Yea man I think you are better off using a phone + DAC. Ive pondered this and I dont think any premium DAP would have a decent UI for android apps. I too am looking for the ultimate portable rig.
Stacks are such a PITA though!
Yea man I think you are better off using a phone + DAC. Ive pondered this and I dont think any premium DAP would have a decent UI for android apps. I too am looking for the ultimate portable rig.
Chromecast Audio was designed to provide streaming content from the service provider. Processing of that content is not part of the feature set. Chromecast Audio is designed to feed audio systems of a very broad variety, across a wide range of user tastes, and many of those provide their own post-processing feature sets. Chromecast Audio was not intended to provide redundant capabilities in that regard.
I'm using my iPhone 7 Plus as a DAP and the Oppo HA-2 as DAC/Amp with excellent results. IOS has the Tidal app which will allow you to stream and download Tidal files to the phone for offline use all in CD quality.
Enjoy The Music!
X7- and Dp-X1 it seems to me
do i need to be able to log in to tidal to access offline lists? for eg im on a plane or train with no wifi and im not logged in to tidal. can i just pick offline and start playing my download tracks without having to log in assuming im not already logged in. i haven't been able to get a definitive answer here.
Then what is the point of offline if i find myself on a train with no wifi coverage and therefore i am unable to log in to tidal to start with to access my offline tracks?
The Fiio X5 3rd Gen hopefully should (keeping my eye on this one)
Using the excellent Chord Mojo with an upcoming Chord Poly with audio streamed over Wi-Fi from your favourite phone (my preferred choice as always have a phone with me with my Synced streaming account and just love the Mojo sound quality so much).