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Hiby R5 Saber Digital Audio Player
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The Hiby R5 Saber is an intricately engineered digital audio player that packs an entire audiophile setup into the palm of your hand. The original R5 player was designed with a natural, more straight-forward response, while the Saber is engineered to cut through a mix and provide detail in your music you wouldn’t otherwise hear Read More
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1181
May 3, 2022
Hiby R5 Gen 2 was sold for $399 till May... same price range for older model seems way off.
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Rodd
14
Aug 5, 2021
I have the OG, and haven't heard this version (I read that differences are very minimal though) and absolutely LOVE it. I won't comment on the Drop deal beyond saying that 400 bux for this is still a stone cold bargain, and that mine came to me (UK) straight from Hiby pretty quick if I recall correctly.
I added a leather Dignis case and it looks great, and feels great in the hand. It's just the right size IMO, screen just big enough and no more, device small enough to be genuinely comfortable in the pocket. It sounds spectacular and my only complaints (which I struggle to care about) are that it takes me a while to get the device, and then Spotify started up and playing music. This requires a little patience compared to non Android DAP's, but once it's up and running speed of operation is fine, not up to current smartphone standards, but fine nonetheless.
If the next R5 (after Saber) has a volume wheel, a little more speed, and exactly the same SQ I will be flinging my cash at it without hesitation.
I've used mine with iem's of all types, and cans up to and including t50rp's and it has a dead black background with my more sensitive stuff, yet has the grunt to push full size cans well (even the t50rp's sound very satisfying out of the balanced port!).
Tronicus
20
Dec 27, 2021
RoddI have the saber version, coincidentally was listening to it all day at work. Also love it. Hiby makes great DAPs.
Norcalscott
24
Aug 3, 2021
I have one of these and have been very satisfied with it. This DAP has plenty of power to run my DC AeonRT's through the 4.4mm balanced port - ~1W per channel and 3.5mm is about half that but still plenty of juice for my Beyer 770 80ohm cans.
This is the same thing I paid 6 months ago direct from HiBy and it may be less now, but keep in mind you get shipment from China so it takes a while (15 days or so).
Marcus22687
307
Aug 3, 2021
Headfonics review of the R5 Saber:
https://headfonics.com/hiby-r5-saber-review/
"When the R5 Saber came out I had a question mark in my mind wondering why HiBy is releasing a very similar product to the R5 that may confuse consumers. In fact, it is more like an upgrade that packs in a much more linear tuning".
Leyextreme
31
Aug 3, 2021
Anybody knows this dap's output at mW or Vrms? There aren't on official site also. They just tell impedance support. I hope it's output power is better than R3 pro saber.
Hewbacca
62
Aug 3, 2021
LeyextremeReviews I've watched rave about its ability to power tough to drive headphones using the balanced port. While I don't have the answer for you I would be comfortable planning to run 300ohm headphones using the 4.4mm balanced out.
trollchu_teh_manslayer
69
Oct 28, 2021
HewbaccaI have a 600 ohm sennheiser and an he6se and this unit drives both wonderfully via 4.4 or SE if it's in high gain. It's output power is pretty solid.
Reedo
454
Aug 3, 2021
Why is this at MSRP? I've defended drop before for offering things at MSRP because they've tacked extra drop points on to the point that there's arguably a reasonable discount (if you don't mind it being in reward points), but this is just being sold for MSRP with not even $4 in rewards. I got excited because I was thinking about picking this up if it were $100, $50, or maybe even $25 off, but this isn't a deal.
Hewbacca
62
Aug 3, 2021
AlkalloydI think you're looking at the regular R5, the Saber is $399. But agreed, not a good deal.
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