[twister6]

It makes sense if they flash different firmware for different countries if they have plans to support country specific streaming services, which I believe Lotoo had hinted at but not promised?

Bluetooth DAC will be the way to go, stream on your phone, play wireless on LPGT when paired up.

But I'm also curious how they will be able to distinguish units sold in mainland China vs outside if/when fw is a downloadable file. Maybe there will be some hardware embedded id bit or something.

I know with LPG Diane it was a special edition only upgradeable when you send it in to JDS/Abyss guys in US. Here it's more of a regional fw upgrade. Just want people to be aware of what I heard.

 

[nanaholic]

Bluetooth DAC will be the way to go, stream on your phone, play wireless on LPGT when paired up.

But I'm also curious how they will be able to distinguish units sold in mainland China vs outside if/when fw is a downloadable file. Maybe there will be some hardware embedded id bit or something.

I know with LPG Diane it was a special edition only upgradeable when you send it in to JDS/Abyss guys in US. Here it's more of a regional fw upgrade. Just want people to be aware of what I heard.

I know about BT streaming - I'm one of earliest person to say quite loudly that it is not practical for DAPs to implement native streaming app support for streaming services and thus DAPs don't really need WiFI. However Lotoo had put a WiFI chip in the Paw Touch and I believe they had hinted they may add native streaming app support before, so this move to have different firmware for different regions makes sense.

It shouldn't be too hard for them to differentiate between different regions if they just put in some sort of identification code in the device's boot record, similar to how Sony does it and a quite check of the firmware installer could prevent people from flashing a different firmware from a different country on the device.

 

[twister6]

I know about BT streaming - I'm one of earliest person to say quite loudly that it is not practical for DAPs to implement native streaming app support for streaming services and thus DAPs don't really need WiFI. However Lotoo had put a WiFI chip in the Paw Touch and I believe they had hinted they may add native streaming app support before, so this move to have different firmware for different regions makes sense.

It shouldn't be too hard for them to differentiate between different regions if they just put in some sort of identification code in the device's boot record, similar to how Sony does it and a quite check of the firmware installer could prevent people from flashing a different firmware from a different country on the device.

What is the purpose of Sony doing that? For volume limitation or something else?

 

[WILLIAMD]

It doesn't make sense two have different versions, since people mentioned that the chinese version has English in the menu, however we shall see an international release next month.
Hopefully won't see significant delays since this the only music player i like apart from the Tera Player.

Just to clarify, there was English menu at beginning but disappeared after several update.

 

[Whitigir]

What is the purpose of Sony doing that? For volume limitation or something else?

Volume limitations is just an excuse. I think Sony does this to restrict the sale and grey market transactions to differentiate different regions. It is more like protection for the dealers, but less convenience for the customers

 

[nanaholic]

Volume limitations is just an excuse. I think Sony does this to restrict the sale and grey market transactions to differentiate different regions. It is more like protection for the dealers, but less convenience for the customers

It isn't an excuse. Volume limitation is a legal requirement in the EU.

Just because the boutique players dodges it by playing dumb and not implementing it, Sony is too big of a target to try to play the same trick, as we all know EU is much harder on big companies (which they should be - bigger power comes with bigger responsibility and all that).

 

[Whitigir]

It isn't an excuse. Volume limitation is a legal requirement in the EU.

Just because the boutique players dodges it by playing dumb and not implementing it, Sony is too big of a target to try to play the same trick, as we all know EU is much harder on big companies (which they should be - bigger power comes with bigger responsibility and all that).

I know this, but what I am saying is that Sony is restricting it sale regional to protect dealers. See, Sony in Japan doesn’t have volume limitations, but it comes as domestic (Japanese only) or traveling version (international). For the exception of international versions, it gets to be warranty serviced everywhere in any country, but you have to buy in Japan and from authorized dealers. Everything else is regional limitations, and then Volume regulation is another icing on the cake for their excuses

 

[musicday]

Being one of the few portable music players that support up to DSD512, it will be sad not to see proper streaming supported. I will not use Bluetooth LDAC ( 990 kbps ) as is not even CD quality.
Hopefully they can add such feature in the future.

 

[Whitigir]

Being one of the few portable music players that support up to DSD512, it will be sad not to see proper streaming supported. I will not use Bluetooth LDAC ( 990 kbps ) as is not even CD quality.
Hopefully they can add such feature in the future.

Why not be using it as external USB/DAC ?

 

[musicday]

Is anyone aware of the 5500 Mha battery used inside the LPGT, if is easy replaceable? I just discovered a fantastic battery manufacturer from Germany that makes high quality ones. Just bought one from them and replaced the one inside the D955.
If i buy this portable music player i want to use it for as long as possible.

 

[Vitaly2017]

Can some one clear me up on the uhs ii that the new lpgt uses, Can I still use the old microsd card into an adapter and in lpgt after? Or we need to use only the new uhs ii cards? also if I understood correctly need to use the bigger card size not the micro right?

 

[FranckZZZ]

Can some one clear me up on the uhs ii that the new lpgt uses, Can I still use the old microsd card into an adapter and in lpgt after? Or we need to use only the new uhs ii cards? also if I understood correctly need to use the bigger card size not the micro right?

You can use all different kinds of SD and micro SD cards.

 

[Vitaly2017]

You can use all different kinds of SD and micro SD cards.

Do we need to use an adapter? if I have a 400 gb micro sd card, they usually add a bigger form adapter is that the size of the card that we input into lotoo? Good to know it all compatible cause I was getting seriously confused lol. I saw that the uhs ii is way faster but expensive and storage is quiet small to.

 

[Vitaly2017]

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[twister6]

I found this deal I thought it was a very good one

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Many micro SD cards already come with SD adapter because today's laptops (Windows and Chromebooks) come with SD card reader built in, so manufacturers include the adapter for convenience. And yes, you can use micro SD with SD adapter in LPGT, just like you can do that in original LPG.