Does the LG V40 sound WORSE than the V30?

A mini controversy brewing for the LG V40. Many are concerned that headphone playback on the V40 doesn't sound as good as output on the V30. If only there were a way we could test that. Like, with cables, connected to some kind of audio recording hardware. And it would be REALLY cool if we also had a screen that could show us those recordings so we could compare. Man. That sure would be cool...
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[@kylenetherwood8734]

If the V40 has worse audio than the V30, then it has the second best audio of any phone.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

LOL Yup!

[@brbix4005]

LG G7 is third lol... Although audio hardware is the same...

[@OctogonOxygen024816]

Damn, underrated comment lmao

[@gavincurtis]

LG G7 and V30 are identical audiowise. The ESS SABRE DAC is an all in one device. Designed that way so any application using their chip is ideal, no cost cutting of external components in low cost applications as it is a system on chip, including their proprietary amplifier that switches between line, high line level, standard headphone and high impedance headphones where the output voltage can exceed the battery using the built in voltage boost circuit. The LG G7 and V30 are identical... and both are #1. That exact same DAC is used in Sennheiser's $3500 reference headphone amplifier and also used in McIntosh $10,000 cinema amplifiers. V40 appears to have just the conventional DAC, so yeah... it is going to be like every other phone with a standard DAC.

[@brbix4005]

Still, it is better to use the DAC with Neutron MP than with stock player, as the stock player sucks...

[@sidersproductions941]

Hahaha thank you for being that guy to actually test these things especially LG products since it's not one of the "cool kids." No other tech reviewer would give us this level of detail and analysis.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

It gets REALLY old hearing FROM reviewers how "underrated" a phone is. If they think it's so underrated, they could fix that by rating it higher...

[@mohddanialakmal2781]

@@SomeGadgetGuy so true man

[@NM-jn6cp]

@@SomeGadgetGuy exactly..

[@goodthings2life]

Excellent analysis and perspective!

[@shiloh8251]

Real talk

[@creatingideas8782]

Still a LG fan. I love my LG V30

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

V30 is still a beast. A few things I still like better than on my V40 :-)

[@GearWave]

get the V40...the front facing camera quality is much better.

[@atrix889]

@@GearWave Who cares about selfies?? Give me battery juice!! V30 battery is endless!!!

[@creatingideas8782]

@@SomeGadgetGuy True!!

[@michaelashe5265]

The V30 and V35 are hands down the best looking phones on the market.

[@XP9724]

Love how Juan always shows love to LG and other brands and actually checks and follows up with the phone and it's unique features. Love the audio reviews, surprised u seem to be the only one doing them, guess audio isn't that important anymore to the average consumer:-\

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

There are still enough people out there who care for me to keep doing this. Not for long though. I doubt we'll still have this kind of hardware in a couple years.

[@mantapdjiwa9768]

Becuz hes a sound guy

[@XP9724]

@@SomeGadgetGuy Never thought I'd see the headphone jack disappear so quickly without an actual replacement, it's mind boggling and frustrating to say the least

[@chunkylover5367]

JuanBagnell It's hard to imagine that LG's V series won't have them, unless future phones get so small that they physically can't put them in. At that point, we'll be able to get super lightweight daps that run very well.

[@franciscovillanueva5288]

Until recently I did not know much about sound until I tried a fiio player with excellent headphones and it was something totally new and incredible. Most people have not heard audio in high definition and do not know what it is until you hear it. In addition, for the common people it is difficult to gather files, headphones and quality player. If a component fails you, you will not hear anything extraordinary

[@rodolfofarinas8873]

Funny thing is that many people love and praise the V30 even without knowing that there's a high impedance mode that can be triggered and it gives even better sound and power. I own the V10, V20 and V30+ also the G7, and the most powerful amp is in the V30+, to trigger the high impedance mode so i can give enough juice to my Shures SE846s, i use the Shure volume level attenuator that was included with the SE500 series. If i plug that little thing to my LG V30+ and then the Shure cable, it triggers the monster that phone has inside. So if you want to have a monster set up without having to carry external amps and more weight, simply use the V30 and the little cable that triggers the high impedance. Note, the older V series and the G7 also have the impedance mode that can be triggered.

[@Angel-AbC9]

You and all you tubers who reviewed this phone drop the ball. LG went separate ways with b&o but joined partner ship with a highend company Meridian audio who is much better than b and o. And they helped LG with the audio tuning of the v40...

