Bitzie USB DAC & EE/Huawei Kestrel
Printed From: Graham Slee Hifi System Components
Category: Digital Audio
Forum Name: CD, DVD Audio, DACs, ADCs and Digitizing
Forum Description: The existing (and obsolete?) digital formats
URL: https://www.hifisystemcomponents.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2332
Printed Date: 27 Mar 2026 at 4:04am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.01 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Bitzie USB DAC & EE/Huawei Kestrel
Posted By: Graham Slee
Subject: Bitzie USB DAC & EE/Huawei Kestrel
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2014 at 4:43pm
The Bitzie USB DAC's Driverless USB Integration lets you Plug'n'Play music from your on the go (OTG) android device.
When we launched the Bitzie USB DAC at the start of 2013 we tried it with the Samsung Galaxy S3 running Jellybean which worked straight away!
Since then more android phones have come on the market. The Samsung Galaxy S4 works too! We tried three of them.
But what about the more 'lowly' android phones such as the EE/Huawei Kestrel? We decided to try mine. I'd just renewed my phone from EE after a number of years, but didn't expect it to do much other than being a phone, web browser and so on. It has an industry standard USB data/charger socket that looks like that on the Samsungs. Using an OTG aftermarket cable connected via a Lautus USB cable to the Bitzie USB DAC, the first sounds heard were "system" sounds, so the next step was to install a music player app on the phone. We found the free version of WinAmp and used that. The video demonstrates it works!
So you can hear it we connected the Bitzie USB DAC's S/PDIF outputs to the Majestic pre-DAC on our system, instead of trying to mic the headphones. Apologies for the hand held video quality.
-------------
That none should be able to park up and enjoy the view without a smartphone and the knowledge in how to use apps
|
Replies:
Posted By: Graham Slee
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2014 at 12:39pm
A quick update:
The EE Kestrel is the rebranded Huawei Ascend G6
It is a 4G smartphone
It is the cheapest 4G phone in the UK at £100
And it is Bitzie USB DAC plug'n'play ready.
-------------
That none should be able to park up and enjoy the view without a smartphone and the knowledge in how to use apps
|
Posted By: Ash
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2014 at 2:53pm
This has certainly captured my interest. I actually went out of my way to find and research Android phones that would work with my Bitzie so this is welcome news, especially as my S3 won't last forever and its manufacture has been discontinued.
|
|