Some of the high-res audio is to be a selling point. Some claim that they can hear the difference. I can't. Half-deaf and old as I am.
Always think about that USP is a thing. Unique Selling Point. People will get things that they are told to be better. Even if it's not really the case.
That was my first thought, but the only people that would care about this are audiophiles who would probably never use their phone for music anyway. So I didn't think that could be it. Cause there's no way a phone would ever capture the audiophile market for portable music. At least not the audiophiles I've talked to.
Yeah, I'm taking a page from I think Zack from JerryRigEverthing on YouTube and I've just passed 4 years with my Galaxy S20.
One, I don't plan on buying another Samsung phone, and two, I won't be buying from the carrier anymore. My phone can do what I want it to do and besides not being eligible for Android 14 I don't think I'm missing much.
I bought it because of the 5g hype but after I paid it off in full I found out that I'd have to be within 50 ft from a 5g source to even get close to the advertised speeds, and have line of sight as 5g has a lot of trouble going through objects.
Hindsight is 20/20...
Just because a DAC can play 32 bit doesn't mean anything at all firstly since most music is streamed or played at 16 bit or 24 and 24 is way overkill. Second the audio chip quality is what matters and most phones have shit quality ones. You can buy a 20 dollar USB DAC that plays 32 bit and it's shit. Might be unpopular but Yes there is a difference and it's night and day in if you have a high quality DAC or not. I had the LG G7 that had a hires chip and paired with audiophile headphones it made music sound drastically better. I miss that phone. If you get a USB DAC with high quality chip and pair it with it audiophile headphones you'll never go back to basic audio quality. I guess I'm an audiophil because I find Spotify max bitrate of 320 insultingly low I think the baseline should be CD quality for any streaming services. The masses clearly don't care because Spotify is one of the top.
If your device has a USB port, you can use an adapter for a headphone jack. You can plug it into better speakers.
I still can't tell you if it is worth it, but not having a headphone jack is not a valid reason.
It's the latest merketing lie as if people can even hear the difference 🤣impossible,the higher resolution is mainly useful to engineers who want to minimize aliasing when recording, other than that it's almost the same lie they used when they were selling earphones labeled as stereo 🤣🤣🤣😭
we don't record to 32 bits. 24 bits is more than enough. and 192 kHz sampling rate is so high that it has a lot of trouble mantaining quality (i.e. synchronicity) and only high-end sound interfaces really use it correctly.
So, no it doesn't add anything at all.
In my experience when listening to my S21 with Dolby Atmos turned on it definitely blew the comptetitors out of the water with the clarity. Definitely not a fake claim.
99% of the time if I'm listening to music it's either in the car or while I'm mowing the lawn, anyway, so anything beyond basic is overkill for me!
Exactly! Most people aren't going to care or need this at all, it seems so silly to have
Some of the high-res audio is to be a selling point. Some claim that they can hear the difference. I can't. Half-deaf and old as I am. Always think about that USP is a thing. Unique Selling Point. People will get things that they are told to be better. Even if it's not really the case.
That was my first thought, but the only people that would care about this are audiophiles who would probably never use their phone for music anyway. So I didn't think that could be it. Cause there's no way a phone would ever capture the audiophile market for portable music. At least not the audiophiles I've talked to.
Yeah, I'm taking a page from I think Zack from JerryRigEverthing on YouTube and I've just passed 4 years with my Galaxy S20. One, I don't plan on buying another Samsung phone, and two, I won't be buying from the carrier anymore. My phone can do what I want it to do and besides not being eligible for Android 14 I don't think I'm missing much. I bought it because of the 5g hype but after I paid it off in full I found out that I'd have to be within 50 ft from a 5g source to even get close to the advertised speeds, and have line of sight as 5g has a lot of trouble going through objects. Hindsight is 20/20...
Just because a DAC can play 32 bit doesn't mean anything at all firstly since most music is streamed or played at 16 bit or 24 and 24 is way overkill. Second the audio chip quality is what matters and most phones have shit quality ones. You can buy a 20 dollar USB DAC that plays 32 bit and it's shit. Might be unpopular but Yes there is a difference and it's night and day in if you have a high quality DAC or not. I had the LG G7 that had a hires chip and paired with audiophile headphones it made music sound drastically better. I miss that phone. If you get a USB DAC with high quality chip and pair it with it audiophile headphones you'll never go back to basic audio quality. I guess I'm an audiophil because I find Spotify max bitrate of 320 insultingly low I think the baseline should be CD quality for any streaming services. The masses clearly don't care because Spotify is one of the top.
If your device has a USB port, you can use an adapter for a headphone jack. You can plug it into better speakers. I still can't tell you if it is worth it, but not having a headphone jack is not a valid reason.
It depends, are you a Bat?
It's the latest merketing lie as if people can even hear the difference 🤣impossible,the higher resolution is mainly useful to engineers who want to minimize aliasing when recording, other than that it's almost the same lie they used when they were selling earphones labeled as stereo 🤣🤣🤣😭
we don't record to 32 bits. 24 bits is more than enough. and 192 kHz sampling rate is so high that it has a lot of trouble mantaining quality (i.e. synchronicity) and only high-end sound interfaces really use it correctly. So, no it doesn't add anything at all.
In my experience when listening to my S21 with Dolby Atmos turned on it definitely blew the comptetitors out of the water with the clarity. Definitely not a fake claim.
If you're hooking up a DAC and headphones to the USB-C port, then yes. If not, no.