johniq
New Head-Fier
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How to identify the version (qualcomm or exynos} before i buy it? There are differences in the box? The stores in Greece make their own imports.
How to identify the version (qualcomm or exynos} before i buy it? There are differences in the box? The stores in Greece make their own imports.
I'm no sound pro but my old LG G3 sounded better than my new Samsung S8. The S8 just can't seem to push over ear headphones. I don't have nice in-ear monitors to test with, but the ones that came with it can't compare to my cheap roknation skullcandy aviators. Perhaps somebody with decent in-ear headphones can chime in.
If i'm going to listen to music with my S8, i'll do everything i can to use my oppo DAC.
I usually test with a mix of lossless and 320 MP3 files. Very rarely can i tell the difference between those types of files. For my test, I used Floyd's Wish You Were Here in 320 MP3. I didn't need to go lossless. my G3 is dead now, so I cannot do a proper back and forth comparison, but a week ago i enjoyed listening to music with my G3 and with the S8 i do not (no DAC for each).
perhaps an EQ app would help, along with in ear headphones.
TLF
I agree with you, I plugged in my Sony MDR-EX650 Iems into an s8+ my local Carphone Warehouse today, it'll be the Exynos version since this is the UK, I was not impressed with the headphone output at all. All the preloaded tracks were mp3s at moderate bit-rates and I could immediately tell without first checking the data rate that it was mp3. So I tethered my phone and search for flac radio or bbc radio at aac 320 kbps. I would like to be able to put in a micro sd card to try dsd and high res lossless but I don't think I am allowed to do that. Anyway point is that if you care about audio, something like a dragonfly black should be a no brainer, my several year old dacmagic xs sounds much more powerful, has a much bigger and wider soundstage, is a lot cleaner and has better timing. I'd say that the audio is comparable to last years s7.
I have tried the B&O hifi module for the LG G5 as well as my uncles LG V10 which didn't go on sale in Europe, the headphone output sounds like an external DAC.
I used to have an LG G3 and I think what hifi were too harsh in saying it was overly smooth, where it really shone was with high res audio especially 24/96 and 24/192 providing you're not using hard to drive over ears. Nonetheless a dragonfly black will be a big improvement if you can tolerate the inconvenience and you're not planning to listen to 24/192 or DSD.
Don't know what I'm missing here, but I really don't find the G955F bad at all...
I'd be happy to stop taking iPhone 7 Plus and DFR with me on my commute.
I actually spent most of yesterday using this, with the bundled AKG earphones (with CX500 tips), on buses and out on the road, and I have no complaints at all.
Sure I'll end up in the minority here, but I don't buy the whole critical listening from a smartphone thing.
Also, I'm puzzled by the comments versus the G3, right off the bat, I found that to have the most under powered, limp sounding output of any handset I've owned.
Horses for courses I guess.
Edit : one thing I really like, the LED case for the S8+ allows for music control by touching the LED section, something that the same case for the S7 cannot do ~ a good improvement.