![]() Notable ones are the V30 to V50 models as these models had their DAC “tuned by Meridian” and will play Tidal Master MQA files natively. All these models have a 3.5mm jack and carry LG’s Quad DAC which contains various incarnations of the ESS Sabre chip. If you want an all-in-one solution, then a specialist audiophile-targeted phone may be the answer, like the LG phones – G6, G7, G8. A cheap RM100 China-made dongle DAC bought online will give an immediate overall improvement compared with the internal DAC. This can cost from around RM100 to RM1,000-plus. Not as apparent with headphones necessarily, but even in a modest home set-up, the inadequacies will be obvious.Ī step up from the phone internal DAC would be to get a USB DAC dongle. The sound will be tinny, muddled and lacking in weight. In a decent set-up, the failings will be very obvious. The downside to this is that most phones have terrible DAC chips in them. The portability of a phone means that you can take your music selection to the car or listen on the go via headphones. This option will use your phone’s internal DAC to convert the digital signals into electrical signals to your amplifier. You will need a phone/tablet with a headphone jack or a USB/Lightning 3.5mm jack to which you will connect the 3.5mm audio cable to the amplifier. This is done by connecting the phone’s 3.5mm audio jack using a 3.5mm-to-RCA cable into the line input of the amplifier. The simplest way to get into streaming will be via the phone. ![]() The diverse equipment options will be benchmarked and referenced with a physical CD player, specifically an old and trusty multi-bit Quad CD66. We will deal solely with the home set-up rather than a headphone system (which is a separate ball game altogether), along with various source options to connect to your amplifier. The next step is to get it playing on your beloved audio set-up. Luckily mine are all still functioning so I still have that option at least for a while.SO you have now subscribed to Tidal Hifi. There is no other remote app that offers the functionality and ease of use of this one, but it only works with Squeezebox which Logitech has discontinued. For me, the easiest and best user interface is iPeng controlling Logitech Media Server for my Squeezeboxes. Amarra recommended I try Splashtop to use as a remote app with that player, so I am trying that out as well. I do like the JRiver Remote app better than using the iTunes remote app which you have to use to control Pure Music or BitPerfect from your iPad or iPhone device. ![]() I only just purchased Amarra so can't yet tell if I will find the GUI easy or crazy. I was getting dropouts with BitPerfect and discovered it was my DAC. By cobntrast I find Pure Music and BitPerfect really easy to use. For instance, I have difficulty with the logic and features of JRiver even though it's a lot of people's favorite player. Some I find much easier to operate than others. However, the user interfaces are vastly different. I am hard pressed to "hear" differences between playback on these various players. I have been trying BitPerfect, JRiver Media Center 19 for Mac, Pure Music 2.0, and most recently got Amarra 3.0.
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