Sony PHA-1A Portable DAC/Amp

Name: Sony PHA-1A Portable DAC/Amp
Brand: Sony
SKU: sony-pha-1a-portable-dac-amp
Price: 259.99 USD
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Product Description

Equal parts sleek and powerful, the Sony PHA-1A portable DAC/amp makes an ideal pairing for your smartphone, PC, and Sony digital audio players. It features a high-performance Wolfson WM8790 DAC that supports PCM files up to 192 kHz/24 bit, along with a low-noise, low-distortion LME49860 opamp and a high-output TPA6120 headphone amp Read More

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Sep 7, 2017

how would this compare to a chord mojo?

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Sythrix

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Sep 6, 2017

How easily does the volume knob turn in your pocket? Anyone know? I have the HA2-SE and will be returning it because it turns so easily, even in loose fitting shorts and pants.

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JosephHarbinMedicalOrderly

Sep 7, 2017

SythrixThe knob isn't loose, but I never really used it in my pocket.

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Sythrix

302

Sep 7, 2017

JosephHarbinMedicalOrderlyThanks. It's in the same general position as the HA-2SE, so I think I'll pass if no one knows for sure.

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Nike

Sep 6, 2017

Good for older Sony MP3 players and older iPods , iPhones etc. Too old of a product. Would be better if it were PHA-2A.

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HollowState

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Sep 6, 2017

NikeDo you have any opinion on the sound quality of the Wolfson dac? I have heard that generally speaking a Wolfson would be "warmer" than, say, a Sabre, described as "analytical" Do you have insight into this particular dac? Also, you mentioned compatibility with older daps. I have heard that the iPod classics starting with the "iPod Video" (5th Gen) through the 7th Gen have good dacs, with the 5th Gen and 5.5th Gen using Wolfson dacs. Do the Wolfson in this PHA-1A and the Wolfson in the iPod Classic have similar sound signatures? I'm thinking of buying something like this dac/amp or the 5.5th Gen iPod Classic.

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