[@atrix889]

No love for the LG. Then again the lack of attention is what makes them so affordable to us poor ppl :D

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Unfortunately that also means a company can't continue to support these kinds of phones if they can only sell as some kind of bargain basement solution.

[@CrimsonKobaNakirigumi]

If their phones didn't bootlooped for two years in a row, if they ditched their horrible and bloated UI, if they had decent mid-rangers and if they cared for at least having a little of publicity, they wouldn't be in such awful situation.

[@snakeisekans]

"No love for LG" Well the v20 JUST got Oreo and a security update. Honestly I'd get another phone since I feel like they won't have software updates for future phones

[@pvtcmyers87]

I love these reviews so much please keep this up.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

👍🙂

[@alanmartinez5855]

Oh man "These are LG phones, no one is going to test these" damn that made me laugh because it's so true! Love my V30 it can drive my ATH-R70x and I find that to be incredible.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

FROM A PHONE RIGHT! It's so hard to express that when so many of my family and friends are on EarPods.

[@allanmiras3055]

Here I am in mid-2019 and looking between buying a V30 or V40 and watching your reviews on my G5 😅😅😅. Great reviews btw, thanks!

[@andrea913]

Haha me too ! So did you find ?

[@kevinjrpiedr2490]

Still rocking my V20 😎😋

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

It's still a beast.

[@Michiganders]

See my V20/V40 rant :)

[@chigginskeywest]

My V20 sounds better with or without headphones than my V30. Idk why?

[@cheungjackjackt02006]

Have you gotten yourself external batteries? My original V20 battery can only last me half a day now. Tops out at 80% and 'runs flat' at 25%.

[@chigginskeywest]

@@cheungjackjackt02006 battery sucks bad on V20 no doubt.

[@xanderb8370]

I listen music on my sistem only via bluetooth. I have a sony xperia z3 (2014). I want to buy an lg v30 or v40 only to play music via bluetooth. Would be a difference in sound quality between my old sony vs Lg ? ?

[@ProperScottishWelcome]

Love it. So glad to see someone reviewing/giving opinions on stuff that actually matters in day to day life. Fed up seeing reviews about "how easy the glass is to scratch/break and battery charge speeds" *spoiler - glass will break and or scratch and if the battery is big enough it only needs charged while you sleep.

[@2901gagandeep]

Dude u should have wayyy more subs. Subbed because of the detailed audio reviews.

[@Murattarif]

Which LG version is best for music? Thanks

[@WorldWideMusic2000]

There is another problem with LG V40, it use USB 2.0 And the design... Seriously LG G6 & V30 looks great, and than LG decided to destroy it...

[@NZtechfreak]

Stumbled across this, excellent piece. Given that our perception of sound quality is directly affected by volume this almost certainly accounts for peoples subjective reports when they are matching the number on the volume slider, instead of the actual volume output. I agree, LGs implementation in the V40 with regards to volume gradation is absolutely an improvement.

[@vicentegeorge9059]

Great vid as usual Juan, sad to know that really Noone else will recheck on theses devices... But glad you did! Keep the awesome. Work coming

[@TheCymbalProject]

The audio recorded in videos I've made with my V40 is absolutely unusable. When i put the files in the videos editor, they sound like total shit... pure mud with absolutely no highs at all. I'm really pissed because there is nothing I can adjust to fix this.

[@wikinma]

Still using the G6 and loving it!!!

[@bigdhav]

LG. PLEASE Make a V45 with replaceable battery like the V20, and OLED screen. That's all I want. PLEEEEEEEASE.

[@chigginskeywest]

Get the battery pack for V40 then. If battery is a issue for you? Think it's by Zero Lemon.

[@romokid64]

I was kind of hoping LG would stick with the removable battery and being able to take off the back of the phone in general..

[@MetalxAssassinx]

Thank you so much for giving some feedback of the audio analysis. You're the man.

[@samueltan2148]

Pls never stop making smartphone audio reviews! It really does help when shopping for the best audio phone. Anyways, it would be great if you can review the Xperia XZ3's audio output, although I'm not expecting anything to be changed since the XZ

[@michaelmyers4484]

If I need to know about the audio in a phone I'm planning to buy, there is only one place to go! ;)

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

:-)

[@internettroll7497]

Nice vid juan.i dont have much time to see youtube but when ihave time i love seeing your content.keep up the good work dude.

