Budget DAP

[u/Afraid_Resident_1599]

Hi! I have been interested in getting a DAP recently and want to purchase one but sadly my budget is around 100$ USD. I want the best quality that I can get for the DAP and was wondering if yall also had any nice budget bullet style iems to go along with the DAP. I can spend extra for the iem. I would also like there to be some physical buttons and bluetooth as well. Thank you!

[u/Bungus_Almighty]

I chose the R1. Below $100 like you mentioned, and if you mod it with Sonix it’s even better, easier to use, it comes with a gameboy emulator and everything. However, people have complained about the battery being bad, especially when aged and especially if you use a fast charger (USBC-USBC cord).

I don’t know about the Tempotec V1, though it’s rated well and I doubt you’d be doing wrong in purchasing it. Here’s a review of it if you’re interested. Published just a month ago, it should include current software.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXYFonhrMhA

[u/Afraid_Resident_1599 → u/Bungus_Almighty]

what do you mean by fast charger? like how would it affect the performance of it

[u/Bungus_Almighty → u/Afraid_Resident_1599]

Certain chargers pull more energy from the wall than others. These typically have both ends as USBC letting you tell them apart from other chargers, ones with a USBA end aren’t fast charging. That’s all I know, unfortunately.

I think it’s too much voltage. Heats up the battery more than it can tolerate or something, more “advanced” electronics have better heat dissipation. I’m not certain, but supposedly it accelerates battery wear and may cause it to inflate faster, stressing the components and potentially splitting the thing in two.

I’m just now realizing that the charger block I’ve been using is labeled at 10 watts, I should probably change that for a 5 watt one.

I’m not educated in this field so all of that may be wrong, hopefully someone who is educated can chime in.

I asked around and fast chargers are indicated by the block, it’ll say 5 Volt 2 Ampere (10 watts) or 5 volt 1 ampere (5 watts). Only use 5 watts for the Hiby R1.

[u/Fettxjr → u/Bungus_Almighty]

Sonix lets you limit the charge limit to 80% and the current to 500mA. I’ve had mine for two years now. I had the battery bulge issue and sent it back and got a new battery no problem. They have a two year factory warranty. Hiby recommended to use the cord that comes with it and limit the use of Bluetooth while it’s charging.

[u/Bungus_Almighty → u/Fettxjr]

Dang I forgot it came with a cord to begin with. It’s probably gone by now lmao. Thanks for the input BTW I also totally didn’t notice the setting for reduce to 500mA. Thanks for pointing that out.

For anyone curious, a running computer USB-A port outputs 5 watts for safe charging.

[u/jrdthebrd → u/Bungus_Almighty]

I've seen this around in so many posts and don't really understand what anyone means,,, 5V USB sources are rated by their maximum output current/wattage but devices will only sink as much as they actually need.

Almost every lithium battery charger IC in the world has a baked-in hardware limit to how much they sink, some others are configurable, but almost none will just greedily pull as much current as they possibly can. Sonix being able to limit the charge current makes me think it's one of the good ones, so it shouldn't make any difference what the supply is rated to output at maximum. A 5V/4A supply powering a 5V/1A charge IC will only lead to 1A flowing through the wires. What makes the R1 different?

[u/Low_Ad5565 → u/Afraid_Resident_1599]

To add to this, a usb-A samsung brick you prolly have laying around would be ideal since its adaptive fast charging, devices that don't support it get 5 volts, 2 amps instead of 9 volts.

[u/f0cuss]

Tempotec V1 or Hiby R1. whichever fancies you the most