There are many DACs at that price range, e.g. dCS, Esoteric,... But MSB is the most realistic one, maybe the ONLY realistic one. Other DACs are stunning, ear-catching, wow the audience. There are ear-catching DACs in all price ranges. While MSB is the opposite, at first...

I agree that the best audiophile phone maybe at level of $500 ~ $1000 DACs. can not beat dacs beyond that range. And for driving IEM only, not for full side headphones.

all depends on the definition of "audiophile grade". if audiophile grade means truely great dacs like MSB DAC, then that's right, there is no audiophile grade phones. if audiophile grade starts from $500 level usb dongles, like Chord Mojo, Dragonfly Cobalt, then there are audiophile...

What's your impression of the V60's sound, when using UAPP and turned off the filters ?

Using UAPP and turn on the DIRECT flag, the result is : go to LG HiFi setting, try switching between the 3 preset filters, you will not hear any change in sound, that means they are all turned off. Using Neutron, do you observe the same ?

For V60, how to achieve the best sound : see my posts. Basically, use UAPP as player, change audio driver flag to DIRECT, it will bypass all the filters, working like NOS mode. Then the sound is superb. The sound is so great, actually I haven't found any DAC that is...

which player app do you use?

Yes, on LG V serices phones, using UAPP, after checking the 'Direct' or 'Raw' flag, this warning dialog will appear. But don't worry, it will lead to better sound. To double check if this 'filter by-passing' mode is working: open LG HiFi setting dialog, try switching these 3 filter...

PS. I have mentioned several time in earlier posts, on LG phones using UAPP we can achieve the 4th filter mode: 'no filter'. By pass the filters (Short, Sharp, Slow). This just feels like Cayin RU6's 'NOS' mode. Cayin RU6 thread...

I use 64 Audio U12, and Vision Ears VE8 as main IEM. These IEMs are pretty high resolution, low colorization, and very balanced. My preference on V60 phone is based on these 2 IEMs. They need high definition input, and don't need any sound tweaking or colorizations from the DACs...

I no longer have other LG phones to compare with V60. But I have several dongles including Blue dragonfly, L&P W2, Cayin RU6, Mojo, .... V60 is much much much better than all these dongles. in terms of fidelity, correctness, perfectness. It is fun to compare between all these...

V30, V40, V50 phones in the US (e.g. TMobile) were tuned by LG, no B&O or Meridian. I have tried both models and like LG tuning better, because it has less colorization and tweaks. V60 : My understanding is: there is 'no tuning' available. (or you can say it is tuned by...

Highly recommend to try LG V60. To me, not only the sound is different from V10~V50 (V20~V50's sound are more or less the same. while V60 is very different), the screen is also much better than V30~V50. And I am a photographer, V60's camera is my favorite, better than iPhones, Samsungs...

" low PWM display with fake whites (yuck) and low ppi." I didn't notice these problems. I love V60's display, it is a major upgrade from V30,40,50. All previous LG model's display quality were kind of funky, and not competitive compared to Samsung and other brands. The only model with...

Schiit Yggdrasil in excellent condition. It's the Yggdrasil first gen, I haven't upgraded it. Rarely used because I became a portable IEM user. Total turn-on time is only ~30 days. Functions and sounds as new. Bay-area local pick up $1000. Doesn't have original packaging, will double box...