show's really grabbed me and tugged at my heartstrings too, if you know what i mean

right. good to hear. I don't like to use EQ either, or really need any bells and whistles besides SQ, so that's a plus. when i get just one or two confirmations that the W2 is the way to go over the EarMen Sparrow I think I'll finally pull the trigger haha.

Great to hear! I'm seriously considering picking up both. Would probably be a big step up from my FLC8s and Dragonfly Red haha. :) Do you use EQ with the W2 or does it just sound nice plugged and played?

You can get it here https://shop.musicteck.com/products/luxury-precision-w2-portable-usb-dac-amp-headphone-amp?variant=39262697685054 On the L&P head-fi thread, people seem to thing the W2 sounds much better than the S1. I was thinking of getting a Sparrow, but since this thread seems to have...

Has anyone who's tried the Sparrow heard the L&P W2? I'd love to see a comparison of those

glad to hear you like it! how does it pair with you MEST mkii?

I've been looking for this comparison as well :fingers_crossed:

Congrats on your mkii! I'd be curious to know how you feel it pairs with you L&P W2. I'm pretty close to finally pulling the trigger on a MEST mkii and I'm looking for a great sounding little DAC to pair with it...right now it seems down to the W2 or EarMen Sparrow. Glad you're liking them so...

Yikes. Sorry that happened with your Sparrow. I've heard that the balanced output on some of them (they say they've fixed the issue, but who knows) were faulty/unreliable/had EMI problems with Android devices. I use an iPhone/Macbook, but it still seems a little risky. I'd be planning on using...

thanks for the info! yeah I was pretty much sold on the Sparrow until I started hearing about how unreliable they can be. now that I've stumbled on the W2 maybe that's the way to go. I do prefer the look and size of the sparrow...but obviously that's not as important as SQ or the damn thing...

Which do you prefer between the Sparrow and the W2? Edit: Whoops should have just pm'ed you about this haha

Ok cool. Thanks so much. I tried the DFC once and I didn't love it. I actually preferred my DFR. Since I'm planning on getting the MESTmkii and I've heard they already have a ton of bass, I'm not sure I want something more bassy than the Cobalt. My problem with the MEST OG was it was too...

Anybody know the dimensions of the W2? Is it bigger than a Dragonfly Red? More importantly how does it compare to the EarMen Sparrow? I'm thinking about grabbing a UM MEST mkII and looking to upgrade my portable DAC from an old DFR. Trying to decide between the Sparrow and the W2. Thanks!

Well, I definitely am looking for something more balanced than the OG. Thanks for the reply!

Yeah demoing would be ideal. But failing that, it'd be nice to know if another head-fi'er here had similar issues to me with the OG and then had them resolved by MKII