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external DAC compatibility list

as the title says, do you use or are you planning to use an external DAC with your Note 7? If so, did you run into any compatibility issues? For instance, I am planning to get an Audioquest Dragonfly Red if it turns out that I dont like the internal DAC of my soon to arrive Note 7 Exynos with my Westone W40's, but I will wait until I find some feedback on the compatibility of the two devices (Note 7 with Dragonfly Red).
I think it would be helpful for people, especially since the Note 7 has a USB Type-C connector, to know which external DAC will work with their Note 7.
Greetings berzerk428

With the suplied adapter every external dac should work.... usb otg works with all the accesories ( see youtube video).
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is this also true for DAPs/DACs like the Fiio X5ii? In their official forums they claim the Fiio X5ii can not be used as a DAC for Android Smartphones because the Smartphone expects Synchronous Data Transfer whilst the X5ii is designed for Asynchronous Data Transfer. Now I know there's an App called USB Audio Player Pro which bypasses the Android OS and allows Async DACs to function but I rely on ID3 Tags that only Rocket Player can give me. I heard that USB Audio Playback was possible from Adroid 5 and upwards, so I would think that the newer Android OS can also handle Asynchronous Data Transfer, am I right in that assumption?

berzerk428 said:
as the title says, do you use or are you planning to use an external DAC with your Note 7? If so, did you run into any compatibility issues? For instance, I am planning to get an Audioquest Dragonfly Red if it turns out that I dont like the internal DAC of my soon to arrive Note 7 Exynos with my Westone W40's, but I will wait until I find some feedback on the compatibility of the two devices (Note 7 with Dragonfly Red).
I think it would be helpful for people, especially since the Note 7 has a USB Type-C connector, to know which external DAC will work with their Note 7.
Greetings berzerk428
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Dragonfly Red works great on mine.
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GermanGuy said:
Dragonfly Red works great on mine.
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I'm glad to hear that, are you using USB Audio Player Pro or does the Dragonfly also work with other Music Players?

berzerk428 said:
I'm glad to hear that, are you using USB Audio Player Pro or does the Dragonfly also work with other Music Players?
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Only usb audio player pro.
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berzerk428 said:
I'm glad to hear that, are you using USB Audio Player Pro or does the Dragonfly also work with other Music Players?
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i'm using with USB Audio Player PRO and the a Beta version of PowerAmp that has USB DAC functionality. USB Audio Player PRO seems to provide better output (vs the beta PowerAmp) and, with my Shure SE846 in ear monitors, music sounds simply amazing... mitigates my need for Viper4Android. By the way, i'm using N930FD, rooted with SuperSU and Dr Ketan's (near stock) ROM.

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the JDS Lab C5D might work

cortez.i said:
i'm using with USB Audio Player PRO and the a Beta version of PowerAmp that has USB DAC functionality. USB Audio Player PRO seems to provide better output (vs the beta PowerAmp) and, with my Shure SE846 in ear monitors, music sounds simply amazing... mitigates my need for Viper4Android. By the way, i'm using N930FD, rooted with SuperSU and Dr Ketan's (near stock) ROM.
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Poweramp beta does not access the amp on the dragonfly, that's why the output is lower compared to usb audio player.
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Fiio Q1 works nicely. Chain is as follows:
Google Play Music (high quality) > Note 7 > Stock USB OTG adapter > Generic USB Cable > Fiio Q1 > Sennheiser 595

Works fine with my OPPO HA-2 with the USB C OTG adapter. But the USB C to Micro B didn't work with the HA-2's included Micro B to Micro B cable.
Also purchased Monoprice's new 6" USB C to Micro B cable, will update whether or not it works when it arrives.

Jperture said:
Works fine with my OPPO HA-2 with the USB C OTG adapter. But the USB C to Micro B didn't work with the HA-2's included Micro B to Micro B cable.
Also purchased Monoprice's new 6" USB C to Micro B cable, will update whether or not it works when it arrives.
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What cable are you using then? A different micro B to micro B with the adapter that came with the note? I got the HA-2's cable to work using a different adapter usb c adapter I got off Amazon. Problem with that one is my note 7 says it's charging the HA-2.
I bought a usb c male to micro b male off ebay and it didn't work.

