[darveniza]

I saw this explanation on another website and thought that it had some good detail.
 
http://www.androidauthority.com/why-you-dont-want-that-32-bit-dac-667621/
 
I have an LG V10 and really could not tell the difference with a Blackberry Passport

 

[Currawong]

It's just marketing. Nothing to do with "need". If they are taking the care to manufacture better audio quality for people who have, say, expensive IEMs, where a lower noise floor and better resolution might be noticed, fair enough. The marketing is pretty terrible though. 

 

[negatron81]

Maybe a 32 bit dac isn't "required" but once I got the v10, I appreciate the more powerful amp that can drive my 250 ohm Fischers much better than the  HTC m9 I had previously which was supposed to have a very good amp already.

 

[darveniza]

Agree with both responses. The article took a long path to explain a few differences. The item that the article seems to missed is that high end phones need features to justify asking for more than $600.Camera MP is one way, maybe LG has opened the door for manufacturers to sell people on the music side.
LG should exploit this by expanding the music app features and also marketing this better in the USA

 

[negatron81]

There is an app on the Xda-developers forums that hacks the v10 so that the Hi fi Dac / amp is used all the time, not just in the LG music app.
 
it lets me use power amp and other players with the better amp dac enabled which makes it awesome!