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FiiO Q5s Type-C Review

James

Portable Amps & DACs

January 3, 2021 0

The FiiO Q5s Type-C is a portable DAC and amp featuring a detachable THX AAA AM3D amp card, dual AK4493EQ,...

8.3

Reader's Score

ULTRASONE Panther Review

Michael

Portable Amps & DACs

December 19, 2020 2

The ULTRASONE Panther is a compact portable headphone amplifier and DAC with native DSD256 decoding and up to 950mW of...

7.8

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Earmen Sparrow Review

Michael

Portable Amps & DACs

October 31, 2020 16

The Earmen Sparrow is a miniature USB DAC, preamp, and headphone amp featuring an ES9281PRO and offering MQA compatibility. It...

7.7

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FiiO Q3 Review

James

Portable Amps & DACs

October 30, 2020 13

The FiiO Q3 is a portable THX balanced DAC/amplifier using an AK4462 DAC with DSD512 native decoding and up to...

7.6

Reader's Score

Hidizs S9 Review

Michael

Portable Amps & DACs

October 18, 2020 2

The Hidizs S9 is a dongle-type balanced and single-ended capable DAC and amplifier capable of up to DSD512 and PCM...

8.3

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Hifiman HM1000 Review

James

Portable Amps & DACs

October 9, 2020 6

The Hifiman HM1000 is a high-end portable integrated amplifier and DAC with a classic R2R PCM1704K DAC chipset, BT capability,...

7.7

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Periodic Audio Nickel Review

James

Portable Amps & DACs

September 19, 2020 4

The Periodic Audio Nickel is a tiny pure analog portable headphone amplifier with a 250mW unbalanced output rating into 32Ω....

8.2

Reader's Score

Swan Song Audio Mini DAC Review

Michael

Portable Amps & DACs

August 12, 2020 4

The Swan Song Audio Mini DAC is a compact high-end portable amp/DAC using a TI Burr-Brown and Analog Devices implementation....

7.7

Reader's Score

HELM Audio DB12 AAAMP Review

Louis

Portable Amps & DACs

August 5, 2020 2

The Helm Audio DB12 AAAMP is a THX-certified mobile in-line headphone amplifier with up to 110mW of power and 8...

7.6

Reader's Score

xDuoo XD05 Plus Review

Michael

Portable Amps & DACs

July 15, 2020 6

The xDuoo XD05 Plus is a revised edition of the original XD05 featuring an AK4493 DAC, USB-C, and twice the...

7.7

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Zorloo Ztella Review

Louis

Portable Amps & DACs

July 11, 2020 18

The Zorloo Ztella is an MQA capable digital audio dongle that can be used with smartphones or as a USB-DAC...

7.8

Reader's Score

Earmen TR-Amp Review

Michael

Portable Amps & DACs

June 14, 2020 5

The Earmen TR-Amp is a portable integrated DAC and amplifier using an ES9038Q2M chipset, with MQA capability, and up to...

8.2

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Lotoo PAW S1 Review

James

Portable Amps & DACs

June 3, 2020 7

The Lotoo PAW S1 is a new hi-res integrated portable amplifier and DAC dongle featuring PMEQ and up to PCM...

8

Reader's Score

iFi Audio hip-dac Review

Louis

Portable Amps & DACs

May 6, 2020 17

The iFi Audio hip-dac is a new portable integrated amplifier and DAC designed to replace your smartphone’s audio output. Featuring...

7.6

Score

NuPrime Hi-mDAC Review

Michael

Portable Amps & DACs

May 3, 2020 7

The NuPrime Hi-mDAC is a small portable high-resolution DAC and headphone amp capable of PCM 32/384 and DSD 256 decoding....

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Hidizs S8 Review

Michael

Portable Amps & DACs

February 2, 2020 6

The Hidizs S8 is a DAC/Amp in a small dongle format design to be compatible with PCs, MACs, iOS, and...

Monoprice Monolith™ THX® Portable Headphone Amplifier and DAC

8.4

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Monoprice Monolith THX Portable Headphone Amplifier & DAC Review

Michael

Portable Amps & DACs

December 1, 2019 15

This is a review of the new portable Monoprice Monolith THX Portable Headphone Amplifier and DAC featuring THX AAA amplification...

7.5

Score

TempoTec Sonata iDSD Review

Michael

Portable Amps & DACs

November 6, 2019 5

The TempoTec Sonata iDSD is a very affordable portable Amp/DAC capable of up to DSD128, OTG, and Apple iOS connectivity....

8

Reader's Score

FiiO Q5s Review

Marcus

Portable Amps & DACs

November 3, 2019 20

The FiiO Q5s is a revision of the original Q5 portable Bluetooth DAC/Amp using FiiO’s latest interchangeable AM3E amp module....