[@maxheadroom8097]

I have had the v30 for over a year and love it

[@NotLikeUss]

Max MAX still have mine too even tho I got a iPhone

[@mingf-n2]

people think LG sucks.. It's a damn shame because most of their smartphones are extremely rich in quality and are considered one of the only audiophile grade phones on the market, and idiots STILL buy china quality earpods and cheap materialized iPhones..

[@highmm2696]

Juan, how do these compare to the V20 in terms of sound quality and amp output? I think the V20 has a ever so slightly different DAC on board.

[@SDav21]

Does the V30s dac only work when high impedence headphones are plugged in? I think something may be wrong with mine. I literally just noticed after a year. When I got it I noticed no change in audio output with the dac on. For some reason, yesterday I plugged my earphones in (as I always do) and at 35 it was even too loud. I was absolutely shocked. I then plugged my Skull Candy headphones in and it was no longer that loud. Plugged the earphones back (it's the LG earphones that came in the box) and it was no more as loud. So I can't now figure out what exactly happened. It's like the dac worked for a brief moment and now it doesn't. Any ideas.

[@TheDivine699]

Quad dac works only with 50+ impedence headphones. U can fake dac to turn even with lower impedence, but with adapter (which u can buy on ebay etc)

[@SDav21]

@@TheDivine699 oh I didn't know that. I assumed the earphones LG supplied in the box will make use of the dac. But how can we explain the random activation of it yesterday when I was blown away by the sound on those samw earphones? I never heard it that way before.

[@harysviewty]

@@SDav21 Lg stock earphones use some kind of special coating on the jack to trick the phone running high gain mode. Maybe it's worn out by now

[@SDav21]

@@harysviewty But from day 1 it didn't work then. Because it was only yesterday (after 1 year almost) that it was much much louder than normal. Even approaching volume 35 it was too loud. I didn't want to unplug because I was afraid it would go away. And lo and behold it is gone now. I plug in and it is back to normal. I was looking this up now and many have the same experience. They have said something about it only activating if there is 50 ohm headphones or something. I'm sad because clearly I never got any benefit from the quad dac then with my earphones and headphones. :-(

[@SDav21]

And yet it was the same set of earphones. It's as if the dac glitched itself to "on" in that particular moment. I can't figure out why. I've tried everything. Just this one particular day it decided to give me all it has?

[@KoxPanasonic]

Please can you tell us which headphones you used, I plan to buy hd599, whether they can turn on the DAC, and how much better the HD660S, its duble expensive. I have V30 because of you, thank you.

[@vishiminocha6908]

Same question.

[@gavincurtis]

Check out the MonoPrice 1060 planar headphones. techaeris.com/2018/02/25/monolith-m1060-review-perfect-sounding-planar-magnetic-over-ear-headphones/ Cost about $300, but is a contender with $1000 units. They are similar to electrostatics as the drivers are much faster than conventional moving coil dynamics. They are amazing and capture the wide and detailed soundstage from the SABRE DAC.

[@Mat-hr1dg]

@@gavincurtis Erm... No, no they aren't and currently they aren't even the worthiest 300-400 buck headphone anymore. Not to mention that they sound far too different to the Sennheisers for any honest person to promote them here.

[@gavincurtis]

I like them and what level of sennheiser headphone are you referring to? If your going to tell me that planar headphones are inferior to dynamic in the $300 range, I may have to disagree. 1060's have pretty rave reviews. What headphone would you recommed in that price range?

[@davidthompson1369]

Grado SR 225e or 325e, unless you're into edm or rap. For Rock, Jazz, Classical; Grado all the way

[@nagodio]

Hey does the LG v20 support mqa and does the decoding and specially the rendering part of unfolding ?? I cant find this answer anywhere on google

[@NathanHallGadgetsGreatness]

I thought it was just me. I noticed a difference in the sound between the two when listening to music on my TRN V80 earphones. It was subtle, but the V30 just sounded more immersive and sharp at the same volumes. You can't argue with graphs, but I definitely noticed a difference. It's like the V40 is more full range sounding and the V30 is more detailed.

[@kenmastersmaster]

Juan, you're the guy to ask..I just read LG V30 uses glass for it's optical lenses. Do you know if the v40/50/60 also use glass or did they go back to a plastic lens design. Can't find any info about it, except the v30 uses glass

[@Albertoepicness]

My v40 shipped yesterday. Arriving Thursday. Oh my God oh my God.

