: > Powerful dual ESS Sabre ES9219C SoCs
> Neutral, analytical reference sound with a tad lower-mid warmth
> Expansive, airy soundstaging
> Capable gushing out tons of micro/macrodetails
> Rigid, smoothly angled aluminium alloy chassis
> Dual filter settings
> Balanced output
> Bobby-dazzling RGB LED light show with 15 effects
: < Digital filter could not be turned off
< Warms up easily even without playing anything, which gets even warmer with the lights on
< Inefficient power rating
< Huge volume gain jump (caution IEM users with low impedance + high sensitivity)
< Absence of gain switch or external volume button for something this powerful
< 2.5mm (BAL) output which rapidly losing relevance
We considered LDAC, but it was either LDAC or the dual source support, and we ultimately chose to go with just AptX, AAC - and the dual source support. LDAC is pretty memory intensive and not well supported amongst most phones without going in to developer mode and such. We wanted something that just sounded very good right out of the box, with just about anything you can attach to it. And feedback about the dual source switching has been quite positive so we may have made the right tradeoff there - time will tell!