per audio files according to "Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem" you should have double the sampling rate of the sound pitch you want to record so considering 44.1KHz you can record 22KHz sound and there is not point in going beyond that because Upper boundary of human hearing is 20KHz. but higher sampling rates can be helpful in professional audio mastering such has when you slow down a sound of 96Khz audio and 48KHz audio to half speed you have less noise in 96KHz audio and have more noise in 48KHz audio...but for normal hearing 16bit/44.1KHz is more than enough..and so less people can spot the difference between a 16bit and 24 bit audio in special studio with complete silent with high end speakers...if you play spotify's 320kbps vorbis audio and an apple music 16bit/48KHz using whatever the equipment in the above video he showed and listened on a headphones in a bus or metro or in normal room noise..you won't hear any differences at all..if anyone says he can hear difference he on powder or whatever....At the end of the day if you want to enjoy Hi-Res audio buy better speakers because they are the deciding factors of good sound reproduction...don't be like people who listens to Apple music 24bit/192KHz audio with their airpods..

@@blackhole-tq2hv Thx for the information, May i ask a question I am considering to buy an iem, (tangzu wan'er) do I need to buy an external dac (hz x ddhifi) to get a good audio output? Or is there any Noticeable difference. I don't really care about this 64 bit or 98 khz... I just want the audio to be best. What is your recommendation?

@@nidhunmohan7035 If you are on android buy a DAC, because the passthrough is in beta mode and take some time for the hifi music providing apps like Tidal, qobuz or apple music developers to update the new code. buy a decent DAC to be on the safer side..

hey, where did you buy the qudelix from? Alos, which phone were you using?

My iFi Phantom is one VERY expensive brick. 😢🧱

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Superbly put. I think a well recorded/mastered track is really the key ingredient. A badly recorded and a poorly mastered track isnt going to sound good, no matter what resolution we're listening to it on.

Hi , how did you do the payement for qobuz music streaming service , because when I do I get is your bank has refused the payement ,could you tell me the way so even I can purchase my favourite songs...😊😊😊

@@RaghavSomani-HeadphoneZone, why do you call your nation by the name given to it by the British (from the PERSIAN word “Hindustan”)?☝️ What’s wrong with its PROPER name (Bhārata)? 🇮🇳

Can you please recommend a budget dac I have kz zsnpros

@@walterwhite.6908 FiiO - KA1

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@@RaghavSomani-HeadphoneZone Kindly share purchase link of those demonstrated devices. Thank you

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Thats a great DAC. Superb value for money.

LG ?

@@RahulThakur-nm8bj redmi k50i is good choice tho

@@rachitanandhiremath2234 lg phones used to come with DAC

​@@RahulThakur-nm8bj Poco x4 pro.

Your Android is gonna resample everything to 48KHZ

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Sounds like you have a busy Sunday ahead of you

There are few sites available online which helps you to transfer playlists.

Simple to transfer library. Takes minutes

Superb! Now we're making progress. I can finally say my video has made a difference

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It's great to see audiophiles from India too! The LG G7 ThinQ's quad DAC is indeed a fantastic feature for audio enthusiasts. Prime Music, is known for offering high-quality audio streaming. Amazon's Prime Music provides a vast library of songs and a bit rate of up to 850 kbps, which results in excellent sound quality. If you find the song quality better on Prime Music, it means you're enjoying a premium listening experience. It's all about personal preference, so stick with what sounds best to you and enjoy your music! 🎶🎧

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@@felixcolon1568 David from Stereophile agrees with me.

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Is that available anywhere? ❤

I want LG V40. Will that work mister rage?

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That's a nice option instead of getting a dedicated player. Just make sure the battery is healthy.

Woow lg

Well, im really not a car audio expert. But if your connecting your music to the car audio system using bluetooth, your basically going to use the in-built DAC in the car audio system. Your best bet is to try using a Music CD instead of Bluetooth, and im pretty sure you'll hear a big difference.

Glad to hear it!

Amazon music HD is not yet launched here in India.

@@dipanjanbiswas4924 you're right, technically it hasn't. However, the sample rate seems to be MUCH higher than RU-vid Music or Spotify.

@@deebee4468 that is interesting

Yes, Amazon has been doing some funny things with their Music app in India. Ive seen their sample rates show up as 192 for most tracks too. But i dont think i can hear the difference, certainly on most tracks. Looks like someone at Amazon just made the default to 192 without realising it.

