Is the V40 considerable warmer than the V30? I generally like a bit of warmer sound but the V30 is around 200€ cheaper than the V40 in my country. Do you think that it is worthy to go for the V40 (taking sound only into account)?
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Wait few more months and go directly for the V50.
Is a future proof phone after all.
The V50 is an option. I never had a good music smartphone and feel so impatient sometimes to get my hands on one, especially now that the V30 is such a good deal (290€ where I live).
You won't be disappointed with the V30 and it's not ugly like the V40/50.
I'm hoping the V60 gets LG back on track as I refuse to look at a notch.
The notch can be hidden most of the time and now it doesn't bother me anymore as it did at the begining. And is not as ugly in real life as the hole in the screen seen on the S10+.
Patzig
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I've been using the v30 as my main source for IEM's the past 2 years. Can get the v40 pretty dang cheap now, have one on the way! Happy to see they used the same DAC. Pretty excited to see the built in 10-band eq as well.
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...and the best news is that the V40 sounds noticeably smoother. I just am not a huge fan of the also noticeable size difference. But they do put it to good use with a better sounding speaker chamber.
For me, I get better reception in my fringe area with my carrier V40 than my mint Moroccan Blue unlocked souped-up V30S, so i'll probably begrudgingly sell that soon.
For me, I get better reception in my fringe area with my carrier V40 than my mint Moroccan Blue unlocked souped-up V30S, so i'll probably begrudgingly sell that soon.
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Skip the V40 and save for the V50. The battery life is great on the latest model.
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Me thinks there would be quite a large price differential between the V40 and V50 for doubtfully better audio? Just the 5G modem alone...
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Yeah, I've stopped paying $800+ for new phones. Bought the v40 new for $300, and the model is only 8 months old.
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I have the LG V40 for a while now and really like it! Obviously the DAC is one of my favorite features. I routinely use the USB output directly to the USB input on my car amp! SQ is great, but I have a few concerns/questions if someone can help me with....
Local files:
First, for local files (mostly CD WAV files 16/44k, a few AIFF, DSD's) I use HiBy Music player. For the most part its excellent! I have the Exclusive USB option ON, as my understanding is that is what gives it "bit-perfect" output to my amp. Without that, it does something else and re-samples or something?
So first, is the bit-perfect with that option above correct?
Next is streaming:
I use both Spotify and Qobuz. Sure Spotify is limited to 320k (my highest setting) so I dont expect much more out of that. Qobuz is where I have a few concerns or questions! So if I stream a file at say 24 bit and 192k, does their app also use bit-perfect USB output to my amp? I am thinking it does NOT, and thefore its re-sampled or something and not really the same 24/192k SQ any longer! Not sure the details of what is going on there? Does it even use the DAC in my phone, is it limited by the Android 16/44k limit?? If so, would there be any benefit to streaming with their app at that high quality??
General CD quality 16/44k:
I read a post somewhere that even if something is 16/44k, it may still need to be re-sampled to something higher. I may have this all mixed up but hopefully someone can help out here.
Thanks...
Local files:
First, for local files (mostly CD WAV files 16/44k, a few AIFF, DSD's) I use HiBy Music player. For the most part its excellent! I have the Exclusive USB option ON, as my understanding is that is what gives it "bit-perfect" output to my amp. Without that, it does something else and re-samples or something?
So first, is the bit-perfect with that option above correct?
Next is streaming:
I use both Spotify and Qobuz. Sure Spotify is limited to 320k (my highest setting) so I dont expect much more out of that. Qobuz is where I have a few concerns or questions! So if I stream a file at say 24 bit and 192k, does their app also use bit-perfect USB output to my amp? I am thinking it does NOT, and thefore its re-sampled or something and not really the same 24/192k SQ any longer! Not sure the details of what is going on there? Does it even use the DAC in my phone, is it limited by the Android 16/44k limit?? If so, would there be any benefit to streaming with their app at that high quality??
General CD quality 16/44k:
I read a post somewhere that even if something is 16/44k, it may still need to be re-sampled to something higher. I may have this all mixed up but hopefully someone can help out here.
Thanks...
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Unfortunately, it's a slightly messy situation now on the V40. If you're using Android 9, all bets are off, because LG
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Interesting.... So first, I thought the HiBy app was "special" in that it does have the USB output "bit-perfect" from what I can tell ( https://www.head-fi.org/threads/hib...-output-network-and-dropbox-streaming.756884/). Or maybe there are 2 things at play here, the output and the internal processing itself? I would be OK to get UAPP, but figured HiBy was doing the same thing for me and for free. I am still on Andoroid Oreo.
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UAPP is broken too. It won't play everything properly. It can't set the MQA flag anymore. Not only only that, but when the MQA flag is enabled in the Hires driver options, the QuadDAC won't even work at all.
The whole thing is so messed up that Tidal is unusable. I need to play regular FLAC files with UAPP and MQA FLACs with the Tidal app.
I have to go back to using the V30 until I have time to downgrade the V40 to Oreo. Switching A/B slots to boot Oreo that's still left on the Inactive slot isn't possible either without deleting all user data due to the fact that the encryption format has been changed in the Pie update and Oreo can't read the user data that Pie encrypted.
LG really done goofed. They're done as Hi-Fi Audio phone makers as things stand now.
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I don't have the option to turn the camera sound off when taking pictures.Camera app > settings > toggle sound off. (some locations require camera noise by law, though)
Battery life seems fine: from 100% at 7am to 91% at 10 to 6pm. Very light usage today.
Any idea how to enable that on the V50? Thank you.
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