So I have received my DX120 and let's say I am pretty happy about that little device
First of all kudos to iBasso for providing a premium package to an "entry" level DAP, this is as much of a nice unboxing experience as DX200.
Second, I have to salute the fantastic build as well, really stunning finish tight tolerances beautiful glass back that seems to be designed for stacking with small amps with the all flat surface.
Now off to sound, out of balanced this little gem packs a lot of power! I switched off to low gain and even then you have plenty of headroom.
I recognize the iBasso house sound there, nice bass impact and good control, extended highs, and articulate mids. All very musical, just one itch I have is the emphasis on the upper mids can take IEMs that never exhibited this some sibilance. This is all with reference sound mode, and the slower roll off default filter. Maybe burn in will help, I am talking out of the box there. So right now better pairing is with warmer IEMs that don't have too much upper mids emphasis like the Solaris. Phantom and VE8 do exhibit some sibilance on certain tracks.
This is something that can be tweaked so not a deal breaker.
This is tremendous value for money and audiophile on a budget could be 80% where the top dogs are for a quarter of the price
Impressive device with great form factor with high SQ, quick charge, good battery life, what else?
Note that I haven't upgraded the firmware so I'll do that.