[@chigginskeywest]

You paid too much! Best buy has it unlocked for only $749. :-)

[@Albertoepicness]

@@chigginskeywest not to worry. I changed my order on b&h and got it for 749 also

[@williamcatalano1762]

Did it come with headphones or not? my V20 did when I bought it. I hope so but it's not a deal breaker. @@Albertoepicness

[@Albertoepicness]

@@williamcatalano1762 it came with some good sounding earbuds. But the quad dac doesn't work on these. But they sound good. Clear sound, comfortable, small. I wouldn't buy the v40 in general. Unless you never use cameras and have a bulky case then sure.

[@williamcatalano1762]

@@Albertoepicness You can trick it into high impedance mode with an adapter.

[@EmiratiAuto]

which one have better sound quality LG V30/V40 or dragonfly cobalt ?

[@vvas4982]

You are the one and only who does these audio reviews Respect from India 🙏

[@jim8643]

Also the G7 should be the same with V40 i believe. I have the V30 and my gf has the G7 and what I noticed is that extra DTS: surround sound which I don't get on mine. It is a good adition. I drive my AKG 712 just fine with it, never need to max out the volume its plenty loud @ 55/75. Would it drive a more demanding headphone like the HD800 tho ?

[@TheKornfeld]

As you adjust the volume while connected via the headphone jack or bluetooth, does the V40 give you a warning about not raising the volume too high? If it does, can you disable that warning? I'm still on a Note 4 and looking to upgrade, and I'm so sick of that warning and not being able to turn it off.....

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Yes it does, and no you can't. I think most manufacturers have hard coded that in as if that's their only obligation. I'd MUCH rather have a native android version of the volume limit that Apple provides in iOS. No more nag pop up. Just let me set an upper limit.

[@TheKornfeld]

@@SomeGadgetGuy Cool, thank you!

[@krog4579]

2:40 the G7? Where did that come from?

[@frodar48]

So I have a question. I had the V10 and the V20. Using the B&O earbuds I could go to max volume and still want a little more. So I would use a 3.5mm splitter and plug in my old AKG headphones (which have 700 ohm resistance, or there abouts) to get the amp to kick in, then plug in the B&O's to get the volume you mentioned. Does the v40 fix that problem?

[@harysviewty]

B&o earbud is low impendance iem, and V40 doesn't come with it

[@myplaguesify]

how does the lg v30 sound quality compare against high end daps like cayin,astel and kern and sony.thanks

[@ernest4483]

I don't have a V30 to compare to so what ess dac chip their using on V40 cause I do have LG V40 ThinQ and I have a portable dac/amp combo the Topping NX4 DSD.

[@Jeffreelz]

Having LG smartphone especially V series. You dont need an amp V40 can handle audiophile headphones up to 600Ω. And V40's dac is so good it can rival a dedicated DAP.

[@Scott-DJ]

It's an ESS 9218P--same as the V30, but I think the amp may be different.

[@taqiyyaa2731]

Still loving my LG V20 😎😍 The Beast!!! 😎

[@schlooonginatorr9766]

Another reason I like Poweramp. There is an option for 100 steps volume control. Beta I think but works on V series.

[@AwesomeBlackDude]

Damn any chances this can be done with v40 vs. v60 😢 with what newest audio codes it also supports., 🤔

[@lalatendumishra6718]

I love ur videos .At least someone talks about smartphone audio.please make more videos

[@barthondro]

As a v40 user, I can confirm that it's sound quality is very good and comfortable, even at higher levels as long as you have 3d surround, hi fi quad dac on

[@jackmcclure9623]

Will the new LG V50 have same quad DAC chip. Is the upgrade from V30 worth it.

[@2daypresents]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@emtitan88]

Can u do a camera comparison between huawei mate 20 pro and lg v40? Which phone of the two is better? Thank u 😘

[@NM-jn6cp]

Keep this up Juan!!! I LOVE YOUR AUDIO CONTENT!

[@jamesdavis1049]

Ive heard removing the metal speaker cover from the lg v20 makes it sound better. Is that true?

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

I've never considered trying. Sorry, I'll be keeping my V20 stock LOL

[@thomasmcginnis7526]

It's so true. It's not metal. It's more of a mesh. I did that with my v20. It's easy as opening back cover and picking it out with tweezer. You'll get tear on the mesh but don't let that scare you. Just remove the rest. You are welcome

[@jamesdavis1049]

Update: I tried it out, but dont think the improvement is enough to risk dirt filling the speaker space.

