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Some days = 3-4 weeks. Classic.
do third party apps get access to the dac/amp or is it just the stock music player
What do you mean? They have to go through the same audio hardware, no matter the app.
you heard many daps and i owned many daps as well for long peroids, and among the worst eqs i found were in fiio daps, and i owned them and not only listened to them for few hours but for months, believe me i did not like to come to that conclusion about the eq in fiio daps as that disappointment led me to ak daps which are expensive but satisfied my love for eq
now what i did not like in fiio eq is they are so so so so bad that equing anything destroys everything in the sound from bass , mids , treble, and what a poor implementation really
the eq in fiio is simply put bad, and to put things in perspective using eq in fiio makes the sound lose its dynamics, the bass implementation eq is so bad, treble is even worse
i come from car audio and using the best sound processor in car audio called helix pro, and with it you have to be a pro and you have to have knowledge about sound and frequencies and use a software called room eq to measure frequencies and then apply the needed fix, so please know that i know when an eq is good from bad
I think he might be asking that because of how the LG V10 can only utilise the ESS for very few Apps. Others have to use the snapdragon conversion.
But I'm pretty sure the Onkyo only uses the ESS.
I'm new for Android DAP but from what you said, it mean if we don't use stock music app SQ maybe drop?
In LG's case, they are trying to find balance between battery life and sound quality, in order to do that, they do a compromise where regular sound processing will be done by the integrated Dac meanwhile the ess dac is used when their own music app is used (for now at least, maybe root will solve this problem). Meanwhile in Onkyo's, this is a purely audio device, perhaps the implementation will be different when using other android apps but the processing will still be done by the dual ess dac.
It will be a huge disappointment if app like Tidal, Deezer, VLC (for live concert) or even Youtube use poor android DAC instead of dual Sabre DAC
It will be a huge disappointment if app like Tidal, Deezer, VLC (for live concert) or even Youtube use poor android DAC instead of dual Sabre DAC
So the Onkyo doesn't have folder browsing unless you use a third party music player. Which makes me wonder:
a. Will third party apps take full advantage of the componentsor will the audio get downsampled by Android before it reaches our ears?
B. I wouldn't count on folder browsing coming via a firmware update. If they were going to do that they would have already implemented it in their Android music player app.
C. What about Pioneer DAP which uses different music player app? Will that have folder browsing??!
D. Very disappointing oversight and this is making me hesistant to purchase. Folder browsing for me is essential. It is the only way I listen to music, for a couple important reasons I won't get into right now