[Paulus XII]

I'm sure people got the word, last night I updated my V10 to Marshmallow now Sabre DAC works for ALL apps without help of DAC Fix.

Sq sounds a little more polished, and the fingerprint scanner has improved a-lot.

 
I can confirm the sound improvement. Oh boy...! 

 

[goldtuba]

I bought mine about a week ago, and I am liking it so far.  My V10 came preloaded with Marshmellow, so the DAC was activated from the beginning.  I don't think that I have ever used a DAP that was this well balanced.  Nothing is overpowering with nothing intruding into anything else.  I have been turned on to Sabre DACs ever since buying my Audio GD NFB-1.  My main genre of music is classical, and having the bass drawn back a bit really helps me pull out the details.  Listening to Rite of Spring is a new experience in my portable set up as I can really hear all of the nuances that Stravinsky lined his music with.  My IEM of choice is the Hifiman RE600, which itself is fairly balanced with a thicker overall body.  The two seem to have great synergy as I can find myself lost in the music.  More than I could with my Fiio X3.  I still think that Poweramp is a clunky music player, but it is capable of playing all of my music formats.

 

[LumberDonkey]

I bought mine about a week ago, and I am liking it so far.  My V10 came preloaded with Marshmellow, so the DAC was activated from the beginning.  I don't think that I have ever used a DAP that was this well balanced.  Nothing is overpowering with nothing intruding into anything else.  I have been turned on to Sabre DACs ever since buying my Audio GD NFB-1.  My main genre of music is classical, and having the bass drawn back a bit really helps me pull out the details.  Listening to Rite of Spring is a new experience in my portable set up as I can really hear all of the nuances that Stravinsky lined his music with.  My IEM of choice is the Hifiman RE600, which itself is fairly balanced with a thicker overall body.  The two seem to have great synergy as I can find myself lost in the music.  More than I could with my Fiio X3.  I still think that Poweramp is a clunky music player, but it is capable of playing all of my music formats.

It's good you got it with Marshmallow, the DAC works as 'advertised' now.

 

[LumberDonkey]

I can confirm the sound improvement. Oh boy...! 

IKR it's just awesome... This and sennheiser HD25-II, one happy customer.

 

[Paulus XII]

IKR it's just awesome... This and sennheiser HD25-II, one happy customer.

 
I'm a bit shocked, because I 've got the Cowon Plenue 1 for quite some time (and still have) and thought that I would never find anything similar below 1000€. There's just one thing that Plenue 1 does better. Timbre. Certain instruments sound more realistic, but that's just it, V10 trumps it in other areas. Now, Plenue 1 is less fatiguing, which seems to be a characteristic of Burr Brown DACs. If Plenue 1 had Android I would probably go for it (after much thinking), but the ability to stream music, for me, personally, is a decision factor and Plenue 1 will be returned tomorrow (almost 30 days here).

 

[farees]

You know guys i was asking every one about is Marshmallow got 100% volume and GUESS WHAT ?? i got Marshmallow on my V10 H962 dual sim Taiwan model. this is BIGGEST surprise for me .

 

[gr8soundz]

Just updated to Marshmallow. Had to use the LG Bridge software since the update wasn't showing for OTA yet.
 
Only listened to a few of tracks but can't say I hear a big improvement. Hard to know for sure since the update took over an hour. I had been using Dac Fix and a thoroughly tweaked Poweramp Alpha before the update, so I was already pushing the hardware a bit.
 
Improved battery life is one of the claims for MM. We'll see how that fares with the V10 but could be just as important.
 
EDIT: I can also confirm (as others said) that the Dac Fix app is no longer needed. Just to be sure I turned it on/off several times during playback and it no longer made any difference so I uninstalled it. One less step to do each time before hitting the play button.
 
Auto-sensing for headphone impedance is the same though.

 

[dskelto]

I have updated my v10 to Marshmallow as well.  I found that a factory reset was needed to realize better batter life.  Beware though that the reset also rendered my Ext SD card unusable and required an SD card reformat.  v10 + PM-3 FTW!

 

[gr8soundz]

  I have updated my v10 to Marshmallow as well.  I found that a factory reset was needed to realize better batter life.  Beware though that the reset also rendered my Ext SD card unusable and required an SD card reformat.  v10 + PM-3 FTW!

 
Ouch! I spent a lot of time these past few months setting up my V10 and micro sd. Backed up everything before updating but glad I didn't have to redo it all.
 
I'll monitor the battery life though and see how it does now.
 
Btw, was your V10 rooted before the update?
 

 

[drey08]

Is the marshmallow update available for the unlocked version yet?

 

[dskelto]

   
Ouch! I spent a lot of time these past few months setting up my V10 and micro sd. Backed up everything before updating but glad I didn't have to redo it all.
 
I'll monitor the battery life though and see how it does now.
 
Btw, was your V10 rooted before the update?
 

Yes rooted...I installed the Marshmallow .kdz using LGUP.

 

[gr8soundz]

  Yes rooted...I installed the Marshmallow .kdz using LGUP.

 
Mine was not rooted. Probably what allowed the phone to maintain it's settings.
 

 

[gr8soundz]

Played some high HD tracks again and can hear the improved sound after updating to MM. There's definitely a bit more air, more detail, and cleaner lows compared to Lollipop.
 

 

[Paulus XII]

  Played some high HD tracks again and can hear the improved sound after updating to MM. There's definitely a bit more air, more detail, and cleaner lows compared to Lollipop.
 

 
Exactly.

 

[Whitigir]

Yes, MM is a huge step up for audio performance