[s4tch]

Perhaps the "DS" stands for dual sim and the phones are in every other way identical.

true, ds stands for dual sim, but unfortunately, the phones are not identical at all. they are not sharing the same roms, and while rom development is pretty active for the "regular" g6, those poor h870ds users are still trying to get root for their phones. that's one of the reasons i abandoned my plans of buying a g6.

in a nutshell:
h870ds: double sim, quad dac, no wireless charging, no root
h870: single sim, regular (qualcomm) dac, wireless charging, root + custom roms

 

[riso1983]

I bought my G6 and V20 from here and don't have anything to complain about . But of course nothing is guaranteed.

To bad, user reviews of that site you have mentioned are mostly negative, many of them seems to be scammed.

 

[riso1983]

h870ds: double sim, quad dac, no wireless charging, no root
h870: single sim, regular (qualcomm) dac, wireless charging, root + custom roms

Lol no root no custom roms.....this completly change my situation. Thanks man! I either wait for g7 or buy something small like Shaling M1 to fulfill my needs.

 

[riso1983]

h870ds: double sim, quad dac, no wireless charging, no root
h870: single sim, regular (qualcomm) dac, wireless charging, root + custom roms

Lol no root no custom roms.....this completly change my situation. Thanks man! I either wait for g7 or buy something small like Shaling M1 to fulfill my needs.

 

[alexandis]

Guys, anyone had a chance to compare audiophone vs. usual smartphone + dragonfly or other small external dac+amp (a compact one)?

I can't see ideal smartphone + music phone for good money on the market to satisfy me. So I'm pondering on having something like LeEco Cool1 + dragonfly or something like that..

Artpiggo, too bad you did not have a chance to compare your music phone zoo with VIVO x5 or x6...

Lately I'm a bit disappointed in my vivo x6: I can't hear difference between HiFi and ordinary mode.. It sounds like something got wrong with amplification... I rolled back to old firmware and thus feeling did not change. I wonder what could happen.

 

[artpiggo]

@alexandis I only have chance to test x5max and x5pro but it was pretty long time now and no more production so i just let that go. anyway I summarize the signature in excel sheet already even though it is not descriptive.

Regarding your DAC question, I think it is very depended on a lot of factors such as preference and matching. I have tested a small dac like dragonfly which black is fun and bassy sounding while red is treble-oriented and detailed. but I found both of them has not-wide soundstage. Aqua DAC is another good DAC which I found it natural and smooth sound but again I didn't find a wide soundstage here.

But if compare with audiophone, they should be more or less comparable with mid-tier audiophone (vivo x9, letv x800, meizu pro 6 plus) depending on matching and preference of course.

 

[Rendster]

I'm planning to get the mi6 not primarily because of the audio but because of the phone's performance. I wonder how's the phone sound quality since it doesn't have a 3mm audio jack and needs an adapter for the earphones to be used. Anyone has tried the mi6? How does it compare to other phones out there?

 

[Jerda]

Could I suggest you to consider a dac for SQ? Especially for devices without aux a DFR or a Fiio could be the answer.
BTW, IMO I would consider something with a higher % of screen, (ex: honor v10 just announced, on sale next week starting from 350$)but the Mi6 its a beast anyway

 

[s4tch]

...I wonder how's the phone sound quality since it doesn't have a 3mm audio jack and needs an adapter for the earphones to be used....

in these cases, the 'jackless' phones are only acting as a digital transport, and the sound quality will be 99% down to the dac/amp you'll use. get a proper dac, or add aptx and use that for wireless transfer.

 

[riso1983]

in these cases, the 'jackless' phones are only acting as a digital transport, and the sound quality will be 99% down to the dac/amp you'll use. get a proper dac, or add aptx and use that for wireless transfer.

Which one small size dac/amp will you recommend to pair with MI6? Im thinking about little standalone dap or / smartphone and little dac. BT is a must, in case I can't use cable.

 

[s4tch]

Which one small size dac/amp will you recommend to pair with MI6? Im thinking about little standalone dap or / smartphone and little dac. BT is a must, in case I can't use cable.

in this case, get a shanling m1 or a cayin n3. both work as a pc+android compatible usb dac and both support aptx. also, ak xb10 might be a good pick: lightweight, decent battery life, supports aptx hd, and has plenty of power for most iem's.

if you're about to use a full-size headphone, you might need something more powerful, though.

an other, fairly cheap solution: tennmak aptx mmcx cable from aliexpress, around $30. pair it with your mmcx earphones (if you have any) and you're good to go.

 

[fairx]

Hi guys. Any take on xiaomi A1? Anybody test the SQ yet. Tq

 

[Apputty]

Hi guys. Any take on xiaomi A1? Anybody test the SQ yet. Tq

You can check this thread for more info.

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/xia...dedicated-10v-amp-upto-600Ω-impedance.859612/

They say that the amp is to powerful and you might get a hiss with low impedence earphone.
As it's Android one you should be getting updates for next 2 years.

I don't have any first hand experience, but this is from what I read online. Hope it helps.

 

[fairx]

Thanks for the link. There's not much impression yet. I mainly use earbud and even have a couple of high impedance one. It's interesting to know it got such powerful amp.
I just found out my friend wife own one. But asking her for audition would be difficult.

 

[alexandis]

Thanks, Artpiggo!
Well, if things are like that - there's no sense to bother about the solution with cheap phone + dragonfly at all: I didn't get used to the level of midrange smartphones
So let's wait, maybe there will be ideal music phone for me soon: with IPS screen, huge battery, decent camera and built-in DAC.
All or nothing! :-D