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jersey_boy
197
Sep 15, 2017
so, i bought this in a prior drop with the explicit intent of using it between my galaxy 8+ and my campfire vega headphones. i prefer dongle dac/amps to box ones for mobile. was never able to figure out how to get it to work with android using the usb-c otg cables. it produces an immense screeching/hissing sound with a very subtle undertone of music when i play spotify and have it plugged in.
currently using it out of my pc for more sensitive headphones (iem's) i dont want to plug into my deckard (planars). sounds pretty good with iem's.
Now that another drop is out, I'm hoping that someone can tell me how to figure out to get this thing to play nice with spotify on an android phone.
Oleksa
47
Sep 16, 2017
jersey_boyI do not have the devise yet, should come in a week, but here is the receipt from https://www.head-fi.org/threads/smsl-idea-portable-dac-amp.851110/page-7. Hope it might help: <<<
In order to prevent the Android and UAPP USB drivers to collide, in Developer Settings I checked the option "Disable USB audio routing":
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https://cdn.head-fi.org/a/9983119_thumb.png Now UAPP is the only app that streams audio via USB automatically, all the other apps will use exclusively the audio jack or the speaker. It`s not an ideal scenario for all of us, especially if you´re using HibyMusic, which relies on Android's drivers for the task, but at least I managed to get rid of the buzzing 99.9% of the time. The only time it got back was when I turned on and off bit perfect and/or upsample, turning these options off would result in buzzing, All I had to do was to unplug and plug it again, and the noise was gone. The funny thing is now I hit play in Poweramp and the UAPP playback stops, but the sound comes out of the speaker, and vice-versa, if I hit play in UAPP again, Poweramp stops and the sound comes out of the earbuds. Each USB driver does what it´s designed for, and interact with each other seamlessly. No more strange behaviour or buzzing, just pure musical enjoyment. I was listening to some music, and my wife called. UAPP´s playback paused, and could hear perfectly through the speaker. Once I hanged up, music resumed through the earbuds. For me it´s just perfect, as I don´t plan on using the DAC except for music. I for one don´t need any firmware anymore, this did the trick.>>>
Oleksa
47
Sep 16, 2017
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