USB Type C to 3.5mm Headphone Jack Adapter

My issue
Hi everyone, I have a Nexus 6P and want to route my audio through a USB type C converter to 3.5mm headphone Jack. I have purchased one online, but it doesn't seem to be working. I have seen that the Moto Z has this adapter and I assumed one I found online would be compatible with my 6P. The reason I want to do this is because I prefer for the AUX jack to come out the bottom of my phone.
What I have tired
Changed 'Select USB Configuration' to all the different options and tried playing music.
Tried 'audio routing' apps from the app store
What I would like to know
Is this because I need to change a setting in my phone to route music out of the USB C?
Do I need to get some kind of DAC to allow support for this?
Has anyone else tried this with their phone?
Thanks
broj0nes

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If you don't mind my asking, why bother?

eregev said:
If you don't mind my asking, why bother?
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One reason is that to me it makes more sense to put your phone upside down into you pocket. I've always done this at least. So when listening to music I have to put it the other way round. I have also heard the USB C port offers better sound quality.

brotherj0nes said:
One reason is that to me it makes more sense to put your phone upside down into you pocket. I've always done this at least. So when listening to music I have to put it the other way round. I have also heard the USB C port offers better sound quality.
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Re:sound quality, you'd possibly see a quality increase if you use an external Digital to Analogue Converter or fully usb-c headphones. BUT, if you're using a little dongle (if it's possible), then the phone is still managing the analogue conversion and, thus, a very similar quality of audio output. Now I don't know of the 6p's ability to pipe it straight out iPhone 7 style through a dongle, but short of buying a DAC and going whole-hog on an audio upgrade, I'd just flip your phone the other way in your pocket and go the standard route.
Just my $.02

I have been looking for a solution to this too and I seem to have found one. I poked around on Amazon and I think I finally found adapters that work, here's the link https://goo.gl/QT2ith This the only one with positive reviews so when it comes in on the 30th I'll let all of you know.

sgandy2989 said:
I have been looking for a solution to this too and I seem to have found one. I poked around on Amazon and I think I finally found adapters that work, here's the link https://goo.gl/QT2ith This the only one with positive reviews so when it comes in on the 30th I'll let all of you know.
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Looks quite similar to the one that I got. Hopefully it works for you! Let me know how it goes

I read recently that the current implementation of audio over USB-C isn't very efficient or battery friendly. There's a new spec being ratified to provide audio like the iphone can. Hopefully that's a firmware change and not a hardware one.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/17/12519936/intel-usb-type-c-headphone-jack-replacement-idf-2016

I don't think it's possible on the 6P, not without using a USB DAC anyway.
As far as I'm aware, the adapter you have is for a USB 3/3.1 interface. While the 6P has USB-C it is USB 2.

I'm able to get audio out of my USB C port, but it's with a USB headset. Haven't tried it with a 3.5mm headphone adapter, but havd no reason to try it either.

This is weird. Because i have a pair of Sennheiser Urbanites (Wireless edition), and i can use bluetooth, aux, and usb (like for a computer) audio. I once tried to turn off the headsets (bluetooth off, aux and usb still works if connected), and turned off bluetooth on my phone. Then i used my USB type C to USB type A Female adapter (from the google store), and connected the usb-cable from the headsets into the type c adapter. it did output audio through the usb-cable.

Mgrev said:
This is weird. Because i have a pair of Sennheiser Urbanites (Wireless edition), and i can use bluetooth, aux, and usb (like for a computer) audio. I once tried to turn off the headsets (bluetooth off, aux and usb still works if connected), and turned off bluetooth on my phone. Then i used my USB type C to USB type A Female adapter (from the google store), and connected the usb-cable from the headsets into the type c adapter. it did output audio through the usb-cable.
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Bluetooth headphones usually have their own DAC, so the audio for all but the Aux is still being sent through the DAC first, which is supported by older USB standards.
The new USB 3.1 Audio standard can pass through analogue audio from the internal DAC, which is what I believe phones such as the Moto Z utilise. Otherwise the adapter would require it's own DAC, which would make it far larger and more expensive.

