Lotoo PAW S1 - Designed for HIFI on the go with Lotoo PAW quality and the first USB DAC-AMP with dual 3.5mm & 4.4mm output

[musicday]

To MQA or not to MQA in 2021?

 

[buenahora]

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To MQA or not to MQA in 2021?

waiting religiously for that firmware update!!

 

[buenahora]

Is there a way to tell what firmware version the S1 is running?

 

[waveSounds]

Hold the Fn key when plugging it into your PC/Mac.

 

[chaotic_angel]

Lotoo said both they and MQA at the final stage on the MQA fw let's hope that is real to be happened soon.

 

[musicday]

Lotoo said both they and MQA at the final stage on the MQA fw let's hope that is real to be happened soon.

Do you know what else the new firmware will bring? Some of us don't use MQA at all.

 

[corgifall]

I hope at some point that they allow us to pick what EQs we wanna keep on the device. I normally don't use them but I'll throw on the "sweet" preset for a little bass boost sometimes. Hate having to cycle through all the EQ presets to get there.

 

[buenahora]

I hope at some point that they allow us to pick what EQs we wanna keep on the device. I normally don't use them but I'll throw on the "sweet" preset for a little bass boost sometimes. Hate having to cycle through all the EQ presets to get there.

The sweet preset is also my favorite. Works really well with the Solaris 2020.

 

[Sound Eq]

hi, anyone compared lotoo s1 to earmen sparrow

 

[AlexCBSN]

hi, anyone compared lotoo s1 to earmen sparrow

Sparrow is more “flat” and way more straight forward and packs a bit more punch and detail, both are EFI monsters with cellphones (the sparrow actually has even more) sparrow has mqa enabled while some are waiting for fw ltp (which will arrive when it is time) imo the sparrow has a way more transparent presentation while the ltp’s goal is non fatiguing laid back signatures, eq options on ltp are ok, i only use a couple, some are truly useless


I own both and the l&p w1, tbh i would look into the l&p w1 or w2, w1 hits it out of the park, sound quality is impressive, I’m preparing (slowly) a comparación in between all my dongles, ltp has a really mellow sound and does nothing wrong, l&p w1 has less eq options but has low pass filter selection, the sparrow kinda presentation (straight forward with good detail and impressive separation) and supposedly it will have different eq uploads according to the headphones we use; ltp s1 is great but the competition is getting better

 

[hakunamakaka]

Sparrow is more “flat” and way more straight forward and packs a bit more punch and detail, both are EFI monsters with cellphones (the sparrow actually has even more) sparrow has mqa enabled while some are waiting for fw ltp (which will arrive when it is time) imo the sparrow has a way more transparent presentation while the ltp’s goal is non fatiguing laid back signatures, eq options on ltp are ok, i only use a couple, some are truly useless


I own both and l&p w1, tbh i would look into the l&p w1 or w2, w1 hits it out of the park, sound quality is impressive, I’m preparing (slowly) a comparación in between all my dongles, ltp has a really mellow sound and does nothing wrong, actually it has amazing eq options, but the competition is getting better

Thanks for your input. This is very useful for me as I'm currently looking into dongle options. With my equipment I loved Looto S1 sound signature and I would take it any time of the day instead of forward, "technical" and leaner presentation which was the case with majority of other dongles that I tried. Harshness in highs is as well a common friend there, especially with ES sabre chips. Some of these dongles basically sounded same as my iphone with just additional loudness

 

[AlexCBSN]

Thanks for your input. This is very useful for me as I'm currently looking into dongle options. With my equipment I loved Looto S1 sound signature and I would take it any time of the day instead of forward, "technical" and leaner presentation which was the case with majority of other dongles that I tried. Harshness in highs is as well a common friend there, especially with ES sabre chips. Some of these dongles basically sounded same as my iphone with just additional loudness

Yeah, I’m using it with my iOS devices as well, i might get stabbed here, but the bundled cables make sound leaner, i changed the ltp for the 9038s g3 cable (way thicker and sturdier) and sound changed a wee (ok, if you are going to boo me, do it in this moment... done? Ok, lets keep going) as well the best option for converting cables is the ddhifi tc28i, its the best purchase I’ve made for my 2go rig, the angle its funny when i want to text but i already got a hang of it, and its design actually makes more sense, mainly is using a hoodie.

Laid back signatures for good price imo: meizu hifi pro, ztella mqa and hidizs s8 (and sonata hd pro), still out of em all the ltp is the undisputed king

 

[hakunamakaka]

Yeah, I’m using it with my iOS devices as well, i might get stabbed here, but the bundled cables make sound leaner, i changed the ltp for the 9038s g3 cable (way thicker and sturdier) and sound changed a wee (ok, if you are going to boo me, do it in this moment... done? Ok, lets keep going) as well the best option for converting cables is the ddhifi tc28i, its the best purchase I’ve made for my 2go rig, the angle its funny when i want to text but i already got a hang of it, and its design actually makes more sense, mainly is using a hoodie.

Laid back signatures for good price imo: meizu hifi pro, ztella mqa and hidizs s8 (and sonata hd pro), still out of em all the ltp is the undisputed king

Does L&P W1 suffer from EMI noise with iphone ? I'm starting to feel bad that I rushed and sold mine S1.

 

[Sound Eq]

Sparrow is more “flat” and way more straight forward and packs a bit more punch and detail, both are EFI monsters with cellphones (the sparrow actually has even more) sparrow has mqa enabled while some are waiting for fw ltp (which will arrive when it is time) imo the sparrow has a way more transparent presentation while the ltp’s goal is non fatiguing laid back signatures, eq options on ltp are ok, i only use a couple, some are truly useless


I own both and the l&p w1, tbh i would look into the l&p w1 or w2, w1 hits it out of the park, sound quality is impressive, I’m preparing (slowly) a comparación in between all my dongles, ltp has a really mellow sound and does nothing wrong, l&p w1 has less eq options but has low pass filter selection, the sparrow kinda presentation (straight forward with good detail and impressive separation) and supposedly it will have different eq uploads according to the headphones we use; ltp s1 is great but the competition is getting better

so you mean L&P w1 or w1 is better than all of them sparrow and Lotto s1 in terms of sound quality

 

[NZtechfreak]

so you mean L&P w1 or w1 is better than all of them sparrow and Lotto s1 in terms of sound quality

Don't know if they've heard it, or going from the measurements, certainly its measured performance outdoes both the S1 and the Sparrow (the latter by a significant margin, the Sparrow measured poorly).