@bixby Thanks!  This must be what is wrong.  I have decided to return it and get this HiFimeDIY Sabre ES9023.  Anyone used this?

Hello! I recently joined the party with some ATH-M50x, but I won't have much time to enjoy them with my laptop because I am going on a road trip across the US. I will still have my phone though, so I picked up a FiiO K1 DAC/Amp for my phone. Unfurtunately when I plug it into my phone (Moto X...