Aune M1S Digital Audio Player

If anyone's still curious in this DAP in 2020 , i've been using it for almost 6 months now and i'd like to share my opinion here about M1S (gonna use check marks as a mean to agree with the characteristics often reviewed/discussed across the internet). I'll focus on sound quality and sound quality only. ______________________________ -Black/clean background : ✓ Probably not the blackest/cleanest background in a DAP that i've heard , but there's no audible humming noises nor annoying hissing sounds when a sensitive pair of IEM (andromeda , i'm lookin at ya) is plugged in. This sounds like something that should have been a rule of thumb when making modern DAPs , but good lawd have mercy , you'll be surprised by the number of DAPs that failed to achieve it. -"great transparency/technical aspects" : ✓ .... Maybe? It's there , the applauded transparency people were talking about , the ability to separate different sounds and instruments in a song , building up a better , more layered presentation.....It's definitely there , but i think it's just not as great as what some people described , and there's still room for vital improvements in departments such as resolution and textures..... -Neutral/Uncolored/Balanced Sound Signature : ✓ Not much to say about this , it's not warm , it's not leaning to either a darker or brighter tone , it's not boosting any specific frequency range to great extension. Trivially when i sent this DAP to a few groups of local audiophiles for a brief evaluation some said it has a "distinctive tonality" and a rather "strange color" , maybe it is the contrast in sound between M1S and their own DAPs? -Driveability/Power : ✓ As a dumb DAP , beside the unorthodox aesthetic and great sound quality , power output is a winsome factor to compensate for it's obvious setbacks in user experience and sometimes it can even be the USP to charm potential customers and lighten their wallet. M1S is able to drive most IEMs , and to some extent , on-ears and few "portables" headphones (such as koss porta pro , akg k420 , some grados in my case). TL/DR : I think it's a fine DAP for IEMs and some light-duty headphones/earbuds , and it's a tad overrated by the people who reviewed it , but also an overlooked option that a lot of people aren't even aware of it's existence in this price range.

Hi, Anyone got a problem with the 2.5mm connection? After using it for a year, the connection is loose and I can only hear from the left channel. It's sad because the sound from the 2.5mm balanced is far better than from 3.5. Where can can I get this serviced if I bought it here? I contacted Aune directly but there was no response..

Selling my Aune M1s here if anyone is interested in getting one. https://www.head-fi.org/threads/fs-aune-m1s-dap.874489/