[@afistfulofpimples1745]

No. That's a myth.

[@HumzahYazdani]

Best and most authentic reviewer out there.

[@vinniemadrox]

That's weird that you were v20 from Verizon did not have any B&O branding or accessories. My v20 from AT&T had pieno branding in and on the box, and came with B&O earbuds

[@chigginskeywest]

I got no headphones or even music app included. Sprint V20 but it sounds better with or without headphones than my V30. Why? Idk

[@leonro]

@@chigginskeywest Probably because of the water resistance

[@arunabhalahiri4931]

Does the quad dac work with streaming services, or is it the first party music app only? Thank you.

[@RESURRECT2]

Do you know now and can share info?

[@PakoSt]

Now that is a video worth watching! Analysis, tests, actual data in more or less 3 minutes - awesome! No V40 in the UK though...

[@chunkylover5367]

Thank you so much Juan. Data on this phone is non-existent when it comes to audio. Did you factor in the output stages triggered by various headphone impedances? For example, the V20/30/40 is much louder on that's 70 ohms vs IEMS at 20ohms. I had the Sprint v30, which never said which amp level it was at though.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Yup. All tests were conducted on the same gain stage, with the same hardware. I was REALLY disappointed LG removed that notification from the Audio settings page. I liked knowing what the phone was doing.

[@chunkylover5367]

JuanBagnell Yeah, I was disappointed to find out that some V30's showed it, but the Sprint ver. didn't.

[@Scott-DJ]

You probably know there's an app you can get in the Play Store that shows that info (Hi-Fi status). T-Mobile didn't even show it on the V30.

[@chunkylover5367]

Scott Muhlbaier no. I didn't know this app existed. The only thing it's good for, though, is showing how pointless the app is. See, I didn't realize there's only one gain stage (50-600ohm). It definitely shouldn't be $1.

[@Scott-DJ]

@@chunkylover5367 Yep...the guy is making a killing as nearly all V30/V40 owners have it (so all 25..haha). Anyway, if you "headphone roll" you'll find it invaluable. Sure it does one thing only--but it does it well and very useful in that scenario. y Alternatively ou can also easily tell with a little practice which mode the phone is in--it's pretty night and day volume difference. Need to do on or the other cause LG will never allow us to choose ourselves.

[@divinejakiro3656]

How about LG G7 ThinQ? Exactly same with V30 or worst than V30 and similar to V40?

[@oscantes]

Sound does not come only from headphones through headphone jack. There is at least one speaker on each of these phones that can generate sound. So maybe next time you may consider comparing speakers and if you do so, I'll be glad to watch the video.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

I tested that too. Just not here.

[@Chaks305]

Does the V20 have the same audio output as the V30?

[@SjoerdvanGestel]

My v30 has the B&O barnd stamp, only the included headphones were pretty good but no differences otherwise

[@trinikenshin]

As always...GREAT Work Sir!

[@axllebeer]

Last LG phone I used was the Nexus 5X. Been on a HTC manufactured Pixel and Pixel 2 sense.

[@Lord_Fidel]

Juan Imo your videos deserve more exposure, I think uploading them to KZbin would be better in the long run

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

I don't really care about being KZbin popular. These videos take a significant amount of time, hardware, and effort to produce. KZbin has shown consistently that they are manipulating search results, not notifying subscribers, demonetizing videos, and they just don't pay very well anymore as a result. I'm on track for 75K subs this month, with over a million minutes of watch time. I will make SIGNIFICANTLY less on YT than I will on Patreon with 280 Patrons. Imaginary internet points don't pay bills.

[@Wander1236]

I got the B&O earbuds with my TMO V20. They were tinny and reedy and the remote completely broke after about 3 months if low usage.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Mine are still kicking, but I don't use them NEARLY as often as I do some of the inexpensive IEM's from KZ or MEEaudio.

[@metamario9728]

Thanks for posting, I've been on the fence about upgrading my v30. Since there's only a negligable audio difference I might just hold off.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

If headphone audio is your main criteria, I don't know that you would hear much of a difference between the two.

[@FaroEC]

@@SomeGadgetGuy hey bro, i have the lg v30 and thinking of upgrading to the v40 just for audio? What would you say the v30 sound is warm or balanced? I like a warm sound.

