[vapman]

I can confirm the dac works with Tidal and Spotifi. No need for any app though you need an "adapter" to activate the hifi dac. Hopefully this will not be necessary with the V20.

 


To prevent any confusion: it's the high gain mode of the amp that you need to use an adapter or rooted system to activate as you please.

The ESS DAC itself can be turned on or off as you please in the system drop down menu.

And if you are not rooted or using an adapter, you can get high gain mode if you use headphones greater than 70ish ohms impedance. and the high gain amp works regardless of what software is being used as long as you have hifi dac turned on. Hifi DAC is the name of the menu option...

 

[stenog]

I can confirm the dac works with Tidal and Spotifi. No need for any app though you need an "adapter" to activate the hifi dac. Hopefully this will not be necessary with the V20.

 


To prevent any confusion: it's the high gain mode of the amp that you need to use an adapter or rooted system to activate as you please.

The ESS DAC itself can be turned on or off as you please in the system drop down menu.

And if you are not rooted or using an adapter, you can get high gain mode if you use headphones greater than 70ish ohms impedance. and the high gain amp works regardless of what software is being used as long as you have hifi dac turned on. Hifi DAC is the name of the menu option...

Sorry for the wrong wording i didn't mean high gain. You need a https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KE5NJ7W?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage to truly activate the hifi dac. Its not enough just to turn it on and of in the menu at least not on mine V10.

 

[gr8soundz]

I can confirm the dac works with Tidal and Spotifi. No need for any app though you need an "adapter" to activate the hifi dac. Hopefully this will not be necessary with the V20.

 
Hifi dac can easily be switched on/off with ANY 3.5mm plugged in.
 
Only need a 3.5mm adapter or extender (or plug V10 end in first if headphone cable is removable) to activate more power from the internal amp (for lower impedance headphones).
 

 

[gr8soundz]

More power:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/785335/lg-v10-hi-fi-audio-quality-review-on-serious-audio-performance/360#post_12119129
 
Anyone new to the V10 really should be checking the links on page 1 (that @Baycode took the time to organize and link).
 
At some point, myself and others will stop replying when the same questions are repeatedly posted because people don't bother to check the thread's front page wiki.
 

 

[stenog]

I remember i bought my extender from your link @gr8soundz Agree a lot of useful links on the frontpage.

 

[aRaccoon]

Is there a difference in sound between poweramp and UAPP with the lg v10?

 

[audioxxx]

Is there a difference in sound between poweramp and UAPP with the lg v10?

To me, UAPP has the edge on audio quality, it has a best sound compared to all the other apps I have used on the v10. The equalizer works great as well. It also has a gain adjustment and
Clipping light in the EQ panel to avoid distortion. Great music player.

 

[aRaccoon]

wow it does sound nicer 

 

[audioxxx]

wow it does sound nicer 

It completes the v10, as a DAP, I'm wishing Davey, the brains behind this UAPP, optimises it for some of these lg audio DAP's like the V10 and takes control of the amplifier gain in the app. And includes single digit volume steps up to 100 steps.

Works great in its current form, I would recommend purchasing the app

 

[aRaccoon]

i did but the UI and options you get is pretty bad compared to poweramp. Listening to you and getting alsamixer and UAPP makes the lg v10 sound soo much better.

 

[audioxxx]

Yeah the UI takes some getting used to, and isn't as funky, but the sound is so much better compared to Poweramp.

Alsa is a great app as well, we are spoilt with this v10, once it's set up and burnt in.
I can confirm UAPP also seems to pass high resolution audio strait to the DAC, in Android.
Glad to be of some assistance.

 

[shuto77]

Your car doesn't have an aux input?

Just a USB input that can only read mp3s, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[gr8soundz]

Yeah the UI takes some getting used to, and isn't as funky, but the sound is so much better compared to Poweramp.

 
Are you speaking about the standard Play Store app or the Alpha version?
 
I find Poweramp Alpha's sound is superior to UAPP.
 

 

[vapman]

Yeah UAPP is pretty boring sounding to me. Was fine when I had a Mojo and nothing else worked with it, but I'll use Onkyo HF Player all day thanks

 

[widezu69]

UAPP's UI is quite poor but it's the only app I know of that integrates with Tidal and will send bit perfect output to the V10's DAC forcing it to 44100hz. The V10 DAC's sample rate set by Android is 48000hz but the music I listen to is 44100hz so having UAPP play 44100hz and the DAC process it natively without resampling is a plus. I am not familiar with PowerAmp Alpha or Onkyo HF Player, do they have this ability? Do either of them have Tidal integration?