On sale now in the US on the official ZTE website for $199.99 until Apr. 29. I have a relative coming to Europe next month, so I'm going to order one. If I'm not pleased with the sound I can always add the Opus #11 to it.... That combo would beat the hell out of any expensive hi-end DAP IMHO
There have been internal confirmations from HTC about this.
Otherwise nobody has looked into it specifically, but its not necessarily possible to confirm .
Im not saying the sound of the phone itself is bad, its just that people are speculating without proper sources saying that it truly does have dedicated DAC, of which Qualcomm has already said
it uses Aqstic, not a dedicated DAC
that's perfectly fine, and I'm the last one saying, that SoC is necessarily bad sounding.
but "HTC 10 has discrete DAC" claims here and there are very tiring. there is not yet any (!) link to non-user statements about this. not of an internal HTC worker, not of any breakdown, absolutely nothing. so let's say it sounds great, period.
that's perfectly fine, and I'm the last one saying, that SoC is necessarily bad sounding.
but "HTC 10 has discrete DAC" claims here and there are very tiring. there is not yet any (!) link to non-user statements about this. not of an internal HTC worker, not of any breakdown, absolutely nothing. so let's say it sounds great, period.
that's perfectly fine, and I'm the last one saying, that SoC is necessarily bad sounding.
but "HTC 10 has discrete DAC" claims here and there are very tiring. there is not yet any (!) link to non-user statements about this. not of an internal HTC worker, not of any breakdown, absolutely nothing. so let's say it sounds great, period.
In the Android Central article, Jerry Hildenbrand states that he asked HTC about the DAC and Amp.
He quotes the answer from HTC:
We use a discrete DAC (not one on the SoC) in addition to the amp and have done a ton of PCB engineering to insure the best possible signal-to-noise ratio. Credit to HTC engineering, not off-the-shelf components.
Wikipedia states that the HTC 10 uses a dedicated DAC provided by Qualcomm and refers to the article from Qualcomm.
I suppose the discussion I have seen at this forum about HTC 10 DAC comes down to wording. Is it discrete, dedicated or SoC/Internal? But why care? It has DAC and Amp and it sounds good to me. That is what matters to me.
If I had the money to "sample" different phones like I have Chinese earphones I MIGHT find a phone that sounds better than my HTC 10, but my pockets aren't quite that deep.
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