HELM Audio Bolt DAC/AMP USB-C to 3.5mm with MQA Playback
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Great DAC for Pixel 8
By Dew Tru Ng on Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2024
I plan on getting an external DAC for my mobile device since I subscribed to Tidal. I've also tried Amazon HD, but I chose Tidal way back when they first started getting attention for personal reasons. Of course, you can only stream their higher quality tracks (higher bit rate) with a device that can utilize HD formats. This was near impossible for mobile devices then, but fast forward to the present, by chance, I encountered some DACs on Amazon that were made for this. After looking around I decided on the Helm Audio Bolt DAC, USB C because of it's small size and good reviews. Long story short, I love it, and it improves the sound quality of my Pixel 8. I use it in my car with headphones, Final E5000, and Audio-Technica ATH-M20X. The E5000 pairs very well with the Bolt, the AT not so well yet, but I'm hoping after some tuning I can get it to run well. If you're looking for a DAC for your mobile device, I highly recommend the HELM Audio Bolt. There's a lot to choose from, so I would do research, but this product has my backing.
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4 people found this helpful
Doesn't work at all on Android 12
By Jason Downs on Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2022
The documentation says the device may have problems with Android 12 not passing through "HD" audio (aka high bit rates), but this thing doesn't even work playing "SD" (standard bit rates) on Android 12. It's just a clicky mess. Regardless of the application playing the music, nothing works. Clicks every few seconds. Also very low volume using a high quality set of headphones. In Windows it works fine-- no clicks, high bit rates work great and the same headphones are very loud, but it's inexcusable to be completely broken on the current version of Android. I'll likely be returning it. Update: it only took an hour or so of using it with different media before I got it to fail on Windows as well. Do not buy this thing, it is garbage! What a waste.
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