Not sure if you will find a good solution at the moment since they just created a standard for audio over usb c http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160927006252/en/USB-IF-Announces-USB-Audio-Device-Class-3.0

Did the amazon converter end up working for you?

My experience so far.
Hi, I ordered some usb c to 3.5mm & out of the box so far they aren't working. I tried Neutron and tried to force the audio to usb but unsuccessfully with phone not recognizing the USB connection.
On the other hand the type C to usb-a adapter worked beautifully using mixplorer. If I get working, will update. Thanks.

USB Type C on Mate 9 capable of digital audio?

Hello, I don't know if this subject was discussed before, but still I want to ask if anybody is aware or tried it before?
As the sound on our mighty Mate 9 is not the best, I would be tempted to try-out some digital earphones, with DAC built-in, and Z:ero looks very interesting.
Do you know if the USB Type C on our devices is capable of digital audio headphones, or did anybody try it before?

I curruntly use the fiio k1 dac/amp through the type c port. It works fine.

is working here fine as well!

looking for Fiio K1 to work with mate 9 pro.. please tell me the details of quality and performance..will it worth buying?
thanks

Pixel USB-C Earbuds not working on OP6

Curious if anyone else has procured the new Pixel USB-C earbuds and tried them on a OP6 and/or OP5/5T. They are suppose to work on ANY PHONE running Android P....I am running the Android P Beta 5 on my OP6 and the phone doesn't seem to recognize that the headphone are plugged in AT ALL.... nada, nothing.

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Curious if anyone else has procured the new Pixel USB-C earbuds and tried them on a OP6 and/or OP5/5T. They are suppose to work on ANY PHONE running Android P....I am running the Android P Beta 5 on my OP6 and the phone doesn't seem to recognize that the headphone are plugged in AT ALL.... nada, nothing.
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what do you see checked in Developer options under Default USB configuration?

jerrywmilton said:
Curious if anyone else has procured the new Pixel USB-C earbuds and tried them on a OP6 and/or OP5/5T. They are suppose to work on ANY PHONE running Android P....I am running the Android P Beta 5 on my OP6 and the phone doesn't seem to recognize that the headphone are plugged in AT ALL.... nada, nothing.
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Someone on the OP forum just hipped me to turn on OTG setting....and now they work like a charm....though maybe I'll have to reactive this setting each time as it supposedly turns off after 10 minutes which will be a pain.
And pleasantly surprised to find out the BASS kicks on these things...as all the other reviews I have seen out there say they lacked such.

You need to activate OTG in the settings get them working.

Hey,
I also got these buds for my OP6. They work fine and I also enabled always on for the OTG option. But the music control (pause, start, skip, google assistant) are not working at all.
Volume UP and DOWN are working fine.
Any suggestions?

Nummer35 said:
Hey,
I also got these buds for my OP6. They work fine and I also enabled always on for the OTG option. But the music control (pause, start, skip, google assistant) are not working at all.
Volume UP and DOWN are working fine.
Any suggestions?
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The middle button for Google Assistant / pause / Play / Answer Call work fine for me.

jerrywmilton said:
The middle button for Google Assistant / pause / Play / Answer Call work fine for me.
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Did you enable anything specific?

Nummer35 said:
Did you enable anything specific?
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Nope. But when I activated OTG for the 1st time it did step me through a set up menu for the headphone. And again I am on Beta 5.

Maybe because the op6 have usb 2 and pixel have 3.1?

Sh0X31 said:
Maybe because the op6 have usb 2 and pixel have 3.1?
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Naw. It is suppose to work on all phones with USB C and Android P regardless of port version. Hopefully OP will get rid of the need to activate the OTG setting since the OP6T won't even have a headphone jack.

jerrywmilton said:
Nope. But when I activated OTG for the 1st time it did step me through a set up menu for the headphone. And again I am on Beta 5.
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Theory:
The OP6T gets Usb-C headphones and maybe the handling of Usb-C headphones is already shipped to user within the beta versions.
I can't imagine OP lets its users always reenable the otg option when they remove the headphone jack and develop their own usb-c headphones.
I can#t verify this at the moment maybe someone else can?

