Good stuff buddy! This is exactly what the community needs. I've been on the edge with the V60 but it looks perfect for someone who wants to have modern convenience, but wants quality audio.
Thank you! Yeah the 2 screen thing is a bit bulky but, hey, you can pick! I think all the modern LGs from the G7, G8, V40, etc have great headphone amps. Though no one has measured, I think maybe the one in the G8X is a hair better than my older G7 but its minor. And LDAC!
Yeah especially now that LG won't be around anymore it's vital to grab LG devices while you can. Not even to use as a phone necessarily, but as a multi-purpose mobile computing device and portable DAC/ Bluetooth adapter
DUDE! No doubt. I keep preaching the gospel of the LG G8/X and it falls on mostly deaf ears. Sad!! These phones are FUCKING good and especially so for an audiophile.
Thatsy I picked this up as a secondary phone. My primary one is reliable iphone se 2020 ( which I plan to keep it until apple stop support). LG G8X is an awesome machine. Apart from that unreliable finger print scanner I am very happy with the device. The Amoled is one of the best. Better than last year one plus flagships (1080P). Sad that lg is out of business now. ☹️
I just realised that Lg phone ships with an inbuilt music player 😂.. I use Spotify. Thanks for the video. This is an underrated phone all LG phones are underrated. From V20 onwards they improved their game but didn't get the attention it deserved.
Oh yes, same config here V50 + ES100/BTR5 + 512gb card + UAPP/Poweramp I don't care what anybody thinks, this combo kills. For IEMs plenty of power and for on the go SQ is more than great.
@@MichaelBruceShortbus Hi. I'm planning on buying G8X. Can you tell me if the quad dac/amp effects can be felt while watching TH-cam music videos too... or is it only for the downloaded high quality audio formats alone... because my seinheizer hd599 with Dolby atmos on Samsung M30 don't sound much. But the poweramp app boosts my seinheizer 599 really good with the gain ON... please advise.... thank you for the video on G8X
@@harryvprmnc i have an Fiio Btr5 and I got to say it doesnt affect that much.It improves the IEM you are using but its not the best Bang for the buck. I would rather invest the money on good IEM/Headphone than on DAC. In your case if you arent planning on investing on Headphones, I would suggest get a normal phone and buy the E1DA 9380s and run them unbalanced
@@randomdudecommenting2750 I have the BTR5 and BTR3K and love the things. I have pretty much quit using my many wireless headphones. Its great being able to use any wired headphone in a semi wireless manner. I stream flac files from my Sony phone including flac from Qobuz using LDAC and it sounds great. The two devices sound a little different, I think I might prefer the BTR3K sound a little more but both sound great. I use balanced 2.5mm cables and get a ton of volume, I have been told I listen loud and at 50% on the BTR5 it is way to loud for me. If I'd known about the devices earlier I would not own so many wireless headphones and ear buds. I still enjoy using my Sony wf1000xm3, great sound and ANC and super convenient.
At this stage of companies was using the right technology like in cameras and screens. We should have a dedicated mp3 player.quad dac with 32 bit by 500hz so we could use iems. But no. In this days we have no sd.no.cable.no dac.no charger.no nothing and then they try to sell us a crap 19 bit 98hz wireless crap that sounds worst than a kz iem for 200 dollars. And guess what, the new morons millenniums they even clap their hands at samsung and apple when they don't know shit. Seriously. What's next. Wireless crap camera for 200 bucks. LG. Come back please.
What are you guys using these days? As someone who's been using an LG V20 and now a G8X for the last decade it really sucks that they've left the business. I really have no idea what I'm gonna use when these can no longer keep up. Thankfully, the V60 and G8/G8X are no slouch when it comes to specs and Lineage OS is even available for some models too. (Sony's phones looked pretty nice, but go figure that they're quite rare, so therefore expensive here in the US, so I haven't looked that close into them yet.)
