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@slalhruaitluanga 3 года назад

So the winner is the LG V40, btw RIP LG phones

@ornobislam5106 3 года назад

The sony xperia series mark ii versions also sports the 3.5 mm as well as the expandable storage.

@pierreandre5678 3 года назад

@@ornobislam5106 Yes, but I'm not sure Sony's dac is as good as LG's.

@baldknobby 3 года назад

I think he said the HELM BOLT sounded better than the LG phone.

@LG141602 2 года назад

They should have focused on the V series 100 percent. Instead lg treated the V series like a failure and stopped innovating it.

@johnkost2514 2 года назад

I played 24/192k on my LG G8 using Apple Music which is awesome.

@andysgriff1965 3 года назад

Thank you. Fabulous review, I learnt a lot. Love the format, subscribed.

@bawtreerd 3 года назад

This is really needed video Thankyou so many hurdles to navigate when trying to play tidal Mqa files .I have a Samsung and you have saved me a headache plus some money

@fabioa.5490 3 года назад

I really enjoy your videos. Thanks

@kilovictor777 2 года назад

😊👏👏 outstanding as always. You know what whenever I have doubts as a learning Audiophile I come to your channel and 99% times I have found the solution. After seeing this I will stick to my IPhone, get a Dragonfly Black or use my BTR5 as a dongle DAC and get that contraption to connect it to my IPhone 😊👍

@rafacq 2 года назад

John, I’ve been using an iFi Hip-Dac with my iPhone XR connected using only the Apple Lighting Camera cable. Single cable solution and it works great. I bought the iBasso IT01 after watching your video and love them. Thanks!

@yuriynazarov9383 3 года назад

Thanks for your extremely detailed explanation, it is perfect! What I would suggest is to look at the absolutely interesting device (Xbox one / S / X) in scope of managing wireless hi-fi setup. You are right, all these cables annoying. I found that Xbox can receive music wirelessly (via wifi) from Iphone (Airplay 2) by using application called Airserver. So my home setup is next: iphone (deezer hifi) - Airplay 2 - Xbox One S - spdif - fostex hp-a3 - rca - marantz amplifier... Unfortunately my DAC is not showing me exact frequency and bitrate receiving from xbox after all interactions. Would be great to get your analysis on that. PS: this setup is oriented only to listen red-book quality from deezer hi-fi subscription.

@tonygonzales726 3 года назад

Just found your channel/videos. Beautiful score music. Reminds of vangelis or m83. Keep up the great content!

@kialha Год назад

Love your videos, specially when you recommend tracks for testing. I think Tidal fixed the problem. I am using a DragonFly Red and it lights magenta when playing offline Master Quality files directly from Tidal. Awesome sound with my Shure SE846 IEMs.🙂

@tarcisio_menezes 2 года назад

Very informative video! You're awesome! Thank you 😎👍🏻

@Detailguy101 2 года назад

John is right, 24/48 for simplicity. Or hi res with dongle dac mess!! Im happy with my adv dongle dac 24/48. Oh yeah this is with iphone.

@diamondhellspawnscorpion 3 года назад

very informative.. thank you very much

@Detailguy101 2 года назад

John is a great audiophile that gives the best advice!!

@rainbowsix5918 2 года назад

You Sir! Are an audio genius. We need more tricks and tips like that. Thank you for doing all the research and hard work. At least one person today learned something new.

@mikemcdonald9584 2 года назад

Great Informative Video, you are a pleasure to watch, just subscribed

@tomtmarshl2026 3 года назад

Lotoo Paw offers a lightning to USB C short cable in black which works in place of the Apple camera connector. I use it with the Lotoo Paw S1 which is an excellent dongle DAC that does MQA.

@radiofloyd2359 2 года назад

If you want an Android phone, you can always use some kind of rooted solution to force high quality audio through your phone. It does require voiding warranty, however.

@johnnysneds 2 года назад

Update - I just tried downloading a few albums from Spotify onto my iPhone11 with the screen off and they completed just fine. There are multitudes of USB-c to Lightning adapters available and very small and compact.

@j0sh818_got_the_milk 2 года назад

You can also now transfer files directly through the Files app in IOS. And you are not crippled by the Android sample rate limitations. So it's about even now especially most hi end android phones don't have sd card slot anymore.