So today I tried the OP6T USB-C adapter on my OP6 and nothing. Wasn't even detected. I didn't try turning on OTG but come on, I can't believe this isn't supported with Android 9 out of the box. Of course it works on the OP6T fine.

adrianblack said:
So today I tried the OP6T USB-C adapter on my OP6 and nothing. Wasn't even detected. I didn't try turning on OTG but come on, I can't believe this isn't supported with Android 9 out of the box. Of course it works on the OP6T fine.
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You will have to turn on the OTG until they update the firmware.

Hi guys, I'm on op6 with oxygen 9.0.2 and I would like to use USB c port because jack output is not that good at quality, in my opinion. I tried with enabling otg in the notification bar, but I really can't make my USB c headphones work! Is there anything else I have to do? Thanks

daddu97 said:
Hi guys, I'm on op6 with oxygen 9.0.2 and I would like to use USB c port because jack output is not that good at quality, in my opinion. I tried with enabling otg in the notification bar, but I really can't make my USB c headphones work! Is there anything else I have to do? Thanks
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I assume out mean the OTG Storage setting under "System" menu ? That should do the trick.

jerrywmilton said:
I assume out mean the OTG Storage setting under "System" menu ? That should do the trick.
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Yeah right that. But that didn't do the trick...headphones still not detected I'm using Sony Wh-Ch700n with USB c adapter. They work fine on mi Mix 2 (and there audio quality looks far better to me) than on OP6 using 3,5mm jack. That's why I would like to try USB c port...

daddu97 said:
Yeah right that. But that didn't do the trick...headphones still not detected I'm using Sony Wh-Ch700n with USB c adapter. They work fine on mi Mix 2 (and there audio quality looks far better to me)
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Hmmm. I never tried an adapter on my OP6. Just the Pixel Buds. My daughter has my old OP6 now...otherwise I would try the adapter I just got for a friend as it works on my OP6T. I do know some adapters only work on certain phones. This is the adapter I bought (it list OnePlus)
Pixel 2 USB C to 3.5mm Headphone Jack Adapter，Stouchi Nylon Braided DAC Chipset Type C to 3.5mm Audio Adapter USB C to 3.5mm with Realtek Noise Reduction Chip for Pixel 2/ XL, HTC U11, Essential ph-1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BQQHV64/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_NmW.BbZ7356W8

jerrywmilton said:
Hmmm. I never tried an adapter on my OP6. Just the Pixel Buds. My daughter has my old OP6 now...otherwise I would try the adapter I just got for a friend as it works on my OP6T. I do know some adapters only work on certain phones. This is the adapter I bought (it list OnePlus)
Pixel 2 USB C to 3.5mm Headphone Jack Adapter，Stouchi Nylon Braided DAC Chipset Type C to 3.5mm Audio Adapter USB C to 3.5mm with Realtek Noise Reduction Chip for Pixel 2/ XL, HTC U11, Essential ph-1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BQQHV64/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_NmW.BbZ7356W8
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Thank you, please let me know if you can make it work in USB C. I'm really curious., If it is going to work, I will definitely buy a better adapter.

Usb C Headset

Hi.
Can I use a USB c headset on this phone?

joke19 said:
Hi.
Can I use a USB c headset on this phone?
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i am using a leeco usb c headset without any issues

jokerpack said:
i am using a leeco usb c headset without any issues
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How are you setting it up? When I plug in through USB-C in my car, I don't get sound at all (I used to, with my old Pixel 3XL).
I have to plug in through the headphone jack, which gives me pretty bad interference.
It's the main reason I was initially considering the Mi10 Pro, but I've decided it's not worth it, as the camera set is about the same.

MacGuy2006 said:
How are you setting it up? When I plug in through USB-C in my car, I don't get sound at all (I used to, with my old Pixel 3XL).
I have to plug in through the headphone jack, which gives me pretty bad interference.
It's the main reason I was initially considering the Mi10 Pro, but I've decided it's not worth it, as the camera set is about the same.
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it is running out of the box. just plug it in and all sounds are playing boys via the usb c headset.. no settings were needed.
same with my usb c DAC dongle.
for me the mi note 10 pro is worth it because of the bigger storage, (i make a lot of 4k Videos)