Recent content by Mister K

"My Note 9 is still on 1 Aug patch... at least 3 to 4 updates behind others. Not sure how they managed their software updates seriously" Wow, that is bad, it must be your carrier. My unlocked Exynos Note 9 is on the October security update, and has had two other updates over the last week, one...

GPM and Tidal at less than a penny a play Spotify at just over a tenth of a penny a play. It seems all very confusing. I've since come across some artist's payment statements on the web. Tidal paid this artist a steady $0.0065 per play Spotify varied from $0 (yes, zero) to $0.0081! The artist...

Discover Weekly is indeed another win for Spotify. I've tried to find out what the musicians get paid for each track we stream. Spotify really is terrible compared to Google Play Music and Tidal. Spotify pays 0.11 cents per play. Tidal pays 0.70 cents. Google pays 0.72 cents. The infographic...

@tehWever, You are right, Tidal lacks Metallica. But then Spotify has no Prince, for example. You can pick holes in all the services, so, as you say, trial them all and pick what works for you. The fact that we have a choice of pretty decent services is great. I'm with you on Soundiiz - what a...

I don't think there is a difference other than Tidal being louder. Saying that, a difference might be heard if they were encoding from different quality sources or something, but I don't think that's the case. As I said, I find it hard to detect the difference between Spotifys 320Kbps and...

Wow, why do people get so defensive about software, for heaven's sake? It's sounds like an Apple v Android flame war on here! I have tried GPM. I am on my wife's Spotify family plan and I subscribe to Tidal HiFi, so here are my thoughts. My observations are based on using an LGV10 with some...

I'm no expert, but my understanding, from reading a fair bit on the subject, is that the quality of the hardware and its implementation - engineering and software - both matter when it comes to sound quality (and the other huge element, the earphones of course). Sony's experience in audio may...

Try Clove or Handtec. Safer than Ebay, both good companies. Selling H960 for about £460, only 32Gb, obviously, because that's all LG offer with those bands.

Embracing the black!

I bought from these guys: Clove Technology. A couple of others at work have used them before as well. No complaints, phone delivered next day as promised. They are based in Dorset I have previously bought phones from Handtec who are in Peterborough and they now have both the black and white...

To be honest, other than the fingerprint scanner, which is only OK, then so far all is good with the V10 as far as I am concerned. My colleagues at work are impressed too, which is always nice :-)

Hi, I've been told that UK users will get EU wide updates. I guess time will tell. Buy from a reputable company (I can recommend a couple if you want) to make sure you get the right variant - there are some about that don't work on all UK bands.

Hi croaker68 - I'm glad you mentioned that because it appears that as long as I have my headphones plugged in then I get HiFi on almost any audio app. Google Play Music, Spotify, Tidal, even TuneIn. The switch is enabled in the settings and the Hi-Fi square icon is shown in the status bar. More...

Hi - if you are playing tunes via bluetooth then the DAC on the phone is irrelevant since it is not used, the data is streamed to your speaker or headphones and that device's inbuilt DAC processes the signal. What you will need is good bluetooth - either Aptx or LDAC (which I've not heard but...

Last week I managed to get myself a V10. Since it is not officially available in the UK, I had to buy an unlocked EU version (H960A), although it does have full UK warranty. I have to say I love it - all the things I hoped would be great have not disappointed (main screen, second screen, awesome...