ES9281AC supports MQA of course.

A comment from a troll. The UA4, like the FiiO KA17, has flawless musicality, but obviously preconceived ideas are very hard to forget, especially on Head Fi!

Good luck, but I think you'll have to wake up very early and search desperately! :beyersmile: With the FD7, a FiiO KA17 ES9069*2, XMOS XU316, and THX AAA 78, desktop mode with good powerbank is an excellent music source.

I much prefer this to the overly peremptory previous messages! :relaxed:

I do not agree at all. Between a Fiio FH9 which is truly extraordinary and a FiiO FD7 which is also excellent: the FD7 is also excellent (but different) in treble, harmonics among other qualities!

My FiiO system, my music; like a dream...

Difficult to quantify! In music... The KA17 is 50% more expensive, so 50% more music? Certainly not, but if the restitution of the UA4 is superb, KA17 is at higher level, naturally evident, airy, lively and beautiful. I keep both: the UA4 has such a low electricity consumption and it is a great...

I have both: and both Shanling UA4 and FiiO KA17 are musically excellent for the price! I'm not interested in power, only musicality and obviously the FiiO is superior: - More refinement - More clarity. - More subtleties - More legato - Finer, more subtle details - More distinct instruments and...

A few words will suffice: These Fiio FD7, this obvious! This music! So simple! So natural! Why not possess them sooner?

A very beautiful mechanism on this Shanling CD-T35, the Philips, a transport with the knowledge acquired with LP turntables, like many high end CD players in the 90s (and also expensive!) but sublimated with the magnificent current DACs. A beautiful object which when you have thousands of CDs...

Read old posts and you will have the answer. At least mine. In forums it is not those who accumulate the comments which represent the truth.

Oh it's very simple: for me all these buttons are just gadgets, I absolutely don't use them! (ditto for the screen, while it is essential for the intelligent Shanling H2). The UAPP, Neutron, etc. player of the smartphone, tablet, Windows PC, Chrome or Linux, has all the settings much better...

... an iPhone, and certainly some exotic reading software :beyersmile:

Really very little! To give an idea, connected to a powerbank with a splitter, the powerbank goes into standby position after a few seconds...(i.e. TempoTec Sonata BHDpro) For example an iBasso dc04pro or E1DA #9038 SG3 does not do it.

This is absolutely not the case. For me the UA4 works very well (very well and with excellent musicality, thank you!) with a Redmi 9 with android 12 & tablet Samsung Tab S7 FE with android 13, but not recognized with my Xiaomi Note 10 (android 11) or my Lenovo tablet Lenovo Tab M10 FHD Plus (mk...

Unfortunately on my Android 11 devices it does not work even with UAC1. But very well with 12 and windows 11, Linux, old windows phone.

I actually have both. Two excellent dongles, it is very difficult for me to give an opinion because I have only had the Shanling for a few days and what's more I have just changed the cable for my iem... This UA4 is a very beautiful object, well finished, well manufactured, the sound is very...

Shanling UA4 received yesterday. A beautiful object, well made, beautiful screen, excellent sound, very clear, very dynamic, very musical and which changes from others, very many recent dongles with Cirrus Logic or AKM. Does not work with older versions of Android.

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Ah OK! We understand why use this old Tempotec V1, their Sonata BHD pro has a Cirrus and the MQA!

A completely unnecessary comment! Soon, if this continues, we will be able to read comments like: I only use mp3 so WAV, Flac etc "dac ESS already outdated". Absolutely stupid and childish.

Yes... However, having to increase the volume is not often a very good sign in audio...

Above all, don't forget the Tempotec Sonata BHD pro :relaxed:

Yes, there is a filter on each side. It seems to be missing on the right for yours, with your pics you would think it has moved to the other large earpiece hole, but again it's hard to see.