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SOUND QUALITY $2,000 MARKET HI-FI DIGITAL PORTABLE PLAYERS
SOUND QUALITY $2,000 MARKET HI-FI DIGITAL PORTABLE PLAYERS
SOUND QUALITY $2,000 MARKET HI-FI DIGITAL PORTABLE PLAYERS
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This portable DAC is designed for true audiophiles and those who want honest, smooth, reference-quality sound with excellent sound resolution.
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the sound character is reminiscent of the flagship players Astel and Kern. Very light, clear, with an abundance of high-quality midrange frequencies, correct and precise soundstage and audibility of the force of pressing the keys.
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The king is dead! Long live the king (CXAN with purple cable)! With a caveat in advance, the first portable DAC with audibility in the sound of the force of pressing the keys, excellent attacks in the midrange, yes, midrange (,, Staccato"), exceptional clarity, detail, precise imaging and phenomenal percussion. The first comparisons with the newly released laces on 9068, 9069q show the beating of the baby in favor of this one.
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Until I received this lilac portable DAC with power via type-c ( , my main portable was considered to be the 9280 DAC (in the photo in metal cases), then, updated to 9281 hand-made and sensational in 2019-2022 (in my neighboring ads 200+ in favorites). Yesterday I had a chance to attend a concert of Rammstein and Okean Elzy. I almost went deaf from this miracle, because I wanted to make everything louder and louder ... My foot was stomping to the beat of the music (yes, several times I had to scream with joy through the music).
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It's time to bury portable bulky hi-fi players and carry music with you even to the ends of the earth, far away from slaves and dependents. Stop paying 30,000 + UAH for players that sound no better than whistles. Many of you are familiar with the feeling of wasted money, having bought 30 times more expensive, you expect space-class players, but you get: "well yes ... here it is a little faster, here it is a little clearer .. a couple of %" and during operation you look for justifications for lavish spending. If you have not yet decided on the choice of an expensive hi-fi player, I think you should take a closer look at this model.
Specifications, and they are impressive without saving on precious metals and high-quality elements on the board. The sound quality will gut all market whistles and will be better than many hi-fi players in the price range of 1000 usd. With good headphones (up to 60 Ohm) will crush any recording into atoms. I also recommend for experienced audiophiles for the most expensive headphones, and as a portable replacement for such players as SP2000, SP3000. N7, RS8 price ranges of 2000+ USD.
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Features:
≥62 mW (32 ohms) ≥7 mW (600 ohms)
Signal-to-noise ratio: -118 dB Distortion: 0.0004%
Sampling rate: up to 32 bit / 768 kHz DSD support: up to DSD512.
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Bass: outlined, sharp, detailed, multifaceted, embossed and rumbling.
There is an analog academicity and a hammer blow on the casing (audible only on extreme test recordings). The bass has excellent depth, reaching sensations up to 30-40 Hz, which you will not find in most conventional DACs, whistles.
Detailing is exceptional across the entire spectrum of bass notes. From the mid-frequency blow to the fibro frightening vibrations of ultra-low resolution. The attack is very dense and fast. You can feel the source of the appearance of the bass, comparable to pronouncing, mmmmm, through a closed mouth. (mmmboom).
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Rating 10 out of 10.
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Mid frequencies:
This is fantastic. Even the AK380 on two DACs, the modern HIBY NEW R6, considering how detailed they are in the middle, lost in detail. In many tracks studied for decades, before each beat, you begin to hear distinctly and clearly the 3rd, 4th, 100500th plan (more distant and quiet sounds in the recording). This is very clearly traced in concert and live recordings. The timbre component is in the correct octaves. There is no distortion of voice reproduction in neighboring keys. Sting does not sing in women's voices, Dido has a slight hoarseness. This adds realism to the sound. Resolution of the mids is the best that has been heard in my entire life! The volume and presentation of the main material are very accurate, the separation of plans is exceptional. There is no difference with a real Hi-end analog receiver. You can hear the sigh of the larynx, the vibrato of the singers, the percussion of the reflections of the room and the attenuation of vocal melodies, you can hear people in the background of concerts, the sounds are clearer and more corporeal, you can hear almost everything. As mentioned at the beginning, this is the only DAC in which you can hear the force of pressing the keyboard instruments with subsequent attenuation, this increases the realism of the sounds. You can hear staccato (those same sharp lightning-fast chords and splashes)
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Rating 11 out of 10.
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High frequencies: crystal, voluminous, transparent, do not go into hissing, on good speakers and headphones they sound very loud! The line between the material of the speaker membrane and real metal is erased. The better the headphones, the better the high frequencies play. Considering the overall amazing detail and resolution component of the DAC, it is better not to connect super bright headphones, since the DAC will splash out all the shit of brightness and ringing, screaming and squeaking of expensive bright headphones, but the paradox is - sit in the 1st row of a concert, and your ears will be blocked from the ringing in a minute! The choice is yours, everyone strives for the right, realistic sound, but 90% of all reviewers - "dyginiratov" - make reviews for their preferences, from there we get the general relativity of each opinion. , let them go to an orchestra concert in a simple music school, sit at least 5 meters from the instruments ... Result: highs sound great, ringing, as in reality. Do not worry, not bright). ***
Rating 10 out of 10. ***
Soundstage, volume construction:
Almost holography, yes, you can't fool physics, but the wow effect is obtained at first. the best in depth and width due to the clarity of the sound itself, more accurately on the canvas, up to a minute on the dial, the positioning of sounds is determined. The stage is very deep, and excellent echeloning, the best in the class and will compete with Ultra hi-end players from 2000usd. And this is the most important thing, so that we feel this difference and do not spend hours looking for nuances that are not worth 1%. The scene is built for all 360 degrees, sounds are felt in the back of the head, below along the trajectory of hair shrinkage, in front, on the side, and even between the center and the side, which often made me wonder if there is a problem with the headphones, that the vocals, instrument or other sounds are shifted at the time of listening a little to the right, a little to the left of the center. Due to the excellent resolution, we get the volume of the room, and therefore - transparency and echeloning. The instruments do not merge into a heap, porridge, markets and bazaars. Everything plays separately, with its own volume, so the brain perceives all the little things, concentrating every beat on individual sounds. Depth and width, everything plays with good separation between the elements of the composition, and the greater the difference in the arrangement, the better, in my opinion, the scene is built. ARRANGEMENT.