LG becomes the Premier audio phone to own then decides to get out of the phone biz. I absolutely have enjoyed this phone but, T-Mobile and everyone else wants 3G talk on phones to die so,now I'll be on the hunt for another 4G VoLTE phone. I will keep this LG G8X as my goto music player. What a shame.The truly good shit always seems to gets run down by the B.S. bells and whistles of the big boys (Samsung,iPhone and now Google). Thanks for talking this phone up. Peace.
The lg g8x has been my favorite phone, I still don't know how to use the lg music app, just use amazon music. The battery life is insane. I am thinking about the v60, just to have a larger screen.
Really good review!! Thank you so much! Can this support a 64 ohm headphone? With normal Iems say 24 ohms does this get loud enough? Thumping bass etc...balanced sound...with adequate loudness?
It's 400 in my country. Really considering buying this one to replace my 3 year old oneplus 5. It's on Android 10 also, but I'm afraid lg won't update it again, that's the main reason why I'm still on the fence.
I could never keep glass screen protectors on... They would always break or get disrupted. Plastic ones could work. I didn't really need it because the device closes on itself when you're not using it.
@@MichaelBruceShortbus well ios doesn’t resample music like Android does therefore streaming services like Apple Music, Tidal and Quobuz are bit perfect. Then again battery life is an issue here but not for an IPhone which is impossible to kill in a day and de-facto has the best battery life of the market. There’s also the advantage of stability because of extreme optimisation and because the os hasn’t made necessarily run on millions of possible hardware configurations you can have on an Android hardware. Again ram management and file system are way ahead of Android. There is also somewhat of a big advantage on an iPhone that comes to the fact that ios is Unix based vs the Linux based Android. No need to explain here the limitations of that mess called Linux and Java here. Because of Unix, apps are better made and more stable. Take instagram for example. I own an Android phone, the Galaxy S21 that was given to me with the subscription of a 2 years contract from my carrier. Coming from an iPhone 8 four years old have to admit that at the end of the day I am better. served by the 4 years old iphone. Just my 2 cents.
@@MichaelBruceShortbus thanks. Got a G7 for a bargain. What headphones would you suggest ? TINHIFI T2, KZZ S10 or closed back headphone SONY MDR 1A or Audio technica ATH-MSR7B/7. The products listed above are similarly priced, as I will be buying used. Since i am a newbie to this all. I want to test the waters before going in fully . Thanks .
I use this exact 3 pack www.amazon.com/Headset-Extender-Headphone-Extension-Smartphones/dp/B06Y5HFTMY/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=headphone+extender&qid=1631019660&sr=8-6
Nice to hear from someone who actually uses the phone day to day! Thanks
Still rocking it and will be for the next years!
Good stuff buddy! This is exactly what the community needs. I've been on the edge with the V60 but it looks perfect for someone who wants to have modern convenience, but wants quality audio.
Thank you! Yeah the 2 screen thing is a bit bulky but, hey, you can pick! I think all the modern LGs from the G7, G8, V40, etc have great headphone amps. Though no one has measured, I think maybe the one in the G8X is a hair better than my older G7 but its minor. And LDAC!
Yeah especially now that LG won't be around anymore it's vital to grab LG devices while you can. Not even to use as a phone necessarily, but as a multi-purpose mobile computing device and portable DAC/ Bluetooth adapter
These are the actual insanely great devices. I just bought a new Sony phone then learned about these, such is life.
DUDE! No doubt. I keep preaching the gospel of the LG G8/X and it falls on mostly deaf ears. Sad!! These phones are FUCKING good and especially so for an audiophile.
I want one of these so badly even in 2021 and I am an iPhone user.
Might as well get it,. LG is out of the phone business now. :(
Thatsy I picked this up as a secondary phone. My primary one is reliable iphone se 2020 ( which I plan to keep it until apple stop support). LG G8X is an awesome machine. Apart from that unreliable finger print scanner I am very happy with the device. The Amoled is one of the best. Better than last year one plus flagships (1080P). Sad that lg is out of business now. ☹️
Got this for $250 in a flash sale 7 months ago in India .
Killer price!
I just realised that Lg phone ships with an inbuilt music player 😂.. I use Spotify. Thanks for the video. This is an underrated phone all LG phones are underrated. From V20 onwards they improved their game but didn't get the attention it deserved.
i still use V20 till this sec, they are the one that pushed me to portable audio endless pit!
