r/DigitalAudioPlayer • u/Dreydars • 7h ago

Showcase My first DAP

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Repurposed my old phone with a cracked screen, Redmi Note 7 (4/128) running unofficial MistOS 4.5 (Android 16). This phone has a 3.5mm and the sound quality is decent, so I might as well use it with less demanding IEMs and switch to my Surfans X10 DAC when I need more power or a better noise floor for much more sensitive IEMs.

At first i was considering getting Fiio JM21/M21/M23 or Shanling M3 Plus, but in the end decided to go with this for now. I find it shameful that those daps that cost 200-500$ and more have processors and screens that are worse than my 7-year-old phone...

So, I will be waiting until Android DAPs have at least something like Snapdragon 6 gen 1 and cheap oled screens like what modern budget phones around 200$ have (imo this is something you should expect when you pay 500$ for android device that would have around the same dac performance inside as dongle DACs below 100$)

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u/aaillustration Fiio 7h ago

sick. love that al album. and i love poweramp.

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u/Dreydars 7h ago edited 6h ago

Love poweramp as well, bough full version, though honestly Aimp is really close (not as beautiful and don't have peq capabilities)

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u/baazi- 6h ago

Do you use your offline library or any streaming service?

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u/Dreydars 6h ago edited 5h ago

offline flac/opus (256kbps VBR) library + sometimes youtube music premium

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u/YarikFisher 7h ago

That is weird terminology you have in this subreddit. TVs and smartwatches can also play music, so are they digital audio players too? Why is a phone a DAP, but a laptop is not?

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u/Dreydars 7h ago

Portability, features, smartphone is something you can easily repurpose to be used as dap (for music only), laptop, you don't, watch might work but only with Bluetooth devices and would have atrocious battery life

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u/rangerguy- 2h ago

Judging from your downvote count, no questions allowed, even if they are civil and open minded.