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cat6man · Dec 25, 2013 at 4:23 PM

bought it and i have to say this is pretty darn good for a beta rushed out to satisfy this demanding group

thanks for all the hard work davy!

nexus 7 ==> OTG ==> Meridian Explorer works fine with flac at both 44 and 96k

cat6man · Dec 25, 2013 at 5:34 PM

anyone try an xmos dac yet?

DanBa · Dec 25, 2013 at 6:10 PM

A list of standard USB DAC reportedly interworking with the Android-powered smartphone Samsung Galaxy Note3:
stock Samsung Galaxy Note3 > digital USB audio out >> USB OTG cable (ID pin grounded) >> standard USB DAC >> amp >> headphones
http://goo.gl/7Bvkhz
...
. XMOS-based custom DAC using USB Audio Player PRO:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Asynchronous-XMOS-USB-module-compatible-for-AK4399-DAC7-ES9018-by-Weiliang-/130956281202
http://www.head-fi.org/t/595071/android-phones-and-usb-dacs/3765#post_10097932

kimvictor · Dec 25, 2013 at 7:33 PM

Does ALO Island work with android via otg? With GS3 to be more specific. I'm looking forward to buying an AK10 or the Island.

bhazard · Dec 26, 2013 at 12:00 AM

Nexus 5 + CM11 + Aune T1 USB audio = Working. Does not need UAPP

Nexus 5 + CM11 + HifimanDIY Sabre U2 = Needs dual otg cable with battery pack charger to work (too much power draw)

gattari · Dec 26, 2013 at 12:43 AM

UApp sucks the battery so devastating :frowning2:

Toe Tag · Dec 26, 2013 at 12:59 AM

gattari said:
UApp sucks the battery so devastating

I would blame the DAC hardware not the UAPP software

money4me247 · Dec 26, 2013 at 1:03 AM

toe tag said:
I would blame the DAC hardware not the UAPP software

hahaha +1. true story.

xriddler · Dec 26, 2013 at 1:34 AM

Would like to find out if any Nexus 5 users have been able to pair fiio e07k or e17 with the Uapp?

Toe Tag · Dec 26, 2013 at 2:04 AM

Believe me, I own a DACport LX. Great sound, but the thing runs hot like a portable soldering iron.

walkman_heart · Dec 26, 2013 at 2:37 AM

well at long last microstreamer is working flawlessly with the new version of UARP using my S4(i9505)

I'm sooo happy now ü

also very good interface over the previous version

Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk

walkman_heart · Dec 26, 2013 at 2:40 AM

using my microstreamer and s4 has much better sq

than microstreamer and laptop combo

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gattari · Dec 26, 2013 at 5:15 AM

I would like to ask if I am the only one to have occasional smarthphone reboot when I use uApp.
I use note3 rooted.
Have anyone this problem?

Davy Wentzler · Dec 26, 2013 at 5:38 AM

taiwho said:
I wish the volume on UAPP can be more louder

What you need is a hardware volume control as in UARP. It will come in one of the releases and it will remember the settings (unlike in UARP). Some DAC's initialize themselves with half volume. You could run UARP first, set the volume and return to UAPP as a work-around, but that might be very tricky.

Davy Wentzler · Dec 26, 2013 at 5:41 AM

cat6man said:
(i.e. I was only looking at m4a files and those did not play via usb on my nexus 7, but when i switched to flac, which i normally use, or mp3 it worked fine)

On some devices, m4a will play, but it depends on what Android's MediaCodec API supports.

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