Amazing describing capabilities. I want to say the same thing but I cannot write like you do. Great post. After having listened tons of DSDs on my xplay6 I am sudenly liking it and now I rate it very close to my xpla5s.

Great post. How is nex s as a phone? Can I use it as my main phone in 2020 if gsm bands are supported for my country? Now I find the lg v40 became cheap here but battery backup is the worst among all flagship in last five years. My friends v40 drains battery like hell.

All meizu mx4 pro, meizu 5 pro, vivo x5max have the es9018k2m dac. I once thought to have mx4 pro but no memory card slot stopped me from buying. Then I got the x5max which set a standard for music quality with headphones for me. Then 5 pro got released next and i again got exited. it has the...

Thanks bro. I am not impressed with x50 pro. That dongle looks cheap and happens when I loose it. Is the DAC in dongle. I cannot charge and listen same time. Bad move by Vivo to remove audio jack. Why did they do such a heneous thing.

Is there native dsd payback capability on x50pro? Is the audio dongle supplied or you buy it separately?

Good vivo nex s have no issues for native dsd playback. MY xplay6 is much better sounding playing good mastered dsd tracks over pcm. However xplay6 is vivo first try for dsd playback and cause issues sometimes. But most of the times it plays well. I am now enjoying the entire 5 sets of dsd...

So I have been busy listning to Closer to the music vol.5 DSD rip and what a great recorded album. These are audiophile grade songs and the amount of detail that can be found is awesome. I downloaded both flac and dsf files for comparison and man the dsf/DSD files are huge. These are DSD64...

We in Europe are not so lucky as you guys in India. This phone is out of stock in aliexpress in official Vivo link, and even if we get it will be china specific rom with no Google. The nex s is solid built like tank no doubt, man that is some stress test performed most phones will break under...

Which phone do you use as your main mobile phone?

Oppo pm3, creative aurvana live 2, philips sph9500 to name a few.

Great explanation as always. Thanks. I do not understand audio technicalities a lot, but your explantion makes clear to me how the audio path is in my x5max and xplay5s. The truth is there is not much to differentiate between both in sound quality and are eqaully great. Just x5max have a...

I have decided to try DSD. But before I never found DSD of the album I like. I have found closer to music dsd set as said by rishiguru in a Russian torrent site. All users are of the forum who commented on that post says they are blown away buy the audio quality of the tracks. Tracks are jazz...

ok some updates after listening for a day with vivo xplay5s. 1st, i like xplay5s sound more than xplay 6. The resolution seems better, open airy sound with perfect balance. The balance of higs, lows & mids are very important with me. One should not over power the other. The vivo x5max sounds...

Awesome explanation. Your posts are like well written essays with metaculsus detailing and deep knowledge. Are you a professional reviewer of audio products or something? After reading your post I have an urge to listen dsd. Let's see. Xplay5s have reached my home and I listening on it for a...

As you own the vivo xplay6, do you hear dsd tracks on it? Which dsd formats are supported in this phone? Can you feel any difference between dsd and flac on xplay6?

Thanks for your views and comparison between nex s and x50pp. Seems nex s still has the edge. Meanwhile I will be having my xxplay5s anytime today and anxiously waiting for listening. Hope it can improve upon my x5max as the phone is 5 years old and shows signs of aeging. however it works...

I had both x6plus and x9plus and they were not as good as my x5max. The x6plus was better than x9plus in terms of see through sound and resolution and much better than any normal phone with no dedicated dac. The x5max have the ultimate balance on bass, mids and treble and as I said ago sounds...

Where did you get the nex s for 300 dollars? That's an amazing deal for a new phone. I cannot find it in aliexpress. How is the new vivo x50pp? Damn it does not have headphone jack. Sorry for my English.

Do not go for vivo x6+ or x9+ when you have xplay5 and 6. I had both x6 and x9 and sold them as they were not as good as my vivo x5max in audio. Does not have the drive of x5max and sounds thin in comparison and lacks the balance. After lot of haunting I got hold of a used xxplay5s and waiting...

Wow, thanks for sharing your incredible journey and amazing collection of audio centric smartphones. I have the x5max and xplay6 and guess what I prefer x5 over xp6 any day for music. xp6 is less reveling than x5. I was itching for the vivo nex s but the price was high at $675 plus shipping back...