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Andrew Lovely

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  1. @andrewilley Hey Andrew, it's Andrew! 😀 Just wanted to drop a quick line to thank you again for recommending that little CX31993 DAC. I finally got around to trying it out and it sounds great! Much better than the Samsung Dongle indeed! The absence of that low-level noise the Samsung had is quite a relief to the ol' ears. This one's much more clear. And I was able to switch back to OpenSL ES Output, which sounded like crap on the Samsung Dongle for some reason. And the my in-line mic sounds much better too! This thing's great! Thanks a bunch.
  2. Does the SoX resampler drain more battery resampling from 192khz down to 48khz, than let's say from 96khz down to 48khz, or from 44.1khz up to 48khz? Or is it pretty much the same battery drain regardless, as long as the resampler is being used? Also, if you turn on the dither setting, does it apply dither only when bit depth is being reduced? Or does it just apply dither regardless? I'm hoping it just automatically applies dither only when bit depth is being reduced so that I don't have to manually switch it on and off depending on whether I'm listening to a 16 bit file or a 24 bit file. My output is at 16 bit 48khz. Most of my files are at 16 bit 44.1khz but I also have many at 24 bit 48khz and some at 24 bit 192khz. Finally, which dither setting has the best sound quality? I'm wondering if one of the settings is objectively better in theory (Triangular vs Improved-e-weighted noise shaping for example). Thanks
  3. @MotleyG The only new phones I found that had both expandable storage and a 3.5mm jack were the Sony Xperia 10 V and the Samsung Galaxy Xcover 6 Pro. I tried out the Sony Xperia 10 V but I didn't like it; it had a weird form factor and a cheap, plastic feel to it. Any sound made the whole device vibrate like in cheap electronics. And the Sony Xcover 6 Pro is a comically big and heavy phone with an LCD screen meant for construction workers. I imagine next time I'm in the market for a new phone, there won't be any ports at all. Seems like that's where it's headed, as you alluded to.
  4. @andrewilley @MotleyG Exactly, the 3.5mm jack provides a redundancy. In any case, just intuitively I don't feel like the USB-C port is nearly as robust as a 3.5mm jack. I used to have disconnects and accidental hard tugs on the jack all the time with my previous phones, and the jack still worked fine. I don't feel like this port could take that kind of abuse. But that's just my gut feeling.
  5. @andrewilley Do you have a 90-degree DAC dongle you would recommend? I'm looking through Ali Express but I can't seem to find any. I've had the same experience going from the A51 to the A54. The A51 was much slimmer and lighter. I'm hoping that the A54 has better cooling due to its larger frame. My A51's CPU eventually died due to overheating, and it's hard, if not impossible as I discovered, to find someone willing to do a CPU reball on an A51, let alone for a reasonable price.
  6. @andrewilley I'm curious, what has your experience been with wear and tear on the USB-C port? One of the advantages I've noticed of the Samsung dongle is that it's made of a silicone-like material which has some flex, some give, so not as much torsion is transferred to the USB-C port when it is in your jeans pocket for example and lateral forces are applied. The Chinese dongles seem to have a hard plastic connector, which would seem to transfer more torque to the USB-C port. I'm thinking of using the Samsung dongle for when I'm out and about, and the Chinese one for when I want better audio. I feel like I'm officially descending down the seven levels of "Dongle Hell," or "Dongle's Inferno" if you will. Curse you Samsung! The audio jack is not a floppy drive! The audio jack is not a floppy drive!
  7. @andrewilley Awesome, thanks! Bookmarking as we speak.
  8. @andrewilley Hi, sorry to bother you again, but I just ordered the DAC you recommended, and I was wondering if it's powerful enough for my handsfree, which is at 32 Ohms. I don't really know anything about this technical stuff. With the Samsung dongle, I don't typically go over the default volume limit that Samsung sets, I usually stay right around there - but occasionally I might go a notch or two above that into the red zone. I'm curious to see how this new one performs at higher volumes.
  9. @andrewilley Thanks so much, I might just do that. I was really hoping to get the Moondrop Click, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.
  10. @andrewilley Apparently there's a way to increase the max volume of the Apple dongle by using the USB Audio Player Pro app. I wish Poweramp had this feature, as I love Poweramp and I've gotten used to its interface over the years. The in-line buttons worked for me as well, but the volume buttons didn't work properly. Pressing *volume up* turned the volume all the way up and pressing *volume down* turned the volume all the way down. I'm definitely not impressed with the sound of the Samsung dongle. The Apple one sounded much better, more rich. I haven't tried the Samsung at low levels yet. I actually ordered a Moondrop Click from the only website I could find that had it available, as I've heard good things about it, and it's the only one I could find that claimed to support in-line controls and microphone. But I though the site was in the US; it's in Hong Kong. And based on a customer review I read, it looks like I may not be receiving the DAC at all, if even a refund. Do you have any experience with the Moondrop Click? Does the DAC you recommend have mic support? It seems so difficult to find a quality DAC that also has support for in-line controls and a handsfree mic. Thank you so much for your detailed reply. I couldn't agree with you more: removing the 3.5mm jack was so stupid... and the people applauding this move... it's just asinine. The 3.5mm jack was so much more robust and functional. Now with the USB DAC I have to always be cognizant of where the dongle is in my pocket and I feel like I have to move around all gingerly so it doesn't break. And I think twice now every time about plugging in my headphones because I don't want to wear out the USB-C port. It's just a bummer... But on the bright side maybe now we can have a DAC that's better than the onboard DAC of our previous devices. Looks like you found a good solution for us, I'll definitely look into the link you sent.
  11. Has anyone else noticed this? I have both the Apple dongle and the Samsung dongle for my Galaxy A54. The Apple dongle seems to sound better with OpenSL ES Output, while the Samsung dongle sounds better with AudioTrack Output. On OpenSL ES the Samsung dongle sounds a bit tinny to me. The Apple dongle in general seems to sound better overall, but I don't like that my in-line volume controls don't work. And it only has about half the max volume of the Samsung dongle.
  12. @Mghigu I just disabled google assistant per your instructions and it worked! Thanks so much! I never use google assistant anyway so this solution works fine for me. Thanks again!
  13. Just chiming in to say I have the same problem. When Poweramp is running in the background with the phone locked, double and triple clicks register only as single clicks. So all I can do is stop or start playback; I cannot change tracks. When the phone is unlocked, all the clicks work fine. I have a Samsung Galaxy A51 running Android 11. I cannot recall if the problem started after updating Poweramp or after the latest Android update. But it started fairly recently. It was fine before.
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