@jcanzonetta 2 года назад

I believe it's not instant, but Spotify will eventually be put to sleep by iOS and prevent background downloads. If you're playing music in Spotify though, the downloads should continue as the OS will not suspend a running music app.

@akaspookie 3 года назад

Ikko Zerda has a lightning variant, I used USB-C version and I've been loving the sound improvement on my phone.

@chrisstroud60 3 года назад

I have android and I bought the apple usbc dac thinking that it would just work fine. However it only works at half volume. Usb audio player pro allowed me full access to the apple dac thankfully. And the apple usbc dac works well with iem's

@Fatih-xl7yn 2 года назад

If you want to use an iPhone as your daily, I recommend you the ddHifi TC28i adapter. I does the same as the Apple OTG adapter except charging. But the charging isn’t necessary, if you use a dongle DAC! I’m on Apple Music with a ddHifi TC44B and the adapter. Nice and tiny package for on the go!

@MrSuperdoop 3 года назад

I’m using Dragonfly cobalt campfire audio Solaris with iOS sounds great after your recommendation cheers John.

@akarshshakya 2 года назад

Lg should start making smartphones again

@lilinfinite 11 месяцев назад

All they need to do is fixing their naming scheme 😂

@edwardferry8247 2 года назад

Wouldn't it then depend on the quality of headphones to resolve the improvement? Further MQA is proprietary (I thought) and then ties you to Tidal. The audio aspect in combination with a phone would cost nearly as much as a high quality fixed audio system. If portable then most hight quality headphones are open back which means a phone wouldn't be powerful enough to lift the Db above background noise. It just seems to me a super expensive way to simply listen outside.

@carloscortes4743 3 года назад

USB Player Pro a mayor discovery even at streaming audio to home and chromecast audio, the finnese, the detail, the improvement of the same system I used to hear is remarcable I still dont understand why since this is for the usb android limitations to a dac adaptor. But anyway hank you very much. I am happier than If I had used, as it is supposed to be. Thrilled!!

@daryldraws8083 3 года назад

Nice to know. I'm gonna purchase it now. Thanks!

@ko-biko 3 года назад

Might be interesting to try the Hidizs S9 or S8. They take a usb-c cable so you can use either usb-c to usb-c or lightning to usb-c. And it removes the most common breaking point on these things from the device, which should extend it's life.

@sagarkumbalkar83196 2 года назад

This video should watch everyone before making Any kind of audiophile related Decision, You did a great job 👌

@Grrrr3FKAGrrrrGrrrrGrrrr 3 года назад

I've been using an iFi DAC with an Android phone for about a year and a half. But I have started to resent having my phone plugged into this DAC, but on the other hand, I really love the sound of the DAC. So I am looking for a DAP with Tidal that I can use as a transport for the iFi. This video has got me thinking an iPod touch 7 is the way to go.

@fabiz8602 3 года назад

I am currently using an fiio btr5 connected via bluetooth to my android phone and the sound quality is honestly really good and it's more convenient than having my headphones plugged into my phone. Plus it can drive almost all headphones

@18yearsoldnot Год назад

I’ve pulled my hair out over this issue. There I was splurging on a brand new iPhone 12 last year thinking all my high res problems were sorted, and then I a/b tested USB audio player pro from my android vs “native” Qobuz from iPhone. The result to my surprise was that usb audio player pro had much better low end extension, and therefore was a lot more engaging to listen to. Unfortunately I think even iPhone does resampling… or remixing at the very least - how else would I be able to hear notifications interrupting my Qobuz in iOS if that wasn’t the case??? The same problems occur in windows and Mac OS. The only difference there is that the Qobuz app (with the latest update) gives you the option to select “exclusive mode” on the wasapi usb driver. My favourite system is still Audirvāna on mac. That is probably not really true to source with the Audirvana engine but it does what it was designed to do - completely disable the system audio. So there is still no solution for offline Qobuz on the streets… My final solution I’m planning is using the dual sd slots on a chord mojo/poly combo with the poly set to “hotspot mode” and then I have a unmolested upnp server in my pocket. Qobuz let’s you download flac files if you pay extra and that’s what the record companies have forced us to do the bastards. I could go back to usb audio player pro but with the fiddly usb c cables and dongles, I found that any slight movement to the cable or connection, and the usb audio player pro app would crash because it was working hard in “exclusive bit perfect mode” - that’s the other proof that iOS does not allow Qobuz to operate in an “exclusive mode” capacity, or otherwise, my exact same system would crash using my iPhone.

