Android Redmi K20 Pro blew me away with the DAC/ amp capabilities!!

Possibly...but do some research yourself. If you're using something like a M50X/40X which are very source dependent...the hi-fi option in K20 pro makes a huge change...not so much with IEMs.
 
red dragon said:
Needed a second phone for the online students' queries, so was looking for a cheap phone ( Note 10 lite is my primary phone and it's perfectly fine for me)
Redmi phones are difficult to find here, but the friendly mobile shop owner in a local mall managed to source a Redmi k20 Pro.
I'm using the phone for close 2 weeks now but never listened to any audio with the headphone out. And the speakers are bad.
Yesterday before going out for morning run, discovered my DAP and primary phone's batteries were about to die and took the redmi with BL03.
Even while running, could feel the amp is pretty powerful. Came back and spent the entire day with the few headphones I still have. HD598, M40X sounded absolutely fantastic. Bl03 scales very well with good source and it was just brilliant.
Everyone knows about the very good audio output of LG phones, but no one really talks about this little gem. I don't have a LG phone to compare, but this thing is pretty close to M3 pro.
I never used a Xiaomi phone before, do all of them have such audio output?
But other than audio, this phone comes with a lot of bloat and don't really like the general UI.
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Did you have to root the phone? If so, have you noticed any difference with Viper4Android
 
Nope, never tried, but heard about it. The default hifi audio is enough for me ( the difference is huge with easy to drive cans like M40X, 80 ohm version of DT770, I don't have the 32 ohm ones)
Viper4A is possibly a bunch of compressors, EQ other DSP effects underneath the surface.
I tend to avoid them as much as possible, but some people love it. Must you must understand a simple thing, a bad DAC / amp on hardware level can not be compensated with DSP specially with wired audio.
 
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