Though it's tiny, it manages to power even high ohm headsets with amazing accuracy. It works great with the drop usb-c to usb-c and my Phillips shp-9600. Soon enough I'll be using the Akoustyx...
I have an external amplifier with no integrated DAC and I only have an xduo xa10 as a dac/amp can I use the xduo xa10 as a dac only with an external amplifier?
And a C01U Pro that is offered as the item in this drop: http://www.amazon.com/Samson-C01U-Studio-Condenser-Microphone/dp/B00HXE4BYW
If you look here: http://www.samsontech.com/site_media/support/manuals/USB-Microphone-Comparison-Chart.pdf
There's a good comparison chart between the two (my unscientific comparison of looking a the number of dots in columns).