@nikolaygramchev 2 года назад

Bravo, great video

@Mr.man1093 3 года назад

On the iPhone side of things, I am using the DDHiFi dongle which is way smaller than the options you showed in the video and has great sound quality. DDHiFi makes the dongle in lightning and USB type C with 2.5 or 3.5mm connectors. They also recently came out with a 4.4mm dongle that has a secondary 2.5mm jack although, that version is a standard type dongle with a cable extension and is currently only available in USB type C.

@Piercebotzon1996 Год назад

The only thing I don't like about the DDHiFi is that it only does the same quality as the $10 Apple dongle.

@gawsss Год назад

@@Piercebotzon1996 What do you recommend?

@Detailguy101 2 года назад

I use the adv dongle dac for my iphone happy with it!

@pach1100 2 года назад

There are new really small USBC to lightning adaptors for iPhone which hidizs makes. Only real drawback I see for iPhone now is not having support for LDAC, APTX, APTX HD. which is a real deal breaker if you have a bluetooth dac like the qudelix5k.

@danielgonzalez4156 3 года назад

You can get a USB-C to Lighting adapter which would be a lot more elegant than the solution used on the video.

@daliborpuhar7322 2 года назад

Yes, BTR5 with LT-LT1 should do the trick. It’s just one cable and the DAC to the iPhone.

@CharlesSeraphDrums 2 года назад

I use an Audirect Atom 2 on my iPhone 12 mini. This DAC doesn't even have a dongle cable, it's a direct plug and play into the lightning port with MQA capacities. I use lower impedance SEnnheiser HD599's, but this little thing can easily cope with the 600s and the Beyerdynamic 1990s, the ATH60MX, and the Austrian Audio X55 and X65. Also, it's 80 bucks.

@mrinalbarotra791 3 года назад

You nailed that info. Thank you

@AkumaKumaa 2 года назад

You don’t need that bunch of dongles on iPhone, there’s many OTG cables specifically design to connect between iOS device and DAC from third party which would works well and light. Now I have my dragonfly cobalt with a copper lighting OTG cable works with my iPhone’s Tidal and it just works real great

@lilinfinite 11 месяцев назад

Listening to this on a Samsung with external DAC. Sounds incredible like a movie theater.

@misterwoody_ 3 года назад

Hi John, Thanks for a great channel and really opening my ears(?) to the hidden audiophile in myself. Recently, Amazon Music Unlimited in the UK added HD as a free inclusive part of the package which got me to dig out my Chord Mojo and attach it to my aging OnePlus 5 and see how things sounded. After some small tinkering, I can now see (some) Ultra HD tracks (Coldplay - Clocks, from A Rush of Blood to the Head) for example reporting as 24 bit and 192 kHz in the Android based app and the Mojo shows a lovely blue 192 kHz from its coloured glass on/off control bead/ball. In this video, around 10:26 there is mention of vanilla android resampling at 48 kHz - and this ties in with what I see with youtube streamed content. I assume though that the Amazon music HD app must be performing some USB bypass magic along the lines of what USB Audio Player Pro does. I'd be interested to know if Amazon Music HD is available in Berlin now and if you'd tried it with something like your LG V40 if you still have it? Keep up the great content. Many thanks

@RM360CR Год назад

I really dislike all this labels people in western countries are alway boxing people in, but i ve alway been into high quality audiot because since my young years many acquaintances were producing trance and techno music so i learn a bit about sampling mixing normalizing tracks so i could really notice the quality of the music on napster or my zune back in those days. this is my set up, which I will stay for many years to come my MIS 13 inch laptop lg external cd drive to convert my cds a pirated version of traktor that is giving me loads of problems with my korg nano controler, just replaced my native instruments audio 2 with arturia minifuse 1, my dynaudio bmamkii monitors, soulseek to download flac music, ultrasone dj1 pro, rha 750 lg v30 to drive those high impedence rha 750 and ultrasone phones so do i need more than this NO..... What I m trying to say is that do you need an 8k mcintosh amplifier no you dont do you need a 1000 amplifier no you dont, my set up is budget and works amazing..

