Tal00
New Head-Fier
Totally agree. I did not realize how outdated it was when I pulled the trigger. But since it was running vanilla android 5.1 install should not have been running smoother? I was able to install all the latest apps on it??? I guess just because I’m able to install them doesn’t mean they’ll run properly... upgrading to the new custom kernel definitely saved the device. But if people don’t mind using an external DAC with their phone I think that the iFi iDSD nano BL is a better choiceIt was released more than 3 years ago. So might be a new item purchased but its a very old model. The good news is that with the kernel upgrade, you can squeeze better performance out of it. And it still sounds pretty great.
Because it does not depend on apps to render the music and it decodes DSD and MQA perfectly but it needs a bit perfect stream. No software EQ at all... Think it’s more future proof...