The idea of this Vivo X1 is that BBK wants to take audio very seriously on its new flagship phone, which is why it's been given a Cirrus Logic CS4398 digital-analog converter plus a CS8422 sample-rate converter -- a combo that's seemingly popular amongst Hi-Fi connoisseurs and manufacturers.

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But we do take that very seriously and if there's any reason why we feel that it would not be an environment where we would want to put, you know, our musicians in there, then we make those kinds of decisions.

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So this is an issue we take very seriously, and that's why the administration will look at this ruling and consider it closely.

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