DarkMatter1
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I think im going to wait for this phone to be released on Sept 16 and place my order.I will just wait for official spec. I have seen vivo thailand store plan to launch official as well.[/QU
I think im going to wait for this phone to be released on Sept 16 and place my order.I will just wait for official spec. I have seen vivo thailand store plan to launch official as well.[/QU
Hi guys,
I'm somewhat new here and still learning. I recently asked my retailer on the logic of having two DACs in an audio chain, side by side, e.g. DAP > DAC/AMP. He explained that the DAP converts the digital sound to analogue, and as it goes through the DAC/AMP, it will bypass the DAC because there is no more digital data only analogue audio signal.
Is this true? Say my Huawei P30 that comes with a HiFi DAC (as marketed), and I hooked it to a DAC/AMP, will it bypass the DAC and just amplify the sound from my phone?
I tried googling, but things got techie, and as a new learner, searching the forum can be overwhelming. If there is any good thread for me to read, please point me in the right direction.
Muchas Gracias!
Music File = Digital
Sound to Ear = Analog
DAC = Digital to Analog Converter
Thus Digital > DAC > Analog
If you are using just phone, It will utilize internal DAC in phone.
In case you connect to External DAC via USB. USB = Bus for Digital Transportation.
Then The music data will tranfer just like you connect USB to computer to transfer files. Therefore it won't utilize internal DAC in Phone. It just bypassed.
Once music data goes to dac as 101010100110... into DAC, it will become sound wave and Amplifer of DAC/AMP will do the rest job to amplify volume.
That's all for the basic stuff.
But if you explore more, you will see the term called "Master clock" (https://en.antelopeaudio.com/2016/01/audio-master-clocks-fundamentals/).
This can affect on transportation too. But it may be too deep. For now, Just remind that connecting DAC/AMP, the phone just takes little effect on sound creation. Most of effect comes from DAC/AMP.
Where do you find this switch?If you have the chance, give a try to Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 (international version). It has very good warmish sound when power mode is on (a switch in the phone's settings).
Where do you find this switch?
I can only activate power mode by attaching an extension cable before attaching the earphone. This leads to a remarkably louder output
Thanks for your answer. I knew this option, but didn't see it as a power mode. It's more some kind of predefined eq settings for Xiaomi earphones. I already played around with it earlier but none of them really matched my taste.
Most likely placeboBought A new LG G8 ThinQ and found this on the box.
I played a couple of MQA files and was quite surprised how good this phone sounded.
This blows away my LG G7. From what I've read only the G8 and the V50 can unfold MQA files.