[ZMan2k2]

Hmmph.

Well, I could always use the stock player, until PA is better suited.

 

[Sound Eq]

guys does usb audio player play files without down sampling, as i noticed that it displays correct bit rate when playing 192/24 files

 

[ZMan2k2]

I cancelled my phone order. With all this confusion on playback frequencies, I'll stick with my V10.

 

[flachunter]

Everyone can say whatever they please, imho. What matters to me is that my V20 sounds better than my onboard sound (Z97 motherboard, some Realtek chip) and my PCIe sound card (Xonar DGX), the latter sounds better than onboard but both solutions fall short compared to the V20. It's surprising really. I would've though dedicated sound cards to be better, but doesn't seem to be the case: the V20 produces richer, more detailed sound.
I'm no audiophile nor will I ever understand how the "audiophile ear" works, but even I can tell when something sounds more pleasing to me than something else. Oh, and my collection is nothing but FLACs even if makes no difference because screw lossy, I have 12tb free out of my 20tb array of disks so why not?

 

[Joe Bloggs]

Everyone can say whatever they please, imho. What matters to me is that my V20 sounds better than my onboard sound (Z97 motherboard, some Realtek chip) and my PCIe sound card (Xonar DGX), the latter sounds better than onboard but both solutions fall short compared to the V20. It's surprising really. I would've though dedicated sound cards to be better, but doesn't seem to be the case: the V20 produces richer, more detailed sound.
I'm no audiophile nor will I ever understand how the "audiophile ear" works, but even I can tell when something sounds more pleasing to me than something else. Oh, and my collection is nothing but FLACs even if makes no difference because screw lossy, I have 12tb free out of my 20tb array of disks so why not?

Because your phone doesn't have 20TB of storage?

Regardless, more lossless users is always good news for us

 

[eio]

  Everyone can say whatever they please, imho. What matters to me is that my V20 sounds better than my onboard sound (Z97 motherboard, some Realtek chip) and my PCIe sound card (Xonar DGX), the latter sounds better than onboard but both solutions fall short compared to the V20. It's surprising really. I would've though dedicated sound cards to be better, but doesn't seem to be the case: the V20 produces richer, more detailed sound.
I'm no audiophile nor will I ever understand how the "audiophile ear" works, but even I can tell when something sounds more pleasing to me than something else. Oh, and my collection is nothing but FLACs even if makes no difference because screw lossy, I have 12tb free out of my 20tb array of disks so why not?

DGX is intended for gaming and voip, not music playback, time to upgrade 

 

[flachunter]

Because your phone doesn't have 20TB of storage?

Regardless, more lossless users is always good news for us

 
True enough. I should've mentioned I have only stored songs which I listen to the most often in my SD card. I used to have full albums in lossy formats, but it's a pain to keep organized due to load times.
 

  DGX is intended for gaming and voip, not music playback, time to upgrade 

 
Well, what's my alternative? Every sound card I've come across claims to be a gaming sound card anyway, so I went with what had good reviews and didn't cost a fortune.

 

[eio]

   
Well, what's my alternative? Every sound card I've come across claims to be a gaming sound card anyway, so I went with what had good reviews and didn't cost a fortune.

i choose D2X since i only use its lineout.
if you need powerful build-in headphone amp, Essence series is a good choice.

 

[Sound Eq]

i seriously think usb audio player is the best player for lg v20 and according to what i see it plays but perfect files without down sampling and has parametric eq and sounds really great
 
i do not know why people do not recommend usb audio player for playing back files without down sampling here

 

[GermanguyUS]

  i seriously think usb audio player is the best player for lg v20 and according to what i see it plays but perfect files without down sampling and has parametric eq and sounds really great
 
i do not know why people do not recommend usb audio player for playing back files without down sampling here

Because USB player does not use the internal DAC on the LG V20

 

[Sound Eq]

  Because USB player does not use the internal DAC on the LG V20

sorry i am not sure now if it does not down sample as the dev of the app could not confirm this, and the reading in the app does not reflect what happens after it gets fed in the data to the dac

 

[m-i-c-k-e-y]

Like I read on another forum, one guy is praising (again) PowerAmp (tried it many times but its just the UI I like). Installed PowerAmp 3 Alpha 104 and....Meeh...could not touch NeutronMP or HibyMusic in SQ (on MY ears).And a bunch of other Apps...
 
So..How one can know that an App is using the internal DAC? (Not just some guy on a forum says so...No offense)

 

[Sound Eq]

what surprises me is that in phones like htc and samsung all apps get access to the hifi dac and people simply do not have to keep wondering, and they cana use their preferred apps of their choice
 
what is bugging me is that lg marketed this phone as a high res audio phone, while making a stupid stock music app that sounds worse than any 3rd party app, and we do not know  which 3rd party apps have full access with certainty and have keep speculating about this down sampling issue.
 
if the usb audio pro dev is not sure what happens after the data gets to the dac i am sure non of other app devs would know as well

 

[joshnor713]

  Because USB player does not use the internal DAC on the LG V20

 
Why do you say that? When I turn on/off the DAC button, I hear it switch while using UAPP.

 

[flachunter]

In the V10, a certain developer made an app which forced the DAC to be usable with any player and not just the stock LG player. I need something like that in the V20.