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Slick little DAC

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2019

It is acoustically an excellent device. Sound is great, can drive my semi-open Beyerdyamics. Wish battery life was longer but not really too bad, never timed it, but I get several hours from it. The charger is quirky, but as a plus it does charge on all induction mats I trued. So if you have that type of charger around the house it is a great investment. Just drop it on for a quick recharge while at rest.

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Fat Ed

Good DAC but...

Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2019

Battery life is really the issue with this device. Supplied wireless charger (no wired charging option, simply no ports) charges my iPhone but doesn't always charge the device in the case, you have to remove it from the case and make sure red LED lights up on the charger. It has "charging side". Using 3rd party wireless charger works just fine with the case on. DAC comes on with default settings every time you power cycle it (it doesn't save last known state), which is 16 bit mode and about 50% volume level by default. There is noticeable high pitch noise once you switch to 32 bit mode without any sound input. Headphones - Audio-Technica ATH-M50x. DAC Works with 2015 MacBookPro, works with iPhone8. Sound quality - better than onboard stuff with any of those devices but not much better. No DSD. aptX. Looses connectivity to the phone sometimes in a large crowd on the street. Manual says it is not waterproof.

PROS: portable
CONS: battery life, charging, doesn't save settings, no wired charging option
3 stars.
Returned for refund.

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Stephen Denagy

Slick little DAC

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2019

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Fat Ed

Good DAC but...

Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2019

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Matthew Alfau

Great product!

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2020

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Awesome sound quality. Performs as advertised.

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Dean

Great portable DAC

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2019

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This is great for anyone who wants better quality audio streamed from their phone. Sound quality is awesome and the portability can’t be beat.

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Thomas

Great Little Device

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2020

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I am using this with numerous devices, primarily 1More Quad Driver ear buds and an iPhone Xs max. My hearing isn't that good these days, but this DAC/amp does sound better to me than the phone's DACamp on lossless music. the upscaling seems to make a difference too. When watching videos with it I have noticed a bit of latency on one TV, but not on other devices, so I assume it's the TV's problem. Oddly, the latency is a little bit better when upscaling. That's counter-intuitive. Put it in it's little leatherette case upside down and you can charge it in the case.

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imtiaz a siddiqi

A small upgrade from an iphone

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2019

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I had high expectations from this portable dac. I am using some top notch Shure se846 headphones and the sound quality was just fair. It seemed as if though the m-dac did not have the dynamic range nor the punch/power to drive the headphones. I am a big fan of Audiolab and unfortunately these just did not deliver.

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eddie

Surprisingly

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2019

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Surprisingly Good ! Great dac

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It does charge while in its clip case

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2020

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Easily controllable, sound is beautiful.

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Gilles Lalonde

Très bon achat...

Reviewed in Canada on October 5, 2020

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Nous avons un Quasqai 2019 avec un système de son so-so...Après plusieurs lecture de critique etc, j'ai choisi l'audiolab...quel belle surprise, meilleur présence, des basses et surtout définition dans le son...je l'imagine avec un sub bass comment le tout sortirait...même dans les écouteurs il y a une différence importante et j'ai de Bose!...
Le tout se porte bien vu sa dimension, la connection bluetooth se fait bien.
Je recommande ce produit au plus haut point.

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Chris

Bester mobiler DAC?

Reviewed in Germany on October 19, 2019

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Tolles Ding. Wohl einer der besten mobilen DACs in der Preisklasse.
Ich verwende ihn mit iPhone X und mobilen Kopfhörern von Denon. Der Klang ist sehr gut, wesentlich besser als direkt aus dem iPod, m.E. neigt der DAC bei großen aber Lautstärken leicht zum Übersteuern in den Höhen. Das Aufladen auf seiner Ladeschale ist fancy, allerdings auch etwas fummelig, da er so leicht ist und entsprechend verrutschen kann. Die Ledertasche funktioniert gut.

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