Thanks for the review, and appeciate the inclusive style of your review. Received this yesterday from the Hiby 50% off sale in December (shipping and customs into Central America is quite the experience- not at all due to Hiby); have been trying it directly running by HD600, and double-amping it into my Violectric V202 > LCD-XC (2021 edition)- both use cases sound super, though it is still early days. NOS mode is where it has been at since I got it, but will spend a lot more time over the coming days and weeks and see how it compares to other portable items in my collection (Qudelix 5K, IFI Hip Dac V1, Mojo 2)... but for tiny form factor, very pleasing tonality and immersion properties, and seemingly not excessive battery drain, seems like a great bit of gear for the $150 price tag I paid.

Thank you!

Yes I did read that amping it does help. Specially by something like the topping nx7. Another thing you can do is get a cheap USB c splitter and connect one of the end to your data source and another end to a power bank or so. ibasso recently released a similar dongle.

Apparently that supplies more power to the dongle for even more output.

Yes I would day for $150 they are a no brainer if you like that sound.