No kidding bro.
@@MichaelBruceShortbus her name's Laura! Dude🤦🏻♂️
I love my G8x
Oh yes, same config here
V50 + ES100/BTR5 + 512gb card + UAPP/Poweramp
I don't care what anybody thinks, this combo kills. For IEMs plenty of power and for on the go SQ is more than great.
Damn right! You know the deal.
@@MichaelBruceShortbus Hi. I'm planning on buying G8X. Can you tell me if the quad dac/amp effects can be felt while watching TH-cam music videos too... or is it only for the downloaded high quality audio formats alone... because my seinheizer hd599 with Dolby atmos on Samsung M30 don't sound much. But the poweramp app boosts my seinheizer 599 really good with the gain ON... please advise.... thank you for the video on G8X
@@harryvprmnc i have an Fiio Btr5 and I got to say it doesnt affect that much.It improves the IEM you are using but its not the best Bang for the buck. I would rather invest the money on good IEM/Headphone than on DAC. In your case if you arent planning on investing on Headphones, I would suggest get a normal phone and buy the E1DA 9380s and run them unbalanced
@@randomdudecommenting2750 I have the BTR5 and BTR3K and love the things. I have pretty much quit using my many wireless headphones. Its great being able to use any wired headphone in a semi wireless manner. I stream flac files from my Sony phone including flac from Qobuz using LDAC and it sounds great. The two devices sound a little different, I think I might prefer the BTR3K sound a little more but both sound great. I use balanced 2.5mm cables and get a ton of volume, I have been told I listen loud and at 50% on the BTR5 it is way to loud for me. If I'd known about the devices earlier I would not own so many wireless headphones and ear buds. I still enjoy using my Sony wf1000xm3, great sound and ANC and super convenient.
Correction, BT HD, 96/24bit works fine. This is an android bug. Dev options, set to high quality 990kbps done.
At this stage of companies was using the right technology like in cameras and screens. We should have a dedicated mp3 player.quad dac with 32 bit by 500hz so we could use iems. But no. In this days we have no sd.no.cable.no dac.no charger.no nothing and then they try to sell us a crap 19 bit 98hz wireless crap that sounds worst than a kz iem for 200 dollars. And guess what, the new morons millenniums they even clap their hands at samsung and apple when they don't know shit. Seriously. What's next. Wireless crap camera for 200 bucks. LG. Come back please.
Damn right.
The midnight artist rocks!!
Damn right!
What are you guys using these days? As someone who's been using an LG V20 and now a G8X for the last decade it really sucks that they've left the business. I really have no idea what I'm gonna use when these can no longer keep up. Thankfully, the V60 and G8/G8X are no slouch when it comes to specs and Lineage OS is even available for some models too.
(Sony's phones looked pretty nice, but go figure that they're quite rare, so therefore expensive here in the US, so I haven't looked that close into them yet.)
LG becomes the Premier audio phone to own then decides to get out of the phone biz. I absolutely have enjoyed this phone but, T-Mobile and everyone else wants 3G talk on phones to die so,now I'll be on the hunt for another 4G VoLTE phone. I will keep this LG G8X as my goto music player. What a shame.The truly good shit always seems to gets run down by the B.S. bells and whistles of the big boys (Samsung,iPhone and now Google). Thanks for talking this phone up. Peace.
Yeah G8X until it dies for me.. which will be one sad sad day.
The lg g8x has been my favorite phone, I still don't know how to use the lg music app, just use amazon music. The battery life is insane. I am thinking about the v60, just to have a larger screen.
All the modern LGs are badass. So sad they got out of the market.
I just bought this phone. Waiting for it to come in!!!! This video was great! Glad I got it, I got the Sony mx4!!!! Can't wait!!
Good luck man. Apparenly LG is out of the game now. But this is a masterpiece. Im heartbroken.
Really good review!! Thank you so much!
Can this support a 64 ohm headphone? With normal Iems say 24 ohms does this get loud enough? Thumping bass etc...balanced sound...with adequate loudness?
