Digital Audio Player around 500 USD..

[zrmaxwell]

What are my options? I am most likely getting a phone without a headphone jack and i don't wanna be tied to an adapter when i go out and about.. 

 

I don't care if it runs android or a custom operating system..

[Vishera]

Buy a MP3

[zrmaxwell]

2 hours ago, Vishera said:

Buy a MP3

Digital audio players is the fancy term audiophiles like to call MP3 players..

[joinally]

6 hours ago, zrmaxwell said:

Digital audio players is the fancy term audiophiles like to call MP3 players..

I recommend the shanling M6 at $499 or iBasso DX160 at $469

[Derkoli]

9 hours ago, zrmaxwell said:

What are my options? I am most likely getting a phone without a headphone jack and i don't wanna be tied to an adapter when i go out and about.. 

 

I don't care if it runs android or a custom operating system..

I would look at a sony A100 walkman, lot's of battery life and feature's. Also support's plenty of formats and resolution's up to DSD.

https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/walkman/nw-a100-series#features_benefits_35607496595930691371079843

[rice guru]

20 hours ago, zrmaxwell said:

What are my options? I am most likely getting a phone without a headphone jack and i don't wanna be tied to an adapter when i go out and about.. 

 

I don't care if it runs android or a custom operating system..

I use a fiio ubtr and connect with Spotify through Bluetooth to listen to my iems when I'm out and about a nice cheap alternative.

[zrmaxwell]

2 hours ago, rice guru said:

I use a fiio ubtr and connect with Spotify through Bluetooth to listen to my iems when I'm out and about a nice cheap alternative.

yeah it is affordable but do you experience any lag or latency with music when using the ubtr?

[rice guru]

43 minutes ago, zrmaxwell said:

yeah it is affordable but do you experience any lag or latency with music when using the ubtr?

not that I notice only when I forget  my phone in a room and I get like 2 walls away but since your budget is so high and want to use another device anyway why not get a second phone? I mean like getting a lg g7 tinq which is like $300 and is apretty waesome device with the super clean quad DAC and strap it on t an amp if you want extra power. ou can get all the features and advantages with running on android  with a competent chipset unlike a ton of DAPs which are pretty bad  software wise TB. like alot of the UI is often laggy and feels like a device made in the early android days

[zrmaxwell]

21 hours ago, rice guru said:

not that I notice only when I forget  my phone in a room and I get like 2 walls away but since your budget is so high and want to use another device anyway why not get a second phone? I mean like getting a lg g7 tinq which is like $300 and is apretty waesome device with the super clean quad DAC and strap it on t an amp if you want extra power. ou can get all the features and advantages with running on android  with a competent chipset unlike a ton of DAPs which are pretty bad  software wise TB. like alot of the UI is often laggy and feels like a device made in the early android days

I've decided to just get a bluetooth adapter like the fiio btr3 or btr5 and connect my phone (when i purchase a new one) to it.. Yeah, it will be a pain to charge two items but its better than having a UI be buggy and laggy on a Digital Audio Player like you said..

[Kilrah]

 

[joinally]

13 hours ago, zrmaxwell said:

I've decided to just get a bluetooth adapter like the fiio btr3 or btr5 and connect my phone (when i purchase a new one) to it.. Yeah, it will be a pain to charge two items but its better than having a UI be buggy and laggy on a Digital Audio Player like you said..

Fiio BTR5 is good for connect phone and BRT5 will be shipping from next week. Shanling UP4 is good also.