[@Scott-DJ]

Look at the reply I just did for terminalfx for the instant advantages i feel the V40 has...

[@jandromarquez84]

@@SomeGadgetGuy v30+ is warm audio.

[@rickraymo1319]

Nicely done, Sir!

[@GearWave]

Thank you Juan for testing this out. I thought I was the only one who noticed the difference in the volume stepping and volume levels from the V20, V30 and V40. In my experience the volume range was the loudest on the V20. I could listen to my Hip Hop at a pretty loud level AND still have 5 to 6 more clicks left on the V20's volume slider. The V30's volume slider was a few clicks shorter and the same is true for the V40. Music still sounds good but you dont have those extra few notches on the volume slider like you did with the V20. I would like to see LG add 3 to 4 more steps on G7, V40 and newer phones. Your video on listening to loud music was much appreciated. Keep up the good work.

[@FloppyFred]

Hello. I´m currently searching for a really good Android Device which i would use for as only an Music Player. Of course it would using external speakers so i can hear the music in all my Appartment. So my question is, would this LG V30 be good for that or do you know any other good Android Devices for that? I read about the "Razer Phone" and the "Samsung Galaxy S9". The first is not really that investment, cause as i said i only need it for Audio and not for Gaming on a Phone. Don´t know much about the "Samsung S9". Remember, i only use the Phone at home for Audio and not for Games. So it´s definitly mainly a Music Player. Also is it even necsessary to have good Audio Speakers on a Phone, when you would output the sound to external speakers anyway? Thanks for any answer. By the way, for my Setup i would like to have the Music Files from a external Drive which is not connected to the Phone (because the Drive Capacity is too big to be supported by Android), which means the Files themselfes are not coming from the Phone itself and rather the Router´s Harddrive over Wifi. Would that downgrade somehow the quality even more? There are all FLAC Files but i don´t know. So basically: Router Harddrive > over Wifi > LGV30 > External Speakers

[@htchero7]

Juan....... v40 or pixel 3XL?

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

I'm a hardware guy, so I'd lean towards LG.

[@htchero7]

JuanBagnell thanks for the reply. Leaning towards it

[@Scott-DJ]

v40 if your main emphasis is *audio* and Pixel if your main emphasis is *camera* and don't care anything about audio because they removed the jack!

[@Al.j.Vasquez]

Juan, are you planning on doing a versus between their cameras? I've heard that both the wide angle and the telephoto sensors on the V40 are much inferior to the main sensor, like crazy bad, and I'd like to know if the V40 is a step down in picture quality, which it was not the absolute best already with the v30. I really want to know if by features and not specs, is better to go for the V30 instead of the V40, i really dislike notches more than a 1 gen old SOC.

[@harysviewty]

Wide angle is the best ever from an LG. But yeah the main cam had been improved drastically, the wide is identical to g7

[@Mat-hr1dg]

The cameras are much improved on the V40. Both of them. (Wide and main). Also: If you decide to use a hacked Gcam, you can get the best out of your wide angle too. Overall the V40 shots look far better.

[@richardxwalk]

Thanks for making this video mate..

[@khaledkibria2434]

Juan.. Can u please tell me The difference between V20 and v40 audio?

[@afistfulofpimples1745]

No

[@manuelgarciajr5308]

Does anyone know if the LG V35 also shares the same B&O tuning from the V30? Curious to try it out for a couple months before inevitably buying a v50. Would like to see if the difference in the tuning really can be heard through my $1000 IEMs

[@manuelgarciajr5308]

Not to sure if thats the proper way to form that last sentence..haha.

[@jasonw3304]

He is wrong I bought v40 then, later on, I bought v30 because it sounds way clear there is a big huge difference. Far as power is the same but not the clarity

[@tunxima7071]

Now 2024 should i buy v30 or v40? I only use it for lossless. Thank you.

[@Groesjeboy]

​@@tunxima7071 Did you bought one of the 2 ? If so Wich one did you buy ?

[@EmerInspires]

Question: saw a comment on LG v30 being good at recording loud music without distortion and reverb. I've been so disappointed with the quality of video sound with live music with my One Plus 3T, I'm not going back to 3T again. HTC is definitely way better in sound recording but considerable more expensive than the LG phones. I'd love your thoughts. Thanks in advance 🙏🏻

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

The V series mics are great. The V50 no longer has the same earpiece speaker as mic, but it does still have a high impact mode. Plus you have real audio controls. You haven't lived until you've activated a low cut and dialed in the gain manually.