@RM360CR Год назад

On the LG phones it is imperative that you use the Hi Fi status lg app so the phone can recognize the impedance on the IEM or head phone and activate the hi fi quad dac along with a player that has the hability to get the best audio out of my flacs and to equalize because those rha 750 which are amazing but they need to be equalize because they are very very bright IEMs amd used onkyo HF player and black player...

@antoshiquemozdziak2141 Год назад

Also interested in this theme. Did You find an answer?

@ayandantloko3374 3 года назад

I just love your topics my man, very realistic. Hi fi, Camera's or Phones you're always on point'

@MarkJT1000 5 месяцев назад

Currently venturing into the world of Hi-res audio with a 3 month free trial of Qobuz and experimenting with my iPhone and PC until I get a portable DAC. Thanks for shedding some light upon the internal workings of the phones, that was very helpful. I have an old iPhone SE with a headphone socket and as I expected the output from that will not be as good as an external dedicated DAC, but it is better than bluetooth AAC to my headphones. Of course the big question is - how will this all change when iPhones start coming out with USB sockets instead of lightning. Hmmm.

@callumelcombe3703 6 месяцев назад

Lots of dongle DACs now come with an iPhone or USB C option at checkout, I know FiiO definitely do some dedicated lighting ones that are very good.

@mateusznowakowski5895 2 года назад

Hi John! First off all - thank you for your amazing work you are doing for us! Im Big fan of your videos :) I have one question - i dont have a lot of money for the streamer. For now im playing music audio from Apple TV 3 via AirPlay (optical to external dac) and i want to make a little upgrade. I tried Raspberry Pi with HifiBerry Digi Pro hat. That wasn’t for me - sound was very flat. Much worse than appletv. So im thinking. Maybe i will buy some old iPhone (only for audio) and usb dongle. Then connect it to external dac via usb? And i will make some kind of audio station with all my music - tidal/roon/Spotify hifi in future. It will be better than Sonos connect, chromecast audio etc. In terms of sound quality? Thank you :)

@radiofloyd2359 2 года назад

Unless your phone is really, really cheap, iirc a premium sample rate version of the Chromecast would do the same quality of music, and be more convenient, for possibly cheaper..

@vijeykumar7429 2 года назад

He forgot to mention that LG's own inbuilt music app can also bypass android's resampling, just like UAPP to play hi res content, including local files.

@daliborpuhar7322 2 года назад

The problem is that is resampling all hi-res streaming tracks.

@thrakattacks 2 года назад

Check out the Violectric Chronos. It has a female USB-C connector which allows you to pick whatever Lightning-to-USB-C cable you prefer. It has an ESS9018 or 9028 (I forget which) and it sells for a third the cost of a Dragonfly Cobalt. Probably the same as A Dragonfly Black I think. Best of all it is German! 😜

@simebertolet4351 3 года назад

A comment and question regarding Tidal HiRes output on Android phones, in particular, the Pixel 4a. Since this video was posted , Google issued a firmware update for the android Pixel 4a (on March 5, 2021) which no longer allows the use of USB Audio Player Pro on the Pixel 4a device. Hopefully, Google will fix this issue in the not too distant future allowing 4a owners to begin using USB Audio Player Pro once again. My question regards the use of Audio Quest’s DragonFly Black. I currently use the Dragonfly Black with a OTG Dragonfly Tail and even without using USB Audio Player Pro the light on the Dragonfly Black shows magenta, indicating it is play HiRes and MQA! Can this be true and how is this possible? Any answer to this question would be appreciated.

@stofferrussell Год назад

Hey John. How much did it cost you to import the Helm Bolt to Germany? I live in Spain and import duty here is ridiculously expensive. If they had a European distribution centre I think I might go for one based on your recommendation. I see the Dragonfly Black is now 75€ in Amazon. The new iPads use USB-C so no need for an extra adapter.

@kamertonaudiophileplayer847 3 года назад

I use Android for playing hi-res stereo and quite pleasant with it. Say more Nvidia Shield is my primary music player. 100% agree with microSD note, I can't imagine a phone without microSD card. Needless to say, 80% of my music DSD 128. So 5-7 256Gb micro SD cards feed my needs.

