AmberOzL
Headphoneus Supremus
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The internal amp is plenty enough to drive any IEMs out there to an unsafe level. With my JH13pro, I can't stand anything above 17 volume level, and there is 30 volume steps in all. The ZX1 is very dynamics John. It is more dynamics sounding than the X3, DX50, and MS-AK100 that I have. The headphone out is reminiscent of the DX100 but with less power which only matter with more difficult to drive phones. The line out is totally fine but it is lower in volume than most. All Sony DAPs have very quite line out. I think it is the resulting of the Class D amp. For reference, I have to use medium gain setting on my Pico Power amp.
Line out shouldn't be related to amp power of the dap, with line out, you are supposed to bypass the amp section, so you basically don't use it. Doesn't matter if there is class A or D amp.