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SMSL M9 DAC/Amp

SMSL M9 DAC/Amp

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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

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victor158128
36
Dec 18, 2018
32ohm: 108mW 64ohm: 104mW 150ohm: 86mW 300ohm: 57mW Gain value seems too small for anything other than sensitive iems
jaydunndiddit
3262
Dec 19, 2018
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.
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fabianofsouza
1
Dec 20, 2018
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. :)
OVG86
1
Dec 21, 2018
Is this better than a fulla2?
Gurbakhshish
214
Jan 10, 2019
Slightly wider airy and slightly cleaner sub bass and mid bass.
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Cellar
37
Jan 13, 2019
OVG86way better IMO. This is way better than the REV2 I was using, and that was better than the Fulla2... so
oceannnnn
44
Feb 1, 2019
** 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.
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oceannnnn
44
Feb 10, 2019
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.
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brainwave
703
Feb 11, 2019
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.
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YellowBee
66
Dec 19, 2018
I wounder if the DAC is better than in the Schiit, then we could just use this as a DAC
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Uzuzu
1431
Dec 22, 2018
And the JDS Labs OL DAC uses the AK4490 but measures worse than the SDAC which uses the older AK4452.... case and point
Gurbakhshish
214
Dec 22, 2018
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
kipa
2
Dec 19, 2018
Would HD6XX's and this make a good combo?
nasikkar19
2
Jan 20, 2019
I will use my fx audio dac x6 as a dac ....how about xduoo TA-10, is it a good dac amp combo.
nasikkar19
2
Jan 20, 2019
Do you know any class A tube dac/amp with 2.5mm balanced output.
RayF
22210
Dec 18, 2018
Odd that the thing has a screen, but there aren't any shots of the screen ON, and actually showing something! Still, I wonder if I can get HBO on it?

mahee
337
Dec 22, 2018
RayFI binge watched netflix last night. Screen seemed small though
RayF
22210
Dec 22, 2018
maheeAs I suspected--I'm holding off until the SMSL Magnifying Glass drop comes back around.
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.
TheHun
102
Dec 18, 2018
I have no dog in that fight, I'm simply looking for objective data, the rest is just noise to me.
Uzuzu
1431
Dec 19, 2018
Both are good companies for sure.
Yakov
1420
Dec 18, 2018
If this isn't an error... Merry-Birthday to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Oriander
2
Dec 22, 2018
Ukraine's taxes will be counting ralative to prise with a fee $140 or relative to a full price $450?
Yakov
1420
Dec 22, 2018
OrianderI would contact Massdrop on that. I've seen some people have the MSRP declared instead of what was paid.
Helpbot
310
Dec 18, 2018
The cheapest balanced setup the world's ever seen?
PCgaming4ever
184
Dec 18, 2018
HelpbotAlso looks like it might be the weakest
bYtock
625
Dec 18, 2018
The 2.5mm headphone out is a 4 pole balanced.
bravomail
125
Dec 19, 2018
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? :)
Chrisuhh
3
Dec 19, 2018
bravomailFor the price on massdrop it's not bad although I would never pay $400+ for something like this
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