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once OP said the magic word i knew i had to chime in: audiophile.
no bluetooth, no analog out through 3.5 jack... you want music data to stream out the microUSB, but unfortunately DAC is not being bypassed even with this elusive Y cable. i believe it works similar to the HD dock with 3.5 jack, your music data is still being converted through the phone. this is not to say, however, that you will not hear an improvement in audio quality -- it seems as if this method fixes some of the ground loop issues that were supposedly fixed several updates ago (i still here the out of it when playback ends and noisefloor SHOULD be inaudible..)
the more infuriating part is that our SoC OMAP chip literally supports digital output of audio, the phone itself and android device drivers are the mitigating factor. i have long since abandoned MP3 in favor of FLAC (or streaming uncompressed from home media server, thank GOD for unlimited 4G data lol), but unless you have a head unit capable of decoding lossless formats directly from mounted storage, its a moot point.
as far as i can tell from countless nights of research, unless you have a microUSB to S/PDIF adapter (which does not exist for Motorola phones to my knowledge) you've hit your brick wall in terms of audio quality. my current set up is a software rig to at least maximize quality before analog output occurs:
UPnP Home Media Server > Streams uncompressed 24bit > PlugPlayer (app market) grabs signal
(however, if you want to do this over 4G you have to set up a VPN so that your phone is considered local network...)
THEN
PlugPlayer has an option to use an external playback app rather than ty built in one
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Have Neutron MP player grab that stream and use its audiophile grade rendering core to output
makes you want to start burning CDs again, no?
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