[@EmerInspires]

@@SomeGadgetGuy thanks a mil. I'm just about able to stretch to the V40 and the black Friday deals lol Dare not look at the V50! There's nothing worse when you pay for something and quality is poor on sound. Appreciate the fast response. I'll be looking for the best deals and see if I will go for it. This phone still works fine but noticing some real glitches in the last few months.

[@YFZ450DOUBLEJUMPER]

I got a v40 now, my first v series was a v30. Definitely the most underrated phones of our tech time. I'll never walk away from there reliability & audio.

[@Cloudxxx23]

Is Quad DAC in LG better than Dolby Atmos in Samsung note 10 and S10?

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

LOL Yeah. Not even close. The ESS Hardware DAC can also be used with DTS 3D. Samsung is "good". LG is the best.

[@DJIronChef]

better question (on my end), why does it feel like the audio recording (features {in-camera})gotten downgraded since the V20. The directional adjustment was great, but i believe it went bye-bye.

[@microknife19]

Laughing with you at the end but also sad that nobody else will test the LGs

[@beslemeto]

Can someone answer me if its worth buying dac ot v30?

[@degreesdegrees-jr4eg]

Is the sound better on the v30/v40 than v20 ?

[@EddiePReacts]

The V20 sounded better than the v30 audio wise for me. I may have had a bad model. Turning the dac on did absolutely nothing.

[@common_sense_supreme]

Same here with my Refurbished Korean V50...turning the dac on/off does nothing. Installed Hifi status app...it's saying nothing is connected through the headphone jack. Bluetooth sound is also mediocre. I really regret selling my V40. Everything was great. These refurbished phones are really unreliable.

[@zulpiz6665]

Compare with v20 too. V20 on oreo hifi volume change!

[@harysviewty]

V20 Oreo had lost some of b&o tuning. I've experienced the difference between so many ROMs with & without b&o

[@zulpiz6665]

@@harysviewty lost some b&o tuning??? Of course if you use other than stock rom. Mine using stock oreo h990ds international version. A few upgrade for software. Hifi volume getting easy to control.

[@ronaldcheng9199]

Why won't you review LG V35? How's the camera... :(

[@peterford9369]

Hey Juan, I'm an internal speaker file. No headphones or buds or wireless speaker. I like crisp, loud, clear, front facing stereo speakers, wanter. I had the Moto X pure, the axon 7, and the Alcatel idol 4s. The 4s and 7 had what I love on a phone. Clear, pretty loud, quality sound output that i think a good phone should have. After the 4s, went to boot looping death, I debated,,,, LG or Pixel 2 XL. Obviously a price range thing. What I could afford. The LG g7 sounded good but just wasn't sure. The boom box deal worried me. I like stereo. Anyway, choose the Pixel 2 XL. Mostly for stereo speakers in front,,and updates. I can honestly say the 4s and the Axon 7 blow these speakers away for loudness and real stereo effect and clearity. After the price comes down some on the Axon 10 series,,, gonna look at them. What do you think of the Axon 10 series? Thanks Juan

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Compared to the Axon 7 I think you'll be a little disappointed. Not a lot of companies doing truly matched stereo. None of these earpiece + bottom "dual" speaker options are able to quite compare against a real stereo solution imo.

[@peterford9369]

@@SomeGadgetGuy Thanks Juan,, what's your opinion of some of the Samsung s with so called, stereo speakers? What I don't understand is, if LG can work so hard creating a great dac for external speakers and head phones,,, the are so lacking in desire to put out a nice set of front facing stereo speakers? The press for having a so beautiful a screen,for gaming or video media, yet putting these gimmicks like boom box sounds,and as u said, a bottom firing speaker to boot. When HTC had their front firing stereo speakers, I thought for sure others would follow. But nooo,,, everything but. Then even HTC shot themselves in the foot. My 4s had actually the clearest sounds with true stereo sound of all my stereo phones. Even this 2 xl is tinny and lacking quality. Funny. All the good stereo phones were all under 450. Now a 900 dollar phone can't compete. I like your vids, cause you truly test the sounds of devices. To me sounds are as important as camera ladeda. Seems that s what everyone goes on about. Yet, year after year, the reviews are the same. Great, but low light , not great. To much this,to little of that. But the lenses multiple, and the gimmicks keep on,keeping on. And sound stays the same. Maybe when the 2 xl falls by the way side,,, someone will listen to us speaker enthusiast's. Thanks again Juan me.