@shailajanandanrath7991 3 года назад

I would like a similar comparison between iPad, MacBook, and a windows PC

@NameLess-lk2qu 3 года назад

I would like to seek for an advice, because the dongle + audioquest dragonfly black is equivalent to the price of an entry level dap. should i go for that or the entry level dap like the hiby r3 pro and others? thank you

@Mark-ix8rz Год назад

I've run across more than one video on audio from phones where the LG V40 was the go to phone. When people figure out that the LG phones that have the Quad DAC's are probably the best sounding phones when using wired head phones and since they also have the LDAC codex they are great for blue tooth. The Sony WF-1000XM4 ear buds sound surprisingly good as does the 1Mii B06HD+ using LDAC hooked to my home stereo using the same LG V40 as a streamer and with a 256gb micro SD for the Flac music library. As much as people love their apple stuff android phone are much more versatile. Proprietary expensive stuff only hurts apple

@Randombourg 3 года назад

For more dongle hell, what happens if you also need to connect your USB c phone to power? I have seen USB splitters that have a dac, if you connect a dongle dac to the splitter will it be the dongle that does the conversion?

@jordykroeze Год назад

Great video, new to the audio world. (Just entry level) Got a Audeze Penrose, but it doesnt support LDAC, my phone does since LDAC is added since Android 8. My Phone doesnt have a 3.5 jack either (Fold 3). I can order a USB C to 3.5 like you mention, the helm bolt (Or probably will choose the cheaper option) But im not really a fan of using dongles on the go, scared i destroy my port while its in my pocket or anything. But i wouldnt mind it the other way around, a small dongle hanging on my 3.5 jack on the headphone. Is this a thing? And what are the options? So Phone's bluetooth > some dongle giving it to the 3.5 on the headset. Or can i use some 180 degree USB C male to female to route the dongle to the back of the phone? That way with a good fit it wont wiggle at the charging port

@nafisemon3941 3 года назад

Its the Best 😊 about hires, i feel like im graduated in hi res

@GiancarloCarccamo 2 года назад

great video

@WFSenior 2 года назад

Does Onkyo HF Player bypass the resampling and allow for bit-perfect playback on Android phones (when connected to a DAC) in the same way that USB Audio Player Pro does? I use Onkyo HF Player on my iPod Touch, so I'm familiar with the interface - but, I'm not against using a separate app on my Android device if it means bit-perfect playback. Thanks in advance.

@brianliu522 2 года назад

I am using Shanling UA2 dongle (DAC/phone amplifier) with my phone, it sounds great

@alonzox8373 3 года назад

LG has the best Android phone for Hi-Fi playback the headphone playback on the LG V60 is amazing

@cartertufts0401 3 года назад

I cant find any LG V-series phones for sale, are they not available in america?

@CeloyG 3 года назад

@@cartertufts0401 LG phones are dead, MKBHD made a video about it

@infotruther 2 года назад

@@CeloyG I have an LG g5

@TheDarryledmonson 2 года назад

@@cartertufts0401 try ebay

@creativeslink 3 года назад

iPhone using Apple Music aac files Bluetooth es to Yamaha receiver rs202 that receives aac & is super cheap! Played through jbl 570s I’m happy with it. Sounds great for low price and is so convenient. Having good musical taste is priceless though.

@3all714 3 года назад

i mean nowadays most of the androids also have aac too ;))

@dulay28 2 года назад

are you using a very very old version of tidal? my LG did not resample the MQA. the led light is pink. I'm using Hidizs S3 Pro Dac

@korsux7865 2 года назад

Well since this was posted 7 months ago things have changed considerably. My 2 cents: Using an iPhone with a USB adapter that can accept lightening/USB X2 and USB C. Run this into two DACs. Topping e30 and Khadas Tone 2 Pro. Just got a samsung a52s 5G that has the Atmos setting. No dongle nor adapter is necessary. Connect the Sammy directly into either DAC via type C. My iPhone is too old for Atmos.

@absolutium 2 года назад

Samsung has been on it forseveral years..Galaxy S9 (2018) is Atmos capable has a 192Khz 32bit internal DAC.. and it is LDAC capable.

@indrajitpande 2 года назад

Hi John, Hope you are doing great. I think this video needs an update. I recently bought a Helm Bolt. The package says "plug n play". I am using Samsung Galaxy S10 and Tidal, and with Helm Bolt I get MQA, indicated by the purple light. I did install the USB Audio Player Pro and then uninstalled it soon after. Still it is working fine with MQA content on Tidal. Has the recent Android update(s) removed the resampling feature? Or is it with few specific Android phones that can do away with USB Audio Player Pro? I haven't got the answer yet. Will look for it. May be this update can be included in your video. Thanks for everything. You are awesome!

