kova4a
Headphoneus Supremus
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Well, it's all a matter of opinion. Different DAPs are aimed at different users. Everyone already has a smartphone, which can do all that. The main purpose of portable DAPs is still to play music on the go. Yeah, there are DAPs that have implemented streaming features, but on the go you're still bound by your smartphone acting as a hotspot, which just burns through its battery.We live in the era of modern technologies and streaming services like Tidal, Deezer and others is just one of them. Have they ever heard about Wi-Fi?
The reason I don’t purchase Cowon DAPs anymore is that they are OUTDATED, every new player they produce is outdated from the beginning IMHO.
The fact that you went for a Onkyo Granbeat DP-CMX1, means that you're one of these people expecting DAPs to turn into smartphones, which has several implications: first, DAP manufacturers don't have access to proper smartphone hardware at affordable prices as this is a niche market and they produce limited quantities, so you end up with several years old hardware or in the case of fiio, with hardware intended for smartwaches, so the performance will always be far from a modern smartphone; second: the more internal circuits you add, the more interference you add to the sound; third, the more features you add the bigger the DAP gets and the higher the price gets - you can't honestly expect to get full streaming support as on a modern smartphone, with the DAP remaining small in size, with several times the battery life of a smartphone, with amazing sound quality and costing 300 bucks.
It seems to me that you're looking in the wrong thread. You should be looking for something like the R6 Pro or just grab an LG V40, of course both will run you something like 800 bucks, but that's the price of quality with features nowadays. Or if you want something with similar audio internals as the D2 and modern features, you are looking at A&norma SR15, which is 700 bucks, not 300.
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