My bad, I expected to see two square of the same color to highlight them on the board since they are the same chip, now i can see both of them  

Where is the second TFA9890 chip ? I can only see one in the teardown.   Z2 also had this chip.

What exactly cause distortion in the n5 ? Would aplying some negative digital gain in fauxsound reduce distortion like the galaxy s3 ?

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Great news the last betas for faux kernel (03b05) and faux sound (1.1.2) fixed the issue (at least for the default presets, not the custom one, but i just use quality.) Finally enjoying powerful sound on my nexus 5 :)

There is fauxsound for that, the boost is really Nice! but it's not fully compatible yet as the settings doesnt stick for now.

Does hissing and white noise relate to the same thing ? If so there is none on the nexus 5, period. I had a wolfson gs3 and i think its reputation regarding sound quality is overrated, Nexus 5 kills it, no white noise at all. Are the sennheiser IE8 sensitive enough ?

I had a wolfson GS3 and its white sound is what turned me off, despite siyah kernel. In comparison the N5 is dead silent. Tested both with tape moded IE8.

Hey guys just to say thank you for the tape mod, it's so amazing i'm literally baffled.   I own my pair of IE8 since 4 years ago so I can say with confidence it's no placebo, this is real.   Also I tried different setting with the bass knob and I found it still had great effect on the...

Quote: Ok... I didn't expected such an agressive reply but I will go on on the tone and comment the rest.   X3 is indeed sexy but what is ridiculous asking for feature if it's useful four you ? Plus I don't see how that and the price range are related in any way but... ok.   It...

Quote:   That's a bummer, I wonder why so few DAP have this feature implemented ?   Seem's like I will have to stick with Rockbox, the only alternative that I know is an android phone with Google play music.   Thanks.

The question has been asked once by someone but it did not get an answer sor here it is again : is an "album artist" browse option possible ?