@syesepoh 3 года назад

So, I have the 2020 iPad and some nuraphones which have a separate cable that has a normal usb connection at the end. I have been looking at the iFi hip-dac and was wondering what I needed to have all this connected for hi-res audio?

@thomasward00 2 года назад

What option do I have if I want to connect my phone into my DAC for charging? is there some sort of adapter.

@geraldoram2453 Год назад

I have Apple Music on my iPhone which is hi res and uses Bluetooth to any Bluetooth headset or earbuds. Sounds great.

@michs8775 4 месяца назад

Be interesting to see this again with the USBC iphone. Would be interesting to see if hi res can pass right through to the focal Bathys or PX8 connected to USBC.

@2134yanto 2 года назад

So if I have an unlimited data package on my Android phone and don’t need to offline content from Tidal etc, the Android is the best solution? Thanks for an excellent and very informative video John

@Archivvve 3 года назад

Separate dongles and Dragonfly are best for me from the point of durability. 8 euro for new dongle is better than 99 euro for full "stuff" when in case of broken cable.

@joshmcgootermier2301 3 года назад

I love apple for music but Android has so many choices and I love using poweramp.

@albertgoodman2507 Год назад

Almost any modern phone sounds relatively good with a good dongle DAC but Android has better apps for playing and streaming highres music (my favourite app is Usb Audio Player Pro which is full of features: popular streaming services available, Samba support for NAS use, DLNA support, quality EQ... And its stable) I haven't found a good or even working iOS app for streaming highres flacs or dsd music using a smb protocol. No problems with iOS if playing music from iCloud, Tidal, Qobuz but get problematic if use local sources.

@gregorykpowell 3 года назад

I love your videos. I am switching from an iPhone to the LG V40, what apps do I need to make my listening experience better? I some 24 bit music that I’ve downloaded and I’m going transfer to the phone.

@Rock2005Star 3 года назад

Greg, You should seriously consider Poweramp. It's the app I've been using for YEARS. It somehow makes everything sound better than the other competitors do, and doesn't cost much either. It also has EQ'ing options, and a Hi-Res Output option as well for 24-bit music (see Output Settings in Audio section of Settings). It also has a great interface, and lots of cool options too, including being able to save your settings (export/import) to transfer over to future phones. play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer&hl=en_US&gl=US You also need the Unlocker app, which you can get here (install it AFTER the one above): play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer.unlock&hl=en_US&gl=US

@pierreandre5678 3 года назад

I use poweramp too, very good app!

@deevnn 2 года назад

If high quality sound and convenience is what is important to you, use your iphone with the adapter and a dragonfly cobalt...simple, maintenance free, no app issues...handled and done.

@dre7767 2 года назад

So basically if you use BT headphones use an LG V Series Android phone for a better HI-FI connection with their built-in connection formats, if you use wired headphones and no DAC for MQA in-between connection points (3.5mm) use the LG if you want better audio and better HI-FI offline use the Apple USB camera dongle and a Dragonfly series USB DAC. I hope my understanding is correct?

@scottmuhlbaier1945 3 года назад

Funny you should mention LG V40. By choice, that was the one I opted for (along with UAPP) because that was the first one with the arguably superior Meridian tuning...but every model after that they started stripping away some of the famed audio options like MQA, DTS, and especially native DSD playback w the Android 10 update! So I found a (carrier) V40 still on Android 9 and set up Package Disabler Pro to prevent its ass from updating to Android 10...and so far so good! Now I'm trying to decide between Qobuz and Tidal (since LG can do MQA) for hi- res service... but I have to say Q has really impressed me with their 24/192 catalog of late. And It sure is nice enough not to wade through a pile of garbage rap acts on the homepage to find quality music!

@stephanpaier9887 2 года назад

Hi Mr. Darko! I bought an external DAC (Hidizs S9pro) together with the Hidizs LT03, an OTG. It does not work properly: I have no hires audio. I guess, it is because I do not use the lightnig to camera adpater. Am I right? Do you really need to buy the (sort of expensive) lightnig to camera adapter, if you want to enjoy the best possible quality on iphone? (I have the old Xs by the way). Thanks for your help,Stephan

@Vibhutius Год назад

Love my Sony Xperia 5ii with 24 bit 192 KHz audio through a headphone jack.

