[WayTooCrazy]

iPhone 7 shouldn't be on that list as it uses an external DAC, in which case any phone that supports USB to DAC can take its place.

 

[Ting Tiew Yik]

iPhone 7 shouldn't be on that list as it uses an external DAC, in which case any phone that supports USB to DAC can take its place.

there is tiny dac on the lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter.

 

[WayTooCrazy]

  there is tiny dac on the lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter.

Which is why I made that statement. Why would they say the iPhone 7 sounds good in any capacity? What they should've said was the external DAC that ships with the iPhone 7 sounds pretty good.

 

[Ting Tiew Yik]

 
Which is why I made that statement. Why would they say the iPhone 7 sounds good in any capacity? What they should've said was the external DAC that ships with the iPhone 7 sounds pretty good.

Probably because iphone 7 don't have dac built in the phone for headphone.
I suspect apple put dac into every the lightning port 

 

[bjaardker]

Folks, in case you hadn't heard, US release for the V20 is slated for Oct. 21st

 

[UNCMo96]

I'm new to the world of portable audio. I recently bought a Fiio e18 DAC for my current phone. I had bought a note 7 but I had to return it for obvious reasons. I'm now looking at either going back to the note 7 or geting the v20. My current phone is a note 4. Given that the v20 has a built in high quality DAC is there any need for a headphone amp? How does the output compare to the E18?

Thanks

 

[emad]

Korean're here?
LG V20 will first become available in South Korea on September 29

 

[gr8soundz]

I'm new to the world of portable audio. I recently bought a Fiio e18 DAC for my current phone. I had bought a note 7 but I had to return it for obvious reasons. I'm now looking at either going back to the note 7 or geting the v20. My current phone is a note 4. Given that the v20 has a built in high quality DAC is there any need for a headphone amp? How does the output compare to the E18?

Thanks

 
Imo, the E18 is redundant with any of the V series phones. I no longer use my E18 since getting the V10.
 
Just be aware that the V20, like the V10 and unlike the E18, may not have a manual gain setting.
 

 

[drenco]

Anyone know how this is gonna sound/compare to the LG G5 with DAC module ?

 

[WayTooCrazy]

Anyone see their new commercial?

 

[Steve Wilcox]

Some interesting comments regarding sound quality here: http://www.chipchick.com/2016/09/lg-v20-review.html/2 Generally very positive.
 
I'm a little worried though about there only being 16 volume steps when using the HiFi DAC.  I find this a real problem when using my HRT microstreamer DAC/amp to the extent that it can sometimes be pretty much unusable if my preferred listening volume is between the much higher or lower options available.

 

[club968]

Doesn't the volume stepping depend on which music app you would be using? Pr does the hifi DAC only work with the stock app? Or am I just completely off about this....and probably everything I know. Do I need to rethink my life?

 

[gr8soundz]

Doesn't the volume stepping depend on which music app you would be using? Pr does the hifi DAC only work with the stock app? Or am I just completely off about this....and probably everything I know. Do I need to rethink my life?

 
There is a settings option in Poweramp Alpha for 100 volume steps.
 

 

[WayTooCrazy]

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[Taggerung]

That's been out for a while. Why linking it here?