![]() ![]() The first thing I did was get the latest update.įor the life of me I couldn’t get it to pair with my phone so I can stream via bluetooth to it. Little things like that all over the place. Like setting up wifi, it’s like I entered my password and it did nothing. The first thing, is it felt like I had to do everything several times before it “took”. It’s old and slow processor that is easily overwhelmed. It’s particularly bad here because this is not a flagship snappy current generation phone. Will get to that in connectivity below).Īs an apple user, I was very quickly reminded why every time I tried to switch to android, I failed. And activating the screen is also frustrating if you just want to see a song title (this particular aspect changes based on usage. Again, one handed, that is even more annoying. And I fully agree with antdroid about the volume knob taking a lot of turns to adjust the volume. In either hand, I feel a bit unstable pushing buttons or moving the volume. This has an upside of accidental pocket activation seems pretty unlikely to me. I got used to pushing them pretty hard, and it is fine. But, at one point, I thought the buttons just weren’t working. The case does leave all the bits accessible, which is good. The case the dx160 comes with makes the buttons a bit frustrating to press. In contrast, the btr5 could slide/clip anywhere. All I can say is carrying a second bulky phone shaped device is more challenging than I initially anticipated. I will likely need to give up some other EDC (like a large leatherman) if I want to bring this into my life permanently. Even such, I am not sure it has a place in my pockets. I know both worlds of “easy and just works” and “can tweak anything to get what I want”. In my professional life, I am a linux power user. I say this not to have a debate about apple, but to put the view point in context. I continue to stay within the apple ecosystem because it is more complete and more coherent. I am also an apple user and have been since the late 90’s. I build and advise on building enterprise grade software. Some background about me: I work in technology. I will compare on sound within that, but it is not the primary focus. This review will focus on the usability of these devices compared to some that I like. The things that I couldn’t find in any reviews of the Q5s and this dx160 may be absolute deal breakers for some. Yesterday I received a Fiio Q5s-tc which I consider to be a waste of money for me. I am critical of the things I purchase (I am the king of returns). NOTE: There is a TLDR section at the end if you can’t handle gobs of text. But, I can, and will comment on the usability of this particular dap and how they work in general. Obviously, I can’t give any useful comparisons to other options out there. ![]()
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