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The sequel to hiliDAC’s well-received Beam, the Beam 2 is a high-performing DAC/amp that easily fits in your palm. To deliver exceptional sound and amplification that punches way above its weight class, the Beam 2 is equipped with an audiophile-grade ESS9281C Pro DAC and an amplifier capable of outputting 240 mW at 32 ohms Read More
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keyboard_arrow_downMiniMax
76
Jan 9, 2020
Only one photo (but in different colors) for this rather expensive dongle DAC/Amp? I had to google at least another one that shows the headphone jacks on one side and not at the other end of the USB input which for me would not work.
And the volume control of the old Beam seems to be gone as far as I can see,
uw_g
12
Feb 10, 2020
Got it directly from the producer (Audirect). So far I am not impressed. It sounds good and seems suitable for not too sensitive mid impedance iems and low to mid impedance full size headphones. However, for headphones like Sennheiser HD600/650/800 or ZMF Atticus/Eikon with higher to high impedances there is not much headroom on the iPhone 6s Plus and the 11 Pro Max. With 100% volume said phones are listenable but don't really get enough power. And this is in balanced mode where the output is higher. The single ended Hidizs S8 has higher out than the Beam 2 in balanced mode. Disappointing.
OTOH very sensitive iems like CA Andromeda have hearable hiss on the Beam 2 as soon as the source provides a signal. When the source signal is switched off or set to pause the noise floor on the Andro goes away in Spotify after 3 s or so (in Tidal it seems to take a bit longer). Moreover, there are pretty loud crackling noises on the Andromeda when switching a song in Spotify on the iPhone (funny enough not everytime but regularly). This makes such sensitive inears near unusable.
Even with high impepance full size headphones pretty loud cracks occur sometimes when switching songs in Spotify on the iPhone.
With Samsung S10 5G there is a bit more power than on the iPhone. This way the Beam 2 can drive an Atticus to loud enough levels in balanced mode. And the crackling noise when switching songs seems to be a bit weaker, even with the Andromeda.
Edit: After applying the new firmware (0125) the noise when switching songs seems to have been reduced to mostly unproblematic levels. The noise floor problem however is still present. And there is noise even when there is no source signal at all, stemming from the GSM functionality. Only the flight mode brings it down to near zero.
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KuroYariman
61
Jul 10, 2020
Anyone know about mqa decoders vs Renderers? This page says it does both which I think is surprising for the price!
how does this compare to Ifi hip dac? I’ve been under the assumption that the hip dac is only a Renderer
Rowdy2026
803
Jan 28, 2021
KuroYarimanmqa decoders vs Renderers?
They do the same thing.
hip dac is only a Renderer...
it’s a dac with an mqa renderer.
chunkstile
0
Jan 28, 2020
This looks like BS. Where is pictures of ports, info about power supply? I thought this site was for things that actually exist.
derek.lob
91
Jan 30, 2020
chunkstile
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WindowsXP
4
Jan 12, 2020
The first model wasn't very good. On iOS it went from mute to blow your eardrums out in just 2 volume steps using in ears.
Krogers85
15
Jan 12, 2020
WindowsXPI was trying to find reviews online about the first product. I appreciate the info.
mrgb
2
Jan 9, 2020
HiFiGo audio store is shipping this out now, not as cheap as drop but can get 5$ off with hifigo5
Free and faster ship too, just ordered a blue one from there
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