@smayaan2479 Месяц назад

Can we have an updated video on this since we have iphones with C type ports now. Im really excited to know ways i can use my iphone to listen to hi res music

@geekatari4391 2 года назад

Hi. I want to know if listening over the sony XM3 with LDAC enabled sounds significantly worst than when using the Helm bolt. I have the XM4 and to me they sound fantastic when paired with LDAC, but I have never tried an actual dac, so I am interested in the Helm bolt because I love Tidal.

@FeathersMcGraw_ 2 года назад

Yes, there's definitely an improvement in using a dongle dac instead of Bluetooth. Bear in mind however that you need to wire your headphones into the dac so you lose the convenience of wireless headphones.

@AKelly-wd4lj 3 года назад

So is there any point in investing in a dongle DAC for your Android phone if your streaming music "on the go"? It seems to me that there isn't...

@TheLtData 3 года назад

If you use your phone with headphones for music on the go you'll be surrounded by so many other sounds and noise that i think high res isn't that important. Just enjoy the music and be aware of your surroundings such as traffic.

@unknowntosociety01 2 года назад

I use it at home mainly with wired headphones and bluetooth for outdoor stuff so this is good to know

@tigonridge 2 года назад

There are these things called IEMs that provide great isolation. Also, I like to take walks past midnight when it's totally quiet outside.

@paulyllow 2 года назад

On the Iphone side, instead of buying the dongle, DAC and a pair of good wired headphone. Would the new wireless Apple Airpod Max headphone and apple music lossless format achieve the same thing?

@semchen9 Год назад

John, I own an LG V60 (I was thinking of chucking it for a Sony Xperia Model) Smartphone. I owned an Audioquest Dragonfly Cobalt DAC (I gave it away, but I may reenliven that Marriage again). I see that you own here, an Audioquest Ara IEM. My question for you, I'm looking at purchasing a set of either U6ts or a U12ts, both from 64 Audio, (as you are well aware). Regarding a Marriage of the LG V60 with one of the Two 64 Audio Mentions, would you buy a AQ Dragonfly DAC or of another portable DAC ? (I used to be a Ultra High-End Audio Video Designer) The above Scenario would be for Gym purposes.

@MrLathor 3 года назад

Apples Lighting Dongle sounds excellent for $9 when driving efficient headphones. People should absolutely purchase one and decide if that is all they need before feeing compelled to buy anything else. It should not be dismissed.

@falcodarkzz 3 года назад

Agreed. I found it so good I dont bother with my Mojo when out anymore, its convenient and sounds good enough

@Mahalakshmi-Khan 2 года назад

so your saying a dac isn't necessary?

@HeyJerry55 2 года назад

@@Mahalakshmi-Khan Lmao

@AusOpening 2 года назад

@@Mahalakshmi-Khan the dongle has a dac inside

@walterzannoni 2 года назад

@@Mahalakshmi-Khan No, it says you should inform yourself that the apple dongle contains a Cirrus Logic 48Khz 24bit DAC. ;)

@t.t.3753 3 года назад

Thanks for the interesting video. If I would use an iBasso DC02, what kind headphones would you recommend. Currently I'm using the Sony WH-1000X M3 headphones. But if I would decided to use a DAC do I need special headphones for that?

@TheCheezeypoofs 3 года назад

With my XM4s, the wireless mode sounds far better to me than using the wired mode, even plugged into my Modi 3. The DSP correction is far more effective in correcting the frequency response than a DAC in my experience

@LinasR 3 года назад

Have 1000X M3, but when wired they sound terrible. Try wire alternative the 1A m2 from Sony. In general if the headphones are wireless then no extra DAC should be used. If you want to squeeze the most of 1000x m3, check whereas LDAC codec is active (mostly available on Android 7 and up phones). But wireless is not for the MASTER, just use HiFi, Bluetooth doesn't have enough bandwidth to carry 1,4 Mbit of data (normal CD).

@Grrrr3FKAGrrrrGrrrrGrrrr 3 года назад

Yes, they are called ordinary headphones (the kind with a wire) 😉

@nino_kO1 3 года назад

@@LinasR thats why i use px7's they sound very good via Bluetooth but when you connect to 3.5mm its blows the competition in million pieces

@jtl2268 3 года назад

Thanks. I felt enlightened.