[@RobertNES816]

I think what your seeing is just slight variations within the same hardware. I.E. nothing's changed lol. The volume stepping has been improved but it's the same DAC. BTW listening to my LG V35 with JBL Live 100 earbuds is quite an experience to say the least, I hear everything haha. Also one question have you noticed with lower grade MP3 files that the audio actually sounds worse? Like you pickup audio compression more so with the V30/V40 then with other phones?

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

You're not completely wrong, but for the same hardware, the software approach is CRITICAL. The V20 had a nasty habit of stripping certain frequencies out of audio tracks that it THOUGHT was noise. The V30 performed better, and that final presentation is CONSISTENTLY measurable on the G7 outperforming the V30. If it were just minor signal variations, or margin of error, I wouldn't be able to demonstrate a clear, consistent improvement from phone generation to phone generation across several different handsets in each generation.

[@RobertNES816]

@@SomeGadgetGuy So then its like what's the point of the V series? Seems like the G series is starting to catch up again.

[@CHAUNCEY.GARDNER.]

You can give the phone an extra sound boost,if you have headphones that you disconect the cord for bluetooth,plug it in to the phone,it will sync between 50 ohms and up,for lower ohm headphones it syncs between 30-50,using Audio Technica 50´s,a big diff,extra 25% volume,then you ug it into your headphones

[@michaelli1743]

Good review.

[@RichieRichTube]

But does it have displays port out?

[@ffrjegs08]

if anyone still has anything to say you could always just run a pink noise comparison through an RTA, which would yield a negligible difference.

[@tjveith]

Thanks - very helpful :)

[@Sagdiyevas]

Lg g7 has the same dac as v40?

[@harysviewty]

Yes

[@chigginskeywest]

Yes, but not the beautiful OLED display.

[@Sagdiyevas]

But g7 have one of the best lcd screen, so its not huge difference

[@chigginskeywest]

@@Sagdiyevas True, I love my V20 display. It's perfect! But nothing like the V30. (Samsung like display) it's all up to the owner. If you like LCD or OLED. V40 is improving on the LG OLED display this year. Like their T.V.'s

[@alistairgongob1423]

Any news if v30 will get android p?

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Still haven't heard anything concrete.

[@rookietechie4120]

Please review v35

[@rookietechie4120]

@@SomeGadgetGuy please review v35

[@703024431]

Wish we had a full audio review here

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Me too. Would be nice if folks were sharing and supporting enough to balance out Google's recent policy of not notifying my subscribers and demonetizing videos.

[@gavincurtis]

Get the MonoPrice 1060 planar headphones. Only $300 and are about the best you will find for the money, comparable to $1000 units. Works wonderfully with the SABRE DAC and amplifier used in the V20, V30 and G7. V40 mentions a quad DAC, but doesn't mention it being ESS SABRE device. Sorry to ramble, but with these time aligned headphones, you will finally be able to experience the magic of the SABRE DAC. Sound goes from the center of your skull to completely surrounding you. It is not a DSP effect, just the result of precisely timed drivers so your brain can properly reconstruct the original studio soundstage, not easy to accomplish. With my G7, the standard DAC sounds great, but lacks the soundstage. Enable the quad SABRE DAC, the sound envelopes you, not to mention 130dB dynamic range.

[@jerome436]

My next phone will Definitely not going to be an LG Phone but I will still keep my LG G6 that has the HiFi QuadDAC because of its Audio Quality. Other manufacturers like Huawei and Samsung is now adding Wide angle Camera on their phones, I hope quality audio like this will be a thing on other mainstream manufacturers too.

[@TheAshuV]

Listened to g7 and v30 i barely find any difference if dtx X is turned off on g7

[@subhankarsarkar3496]

I have both ,v 30 is better

[@ut1004bp]

You missed a good opportunity to talk about the speakers...What ever were you thinking?? I was wanting to know if they make any changes to the external speakers

[@Top100Project]

The V40 has been tuned by Meridian which in my opinion better represents HiRes audio. B&O is good, but more form over function. I'm looking for something to replace my S7, and what I absolutely hate about it is the warning that pops up when increasing the volume. Does the V40 do the same thing? And if so, are there any phones that do not have that pop up?

[@harysviewty]

You can use systemUI tuner to remove that