Best android phone for audio: Wolfson DAC only?

[Baroninkjet]

Last of the great Wolfson Samsungs are GS3 I9300 and Note 2 with Exynos. They blotched all of them after that. 

 

[Pedro Oliveira]

Wolfson dacs are that good? I loved my ipod classic (30gb) wich if i recall had a wolfson dac.... I used to love it till it died.... Last year i bought a used classic, similar to the one i has and i did not like the sound that much... Thought it was a bit too warm. Maybe i got used to my 4th gen ipod touch....

Returning to cellphones.... The xperia z is bad for music? How about the nexus 5 and the moto g?

 

[Baroninkjet]

The thing about Wolfson on Samsung/Exynos is it is easily hackable to access hardware controls. And there is a whole lot more clean power available than you will get on most of the Qualcomm SOC phones.

 

[obsidyen]

Wolfson dacs are that good? I loved my ipod classic (30gb) wich if i recall had a wolfson dac.... I used to love it till it died.... Last year i bought a used classic, similar to the one i has and i did not like the sound that much... Thought it was a bit too warm. Maybe i got used to my 4th gen ipod touch....

Returning to cellphones.... The xperia z is bad for music? How about the nexus 5 and the moto g?

Wolfson is known for its fluid and smooth sound which is I think the best sound for mobile phones. After all, you're probably not going to be using Beyerdynamic T1 and doing critical listening and searching for detail.

 

[aphoss]

Hey (first post here),
 
I'm bumping this since I was thinking of getting a new music phone for Christmas. So, what's the best one IYO under 250$ new?
Apparently the new Galaxy SIII doesn't have the Wolfson DACs anymore? How are the Sony Xperias? I'd love to hear comments from people who have used several different ones.

 

[obsidyen]

  Hey (first post here),
 
I'm bumping this since I was thinking of getting a new music phone for Christmas. So, what's the best one IYO under 250$ new?
Apparently the new Galaxy SIII doesn't have the Wolfson DACs anymore? How are the Sony Xperias? I'd love to hear comments from people who have used several different ones.

 
Samsung phones with Exynos SoC have Wolfson dac but those with Quallcom SoC don't.