FiiO Q5S Bluetooth Decoder Amplifier,Mobile Phone Computer Portable Headphone Amplifier HIFI Balanced All-in-one DSD Hard Solution (Type-C Version) (titanium)

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Headphones – Philips Fidelio X2HR, Audeze LCD-3, Bqeyz Spring 2, Craft Ears Four, Hifiman HE400i 2020, AKG K702, Campfire Audio Vega, Audeze LCD-3 Two DAC chips in an interleaved configuration deliver four signals in two channels, which keep the noise floor low to better the musical details highlights and micro-dynamics. The signal flow is smooth with fewer jitters, ensuring you’re getting the best of your headphone’s timbre with high precision and stability. Since 2007, FiiO has been pushing further and away to become one of the top players. And you know what? After more than 10 years of hard work, I think they achieved their goal as the once unknown brand is now on every mouth and ear. Using it as external DAC/amp for any source over Optical/Coaxial for headphones: additional Coax/optical -> 3.5mm Coax/optical cable is needed The gadget is portable, and despite the bright OLED display, it’s capable of 9 hours of battery life under continuous play. Pros

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There are separate USB Type-C ports for charging and data on the XD-05 Plus, just like on Earmen TR-AMP. There’s an Aux In / Out, which means a Line Out, and a Line In, so XD-05 Plus can act as a standalone AMP too. Digital input, in the shape of Optical is also there. For most people, aptX should be enough, but LDAC really comes in handy if you like a better sound from the BT connection. None doesn’t erase the BT algorithms from the sound though, and most people can still tell BT and Wired apart, so you’ll be happy to know that xDSD has a very basic USB input that makes it compatible with any short OTG cable you will find on the market. Compared, you need to get a special cable for Q5s. In terms of sound, they actually come pretty darn close.

Hip-DAC supports numerous audio devices and will play up to 32-bit/384kHz PCM and DSD256 files. For control, Hip-DAC features several dedicated buttons and two LEDs that show the sampling rate and signal type. Also, there is an LED indicator for the charge level.

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Music is as good as the equipment playing it. And technically, electronic devices like phones, computers, and gaming consoles have in-built digital audio converters (DACs) that play with regular headphones just fine. Now, put a quality portable DAC/Amp combo and quality headphones into the equation, and the sound quality gets to a whole new level. iFi’s take on Music and portability lands much closer to Q5s than Mojo did, and although they both have a lot of similarities, they still manage to have differences, like the fact, that to use xDSD Balanced, you have to get a pretty proprietary 3.5mm Balanced adapter. This being said, the sound won’t be better than when using xDSD in single Ended mode, and if you want to improve on its sound, you have to get the xCan, which costs about as much as all of the amplifying modules available for Q5s. This being said, xDSD also has Bluetooth, and even aptX, but no LDAC and HWA, so if you’re looking for more advanced BT codecs, Q5s has it. iFi has kept the sound across its devices very consistent, but the Hip-DAC offers more balance, more details, and dynamism. And it has a dedicated X-bass button to handle the low-end frequencies for deep sound lovers. Audioquest’s new Dragonfly solves the imperfections of the old generation’s portable DAC/Amps by solving their compatibility challenges. You can now use it together with iOS and Android mobile devices. However, you’ll need Apple’s Lightning-to-USB and the simple USB Adaptor, respectively, to connect the DAC/Amp with the mobile devices. First thing to say , I have been extremely pleased in finding the audio grade of fidelity of this unit is quite high / surprising high , moreover then expected .

It is time to look into the most versatile of the midrange portable DAC/AMPs, namely the xDuoo XD-05 Plus. This one sports almost an entire WATT of power, and it will be compared to iFi xDSD, FiiO Q5s, Earmen TR-AMP, and paired with HIFIMAN Deva, FiiO FA9, and iBasso SR-2. Let’s go with the insanity of this one amazing DAC/AMP! This device will drive headphones under 250 ohms without breaking a sweat but may struggle with higher impedance and inefficient headphones.