![]() ![]() The music app that came bundled with my LG G7 ThinQ supports hi-rez, including DSD. You’ll also need a music-player app with hi-rez capability. Or, if your computer and phone both have memory-card slots, you can load the music you want onto a card and insert the card in your phone. ![]() In either case, you just drag the desired files and folders into the Music folder on your Android device. Mac users will need a free utility called Android File Transfer. If you’re using a Windows PC, a file-transfer window will open. You’ll see a message: “Charging this device via USB.” Tap that message, and select the option that lets you use USB for file transfer. To get music from your computer onto your phone, connect your phone to a USB port on your computer. And, of course, there are hi-rez downloads for those who’d rather buy than rent music.įor Android users, playing hi-rez downloads is pretty straightforward. Accessories, such as AudioQuest’s DragonFly micro-DAC-headphone amplifiers, let you enjoy high-resolution sound from pretty well any smartphone.Īs to content, smartphone users can choose among three hi-rez streaming services - Tidal, Qobuz, and now Amazon Music HD - plus a couple of specialized services: Primephonic for classical music, and for live concerts. A few smartphones do take audio seriously, including LG’s G8 ThinQ, which supersedes the G7, which I reviewed in this space a year ago. Couple that with the fact that most music played on smartphones uses some kind of lossy compression - AAC for iTunes and Apple Music, Ogg Vorbis for Spotify - and smartphone audio can seem like a compromise to anyone who’s serious about sound. That’s understandable - while mobile devices have become the default music source for legions of listeners, on most phones audio is something of an afterthought. But to my knowledge, in its 24-year history SoundStage! has reviewed only one smartphone: the LG G7 ThinQ. ![]() On the various websites of the SoundStage! Network you’ll find reviews of all kinds of source components - CD players, streamers, DACs, turntables, cartridges, and phono stages. ![]()
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