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When deciding what to get, the iPod touch 5 had too many shortcomings; so I ruled it out fast. Thanks for the tips anyway. As to my iPt4, it'll still provide me with valuable service. It'll reside in a speaker dock and play music, audiobooks and old time radio shows. |
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I tried to resist this deal, really wanted AMOLED, but within a few hours of the price cut, I grabbed an 8GB. It replaces one ereader/PMP/PDA and one blackberry flip phone, both from 2009, and neither were exactly cutting edge at the time. Oh the lag. Got mine of Tuesday and I'm a big fan.
I wanted AMOLED for lower brightness, higher contrast night reading, but I have to say, this LCD is far more versatile than my old Touch Pro2's was. My eyes haven't been this comfortable reading at night in a long time. Applying Screen Filter (a contrast adjustment style 'dimmer' that just shades colors darker) hasn't been useful on any other LCD I've tried it on, but on the N4, it really works for me. I honestly don't know why, but I'm thrilled with the results. 3rd party readerware like moon where you can have non-white text on black backgrounds work better too, basically you're doing the same thing. It's not a device without compromise, especially the 8gb model, but it is a bargain without parallel. Even in the chinese market, where I was watching some interesting hardware, you can't get this kind of bang for the buck, and certainly not with hspa+ on tmo and att or nexus fringe benefits. Last edited by Marseille; 09-07-2013 at 06:45 PM. |
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Funny you should mention the Nexus 4, tubmonkey ("What did you just call him?"): I kept that product page open for a week.
I might have bought one if I hadn't just picked up a Galaxy S4 and grown attached to its mSD slot. (I was waiting for the Note 3, but my phone committed seppuku just as I was moving to another city.) I'd buy one for my grillfiend right now if she didn't need something with more internal space. She needs that because she's not allowed to play/stream music files on her work computer and phone/data reception in that building is putrid. Still, a friend of mine who writes apps for iRectangles worships the N4. He's owned one for about six months. As soon as he bought it, he began ticking off the iPhone's comparative faults and even asked which DAW programs I thought were best for the PC. Before he experienced that one Google phone, he'd always used Logic on Macs. The Nexus 4 was so good that it put him on course for a total OS defection. §§§§§§§ Quote:
Still, internal sound quality doesn't matter when you own a phone (like the N4) that's compatible with a $32 combination Sabre DAC and OTG cable or (if you want to spend $70 dollars more) the FiiO E17. The catch is that you'd have to use this kernel and "almost any" ROM (according to the dev). I use that $31 USB DAC with my GS4 every day. (The only advantage to the S4 is that it ships with USB audio enabled and no ROM or kernel is necessary.) By contrast, the only DACs which are compatible with the iPhone cost $400 or more. §§§§§§§ Not necessarily. I bought a GS4 up front and use it off-contract with MetroPCS, which now features T-Mobile's 4G network for that one model: Same network as the mainstream carrier at a far lower price. Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 09-17-2013 at 04:33 PM. |
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16GB now sold out!
That's it, the Nexus 4 is no more. Time for Nexus 5 to take the stage. I'm loving my Nexus 4; it's a great mini tablet. Once Google slashed the price, I knew I was getting one and have no regrets for bypassing the Nexus 5. |
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Really interesting post, Prestidigitweeze, thank you. I must do some further research into external DACs and what's possible.
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http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsu...ablets_id42064 Also, the Note 3 is going to be 24-bit and 192k-capable -- at least in Korea (we'll see whether those specs make to the UK or Stateside): http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_gala...-news-6651.php The LG G2 looks like an excellent option for 24-bit audio: http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/09/lg-g2-review/ We probably won't see the MX-3 stateside, but look at the specs, and notice that it ships with 128 GB internal memory. Meizu made decent mp3 players long before it switched to smartphones: http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/02/meizu-mx3-launched/ And when you're conducting your research, be sure to peruse this thread. Every five pages, a member named Dan Ba updates the compatibility list for as many Android phones and DACs as Head-fi members can test: http://www.head-fi.org/t/595071/andr...-usb-dacs/2985 Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 09-17-2013 at 04:23 PM. |
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Graham: Here's the most recent DAC compatibility list. Search the page for the Nexus 4 and you'll find it: http://www.head-fi.org/t/595071/andr...0#post_9783879 Looks as though Nexus 4 owners have to use USB Audio Pro for the moment, but that's an excellent sounding recorder/music player. The catch is that your music files have to be FLAC. Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 09-17-2013 at 04:35 PM. |
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