Played with an LG v30 today

[mister2d]

...Also where does one buy music that is lossless?...

Have a look at hdtracks dot com.

 

[Mike Dee]

The 75 is just an arbitrary number, it could be 1000 or that one could go to 11. Full volume on one phone will likely be different than full volume on another.
As far as the quad DAC, it's my understanding to really be able to hear the difference you need high impedance headphones and a lossless file format (flac, wav). Compressed audio and standard headphones should sound more or less the same on most devices.

Even without high impendance headphones there is a difference and you don't have to have lossless files to appreciate it. That is just what you would want for optimum results.

 

[sjgoten6]

Yeah but the galaxy was way louder. I even put the galaxy to 3/4 volume to see if it was truly at 75% and yes it did have the same volume. But I guess my ears just suck at trying to find the difference. I had to listen to a song on one device the hurry and pull the cord and put it in the other one and go back and forth.

 

[Mike Dee]

So the beats we sell in store is not a high impedance right? Also where does one buy music that is lossless? Has to be ripped from CD?

I'm thinking that all beats are low impendance....don't know for sure.
You can rip CDs or download flac files. Tidal music subscription allows you to listen.

 

[Mike Dee]

Yeah but the galaxy was way louder. I even put the galaxy to 3/4 volume to see if it was truly at 75% and yes it did have the same volume. But I guess my ears just suck at trying to find the difference. I had to listen to a song on one device the hurry and pull the cord and put it in the other one and go back and forth.

The 75 is irrelevant on the LG....it's full volume for whatever mode it's in. Try the Poweramp app on a V20 and you will see that to the app uses a different scale. It will go to one hundred but no louder.

The reason the Samsung is louder is they are using the same amount of output regardless of headphones. The LG in high output will kill it. If you have headphones with a removable cord you can bump up the LG into external device mode which will get you more juice. Plug the cord into the phone first without the headphones to trick the device.

 

[chanchan05]

So the beats we sell in store is not a high impedance right? Also where does one buy music that is lossless? Has to be ripped from CD?

Ask any true audiophile and they'll say Beats is not worth the money. The quality of Beats headsets are at the level of around $100 headsets. They're overpriced because of the brand. They just have lots of bass which for some weird reason people nowadays correlate to 'good'.

They do seem to have good quality construction though.

Go for Sennheisers or Bose headsets. High end Sonys are pretty good. Pioneers have some good ones. I've heard a lot about Shure but never tried them.

Lossless music is ideally ripped from CD into a lossless format, like WAV or FLAC. Those formats are higher quality than 320kbps mp3. I don't know if there are digitally sold lossless audio.

 

[NationalTrust]

What constitutes "low impedance"? My Sennheiser HD 598's are 50 ohms. I normally use a FiiO DAC/amplifier when listening out of my laptop. I'm assuming they should work fine straight out of the LG V30.

 

[Mike Dee]

What constitutes "low impedance"? My Sennheiser HD 598's are 50 ohms. I normally use a FiiO DAC/amplifier when listening out of my laptop. I'm assuming they should work fine straight out of the LG V30.

50 ohms is right on the border of what will trigger the Quad DACs full power on LG phones. It will most likely work.

 

[racedog]

I have a set of Shures and they are true audiophile ear pods, but you can expect to pay for them. I paid over $500 for mine, and yes, they are worth it.

 

[mister2d]

...I don't know if there are digitally sold lossless audio...

There are plenty of places, but I frequent hdtracks.

 

[Laura Knotek]

There are plenty of places, but I frequent hdtracks.

I use that site as well.

 

[monsieurms]

I was using some Sony headsets we had in the store. They both sounded great but with volume set at 75 max it didn't have the punchier sounds as having it at 100 felt.

Try using the equalizer on your music app to turn up volume..

 

[eshropshire]

Yeah but the galaxy was way louder. I even put the galaxy to 3/4 volume to see if it was truly at 75% and yes it did have the same volume. But I guess my ears just suck at trying to find the difference. I had to listen to a song on one device the hurry and pull the cord and put it in the other one and go back and forth.

I would not get too much into the debate. You are the standard user of music on portable devices. A few people prefer to get into HD music, but the vast majority of the world does not. Thus few devices offer Quad DACs because very few people would ever hear the difference.

I think a Quad DAC is a great feature and one I would not mind having on my phone. I personally would not pay extra or change phones to have one. I just would not use it enough to make a difference. While its not a criteria I would use for choosing a phone, I do think it is a great option for those who are audiophiles.

The problem LG has in making a big deal about the feature is most of us are part of the unwashed masses who don't really care and are happy with the music quality of their current devices.

 

[eshropshire]

How about the rest of the phone. I think the V30 looks great. What did you think of the other features of the phone.

Was the rep able to provide any details on the release date in North America?

 

[sjgoten6]

She said this Friday was release day but I don't know if she was just saying that. Especially since we haven't gotten a street date for it from the media and it's really early. I thought it was a very nice looking phone. The floating thing was hit or miss for me. I didn't really dive too much into that but it looks like what a Galaxy phone should look like with a flat screen. With the new old screen I definitely noticed more inky blacks from the video they showed. She put the phone side by side with a v20 and showed a video and it's a stark difference.

 

[fasnic]

Along with that, try a pair of Bluetooth headphones with Aptx HD.. That will give you incredible sound too on an LG phone.. As they are the only ones that use it...

 

[sjgoten6]

I did bluetooth with the LG and the volume was a lot higher too

 

[Jeremiah Bonds]

There's a difference. You can't load an mp3 at 128kpbs and expect it to sound like a 24bit lossless wav file

 

[eshropshire]

There's a difference. You can't load an mp3 at 128kpbs and expect it to sound like a 24bit lossless wav file

Fully agree. My Brother was and My Sister is big time musician. Both had and have great ears and like high quality sound files.

Me I like music, but a high quality app with good sound effects and an equalizer works for me.

 

[flyingkytez]

And I was listening to music and trying the quad dac and comparing it with the note 8 and I couldn't tell too much difference. I did notice that the volume on the v30 stopped at 75% so that alone made me prefer the note 8. Any way to change that? I looked all throughout the settings.

The V20 at max volume with Quad DAC enabled would damage your ear if you listen too long, the audio output is louder than normal. After using a S7 then switching to the V20, I immediately noticed the difference in clarity. The average consumer probably won't even notice the difference even with a budget Android phone because it sounds good enough to them. As for the volume maxing at 75, maybe it was on retail mode with restricted settings. If you're simply comparing the audio alone, you're missing out on other features. Have you tried the camera? Not a very noteworthy preview or first impression.