@@RaghavSomani-HeadphoneZone interesting thought. To be honest, even I haven't noticed any difference in quality with Amazon Music. I initially attributed it to my ears being too old, or to my setup being too basic (Topping E30 - DT770 Pro 32 Ohm) :)

Are you running active set up with your dsp? What amps,speakers and dsp are you using? Also have you tried hi res files on that at all? The reason I ask is because I would like to do active 3 way in my car but I don't have any hi res files (that is why I am here I guess) and I have never heard hi res in car audio. However your comment about youtube/Spotify on AndroidAuto is giving me hope now, thanks 👍

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Yeah, it should sound great on the LG G7. You probably dont need to get a DAC.

Alright then. Thanks for the assistance! :)

Yeah buddy I am using apple hi res lossless in my nothing phone with venture electronics avani ... And it works perfectly

​@@himanshurai85How did you subscribe to Apple Music? I have been trying through browser but it doesn't seem to accept payment via UPI.

Just buy Usb audio player pro. It can play bit perfect audio. Poweramp is trash.

Unfortunately, not all songs on Apple music are in lossless quality even though they advertise as such.

There are services online that will help in migrating playlists to avoid manually creating playlist all over again.

@@VishnuPadmanabhan I tried a few, some didn't work, some only allowed like 50-100 songs only. Can you suggest some specific site/app for that?

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SongShift is a great app for transferring playlists.

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I use Spotify for music discovery and their playlists too. Its playing on my home audio system practically through the day.

Does it sound different in your iem than regular earphones while using spotify

Yes please

An IFI Go Link or a Shanling UA1s + Truthear Hola or CCA PLA13.

​@@RaghavSomani-HeadphoneZone sir go link dac it is supports older android device...if supports means kindly make video

@@ramcherry8493 yup. Works superbly

@@RaghavSomani-HeadphoneZoneA $3 dac is enough for truthear hola. If u own a premium smartphone the built in dac is more than enough.

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Hey there, that is an interesting point of view, and hopefully, as time progresses, we shall even reach that point. For now, a subscription is a way to go with Apple Music costing 99/month, making it accessible to everyone.

Use wavelet 's auto eq

Hey there, music connoisseur! 🎵🎧 Wow, your enthusiasm is surely conveyed! We're thrilled to be a part of your journey from the 140p music world to the glorious world of high-resolution music! It's time to treat those eardrums to a feast of pristine audio goodness. And hey, trying out Apple Music is a fantastic idea! Thank you for the love! Your support means the world, and remember, you're always welcome here in the land of lossless information quality! Keep rocking, and let the music take you on a high-quality adventure! 🎵

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But the issue is that on high end phones don't have 3.5mm jack and type c iems are locked at 16bit 48khz

@@SiddharthSharma-xe6yc hmm interesting. I didn't know that. Can you please share the source of this info ? What is the point of Quad DAC, if o/p via type C is capped 🤔

But now a days phones as low as 23k don't have headphone jack. Hiw to counter that ?

@@SiddharthSharma-xe6yc and almost all high end phones don't have an SD slot. I don't know why they didn't even bother to put an SD slot in high end phones but they put it on low and mid end phones.

Is the DAC on the Asus Zenfone 9/10 any good? That phone is the rare flagship that got a headphone jack

Hey there, you're correct about the technical aspect in the frequency domain of audio. Although the bottom line is that higher bit rates produce better-sounding encoded files, and ultimately your ears must be the judge, based on the type of material you are encoding. Just as an experiment spend an afternoon encoding the same song to different formats and different constant and variable bit rates. Listen for the subtle and not-so-subtle changes that the lossy compression introduces. Be sure to keep referencing the raw file to remember what it should sound like.

It's not just the higher frequencys that the ears hear, the harmonics shape the music, you don't listen to just sine waves, music is a lot more complex ans requires the higher frequentlys to reproduce they complex signals, must people above 50 years cannot hear above 8k but still appreciate the accuracy of the reproduced signal.

Can you tell me more about the MX player?

You never listen to what the artist intended. To put it better, its just a marketing gimmick. Most of them are not even mixed by the artists. And the person mixing is just one guy who was mixing it on some highly neutral speaker and an average listener is bound to not like that. Also the way it was mixed does not automatically make it a standard to be heard. Headphones are tuned differently for a reason.

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