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A compact, fully featured DAC/amp from SMSL, the M9 features a CNC-machined aluminum chassis with a 1.44-inch TFT LCD screen, customizable with your choice of six text colors. And it doesn’t stop there Read More
Honestly, not very well. The 58X enjoys a healthy dose of voltage. This amp would get them loud but will not have the grunt to really push those drivers as intended to sound their best. With its high OI, this amp looks suited for low to medium ohm headphones (~32 to ~80 ohms). I also doubt planars are going to sound good out of this amp with this level of performance.
I never had any problem with them. I've tried sap2, 6, 9, IDEA, IQ, sanskrit panda pack. Each one surprised me in a very positive way. Unpretentious and competent, I respect that. :)
** edit **. Received mine, opened the box, screen appeared to be all scratched up. It's actually the world's most difficult to remove film protecting the screen.
Well I only have limited experience with headphones, but much more experience with car audio gear (not the junk from the big box stores either.) I recently purchased a Fiio Q1 mkii and it was a significant improvement over my iphone 6s headphone jack. And this is a world apart from the Q1. The channel separation is noticeably better. There is much more detail also, so a dual mono DAC setup is clearly a plus. The Q1 has a really low noise floor, possibly even a little darker than this dac, but distortion in the higher frequencies is kind of an issue for me with the Q1, it doesn't let me rock out as much (read Nirvana). The SMSL does better in that area, maybe a little thinner in mid bass. I agree with others that this would be a great DAC to use with a standalone amp. DSD128 out from Foobar is nice and working with foo_dsd_asio driver. I paid $40 more than I did for the Q1. The Fiio wont take up to much space on the shelf.
oceannnnnI recommend to turn on ASRC upsampling and leave it ON at all times, but set it to the lowest possible level (i.e. 44Khz/48Khz). CS8422 chip will remove jitter and make music sound much more natural with pleasant and pronounced mid-bass.
UzuzuI do agree with you after all a dac is a combination of D/A convertor chip, opamp(s), buffer(s), usb interface and many other components. so at the end collected performance of whole circuit and topology of the circuit maters greatly
I joined... for now... Honest opinions request, would I get much of a gain here from my Topping D30 and Schiit Magni 3? It seems like the DAC chips are well regarded. However, I don't listen to FLAC/Lossless Files so will I really benefit? I would appreciate more experienced and more informed individuals in this areas input on the matter.
amazon reviews are not very positive. unit gets hot. volume button is finicky.clicking when changing rates, cannot work with small ASIO buffers. and now selling 3 times less here? :)