Maybe as a baseline to start tweaking.   Quote:

Used it for couple of days. Maybe I haven't heard better, still it sounds good enough for my needs already. I read on the inter-web how some people do not rate this DAP at all.  Like how I describe this to my friends, it is old school, no touchscreens and unconventionally straightforward. ...

I am no audiophile. I just got the PAW 5000. Paired it with my XiaoMi Pistons V2. Seems good enough already. Now if I want a better pairing with ear buds/phones, is there something you could recommend? I went ahead to order XiaoMi Quantie. Also looking at Venture Electronics Zen, KZ ZS1 and...