[midnightwalker]

@daniel: I tested on s3, note 2, ipad 2 and ipad 3. Both the Samsung devices belong to my friend so I dont have much time to do A/B testing. I just want to confirm the Dac section works on these devices above. I am using the 4S btw. I waiting for the HTC One and if it supports usb dac, may be i will switch to HTC.

 

[andyph666]

I read the HTCs have bad OTG support but I do not know anything about this. Please let us know what happens. If I get the Samsung Galaxy S3 does that mean I have to use the USB Audio Recorder Pro app to listen to music via the DAC? Or can I use any application for android? Anyone tried the Samsung Galaxy Nexus?
 

 

[fuzzy1969]

The s3 doesn't need USB recorder pro for all DAC's I have 3 that work using neutron and power amp, some DAC are a bit buggy though, I believe the nexus 4 has DAC support as well, the best place to find out about DAC that work with android devices is the android phones and USB DAC thread. The older Samsung nexus being based on the s2 has problems with DAC support I believe.

 

[daniel_hokkaido]

Great. So the S3 is pretty much plug and play with glacier. seems like a good option. 
 
Gona try and get one second hand. 

 

[Theogenes]

One thing to be aware of with using the Apex as a USB DAC with a mobile device is that it requires a micro USB connection, not mini. This is important because of the few smaller OTG cables I've seen thus far, almost all are mini-to-micro, not micro-to-micro, so you'ill need a mini-to-micro adapter for such a cable to work. Not a big deal, but something to keep in mind.

Hopefully this makes things clearer and not worse :s

 

[chubbyroaster]

I have a HTC One (Android Jellybean 4.1), been using it with Glacier and the OTG cable (micro usb OTG adapted cable -> factory USB2.0 to micro USB cable -> Glacier), works fine.

 

[daniel_hokkaido]

I asked Frank from Toxic cables if he can make the OTG micro to micro cables for use with S3 ... he said he could and would do it with silver for 70 quid. 
 
Pretty tempting! 

 

[dryvadeum]

I asked Frank from Toxic cables if he can make the OTG micro to micro cables for use with S3 ... he said he could and would do it with silver for 70 quid. 

Pretty tempting! 

I've got an Apex Glacier for sale in the amp section if you're interested.

 

[daniel_hokkaido]

already got one thanks

 

[midnightwalker]

Quote:

I have a HTC One (Android Jellybean 4.1), been using it with Glacier and the OTG cable (micro usb OTG adapted cable -> factory USB2.0 to micro USB cable -> Glacier), works fine.

 
You have the HTC One already (or One X)? I am waiting for that and still wondering if the HTC One supports USB DACs like Glacier or not. Thank you very much for the confirmation.

 

[andyph666@gmail.com]

Do you guys think it is worth upgrading to a Galaxy S3 if I just got the Apex Glacier for my iphone 4s and rockboxed ipod classic? Is the apex DAC much better than the 4s Dac? Would be nice to find a used s3 32 gb and add 64 gb for 96 gb of music. I already think the sound is pretty good from the 4s straight to the JH16s.

 

[midnightwalker]

It depends on how frequently you use your mobile phone to listen to music.

 

[chubbyroaster]

It's HTC One X, not the new HTC One which is about to sell. Sorry for the confuse.

 

[Mimouille]

Hello guys, just to be clear, the only compatible players to use the Glacier as Dac are S3, HTC One X, and some ipads ?

 

[midnightwalker]

Hello guys, just to be clear, the only compatible players to use the Glacier as Dac are S3, HTC One X, and some ipads ?

Also works with Galaxy Note 2