@pedropicapiedra4828 10 месяцев назад

As and iPhone user I don’t like use AAC for Bluetooth, I would like use Aptx or another better codec for Bluetooth headphone but in iPhone you can’t change it. Android is better for audiophiles that’s my point

@michaelmatthie9019 Год назад

Have a question do you have a video comparison Cd player and mp3 player?

@MastrChee 2 года назад

If you get a chance, can you try out the hidizs S9 pro? Many people are saying it's a game changer for the price, especially with balanced headphones.

@itsmeth3c10ud 2 года назад

I stream spoitfy music from a lenovo tablet through bluetooth to a pair of Genelec 8050B and i HATE the sound quality. Would this "tablet + HELM BOLT" sound better or at least as good as a "PI4 + a DAC hat"? I would also like it to be able to get advantage of spotify HIFI quality when it gets out.

@martinmalette8538 Год назад

I'm with an iPhone for many years and would like to know what phone company could be of a good fit for me. Do you have any suggestion. Tank you for your very good descriptions, and I sincerely hope that your health issues are controled.

@devarsiratdas1425 3 года назад

Hello John I always wanted to know something. Iam using a Yamaha mrx N470D receiver, and on my Oneplus 7pro phone i have the Yamaha Music cast app. Iam using Spotify on it. My question is this...Is he music quality filtered from my phone into the receiver, or does it stream directly through the router to the receiver? Many thanks Devarsi

@YC305 2 года назад

Hi. I have the dragonfly red dac connected to an ipad pro, with Apple music I’m able to see the dac color turn purple but with Tidal and Deezer even though I have Hifi selected they both stay in green color. Any suggestions? Thank you.

@TheElper123 Год назад

Great video! I have one question through. I have Sony wh1000xm4 and as far as I know they already have internal dac and would it make any difference if I were to buy dragonfly black dac to use those headphones in wired mode? I use those headphones in wired mode mostly while using MacBook or windows pc.

@jamscg Год назад

nope, I have those headphones too and the magic happens when is conected via bluetooth, I tried with Dragonfly red and wired connection but sound is lame IMO, but I tried with dragonfly red + audio technica M50X and the result is much better, this DAC improves sound a lot in this case

@nerdloftgaming Месяц назад

Definitely need an update to this. Currently using my iPhone 14 Pro Max with the Doppler music app. Effortlessly transfer my FLAC files via local WiFi - and with Apple’s solid Lightning To 3.5 Adapter ($9), listening to my music through my IEMs have been amazing 🤤 The only downside to using my iPhone is, of course, the lack of expandable storage. Not too bad since I’m not carrying my entire library with me anyways.

@ROCKSTAR3291 17 дней назад

Same, i'm using Flacbox to play my local flac files, with a better dongle for hi res. Much better than streaming since I don't have to worry about songs randomly getting removed. I also upgraded my icloud storage to 200 gb and put my library there.

@TheRedComet1821 Год назад

Still rocking my LG V60

@richardbutler5504 Год назад

I’ve found a 6S linked to a cobalt DAC is significantly better than a Samsung android paired in the same way. Not. Sure why but the sound is great using the 6S with wav and mp3 files.

@OrangeBiker 2 года назад

For iPhone you have hidizs lt02 cable lightning to type c

@abvmoose87 3 года назад

I’m thinking it shouldn’t matter too much if were speaking just audio quality. One will have access to alot more software to enhance an tweak the sound system wide, on an android, but shouldnt matter too much if youre a jailbreak wiz, its possible, its just sooo much work, and Android would prob still come out on top in the end. You will have access to a greater range of built in audio hardware with android which raises the likleyhood youre gonna have better audio quality. Then again, theres prob very little here that you could get from great hw versatility in the android eco system that you couldnt get from som external audio tech connected to your app.

@seanjoe1704 2 года назад

helm bolt dac vs dragonfly red, which is better for android and tidal ? thanks

@SonDialer 2 года назад

His sir. Appreciate your efforts. But can you help me to figure out a solution to be able to send hi res audio signals from the iphone into an ipad or vice versa. I would like to sample music. Im afrais that by looking into DAC and spdif devices i may be over complicating things: is the solution that im searching for already what we have in simple usb out [maybe to interface] to usb in? Its seems in this case, this would be a strait digital terminal from one device to the next. If not can you help me figure this out? Appreciate it.