It should
Bought at 20k after one 1 year sold it 13k really missing lg favorite phone.
Present using iphone 12.
From india
Getting it for 13k now.. instead of buying a dac I am thinking of buying this
Could you give the link to buy that cover ?
My lg g8x broke last month :( currently have a samsung s20 hooked to a E1da 9038D dac/amp it's awesome
Yeah that will work well. Sad the LG broke?!
It's 400 in my country. Really considering buying this one to replace my 3 year old oneplus 5. It's on Android 10 also, but I'm afraid lg won't update it again, that's the main reason why I'm still on the fence.
I dunno, My older LG G7 had updates for near 3 years.
My lg g8x got Android 12 update 2 weeks back
Can g8x give best performance with a 250 ohm beyerdynanmic open back headphone?
I really hope you'll reply. I'm about to buy one. Thanks.
It will do the best of any phone you can buy and I think it will be ok.
The LG's quad dac and amp is good up to 600 ohms, thats their spec,
Can you hear any hiss in silent parts of a song , when you pair g8x with iems of high sensitivity and low impedance?
I cannot hear anything BUT I have no super sensitive IEMs right now.
Bring more content
OK
does G8 and G8x has same audio quality from aux?
When you turned your phone sideways how do you get it to do a landscape mode?? it looks pretty cool
I'm using the Microsoft Launcher in this video. It's not bad!
I could never keep glass screen protectors on... They would always break or get disrupted. Plastic ones could work. I didn't really need it because the device closes on itself when you're not using it.
Yeah I did find glass protectors that worked fine. But closing works too.
That could be true as a DAP even if I prefer the Sony.
As a streaming device is an iPhone is just better.
iPhones suck for everything. I hate them. Why better for streaming? They arn't because they have no LDAC.
@@MichaelBruceShortbus well ios doesn’t resample music like Android does therefore streaming services like Apple Music, Tidal and Quobuz are bit perfect.
Then again battery life is an issue here but not for an IPhone which is impossible to kill in a day and de-facto has the best battery life of the market. There’s also the advantage of stability because of extreme optimisation and because the os hasn’t made necessarily run on millions of possible hardware configurations you can have on an Android hardware.
Again ram management and file system are way ahead of Android.
There is also somewhat of a big advantage on an iPhone that comes to the fact that ios is Unix based vs the Linux based Android. No need to explain here the limitations of that mess called Linux and Java here.
Because of Unix, apps are better made and more stable. Take instagram for example.
I own an Android phone, the Galaxy S21 that was given to me with the subscription of a 2 years contract from my carrier. Coming from an iPhone 8 four years old have to admit that at the end of the day I am better. served by the 4 years old iphone.
Just my 2 cents.
Will campfire audio Solaris and other high end iems work fine with them?
Yes
Would you suggest me getting a Lg G7/ G8 or Sony NW-A105/55 for similar price...
G8 for price. It's got all you should need for an awesome experience.
@@MichaelBruceShortbus thanks. Got a G7 for a bargain. What headphones would you suggest ? TINHIFI T2, KZZ S10 or closed back headphone
SONY MDR 1A or Audio technica ATH-MSR7B/7. The products listed above are similarly priced, as I will be buying used.
Since i am a newbie to this all. I want to test the waters before going in fully .
Thanks .
Is the audio quality better than the v30???
Yes but prolly not enough to care about.
Ironically very quiet
what?
Nice wallpaper for dual screen, may I know where to get it?
It was just one of the built in wallpapers on the LG G8X.
Samsung vs lg which sound quality is better plz tell..🙏
LG easily!
mqa support native ?
Yes.
what's this extender device you mentioned and where do I get one??
duh, on me...I can find one online....I've never heard of an extender....anyway, thx for the video...
I use this exact 3 pack www.amazon.com/Headset-Extender-Headphone-Extension-Smartphones/dp/B06Y5HFTMY/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=headphone+extender&qid=1631019660&sr=8-6
Can i use quad dac with type c external dac?
You can use one or the other. Not both at the same time.