Don Sergio G
New Head-Fier
Recently, I bought my first pair of good headphones, the AKG K702s, they're great and my HTC 10 runs them properly thanks to the 24 bit dac it has, but when I'm at the office I don't want to get distracted by my phone and the built in headphone jack on my old macbook ran the cans poorly, also, living in México doesn't help as most popular dacs aren't even available to buy here, so looking for portable alternatives was my only option as the only other way I could run them properly on my laptop was to bring my audio interface (the scarlett 2i2) with me, finally I settled on the LG HI-FI Plus portable dac as it is REALLY cheap here because the G5 itself didn't really sell well and carriers started giving away the g5 modules for free as an incentive for people to buy the phone, given that the retail price for this dac was around $150 at launch (I got mine for $50 usd brand new) I gave it a shot and think it is perfect as a portable dac, it has a small form factor, it uses usb-c, it can run on every smartphone I have tested (even iPhones) as well as pc and mac computers, audio quality is also great, as the lg hi-fi plus uses the same components as the dac found in the lg v10, sound is a little bit warmer than the htc 10 and the amp runs the k702s really loud, I've also tested it with a pair of shure se215 IEMs and can't even max the volume without fear of hurting my ears, overall, I recommend you get the hi-fi plus if you are looking for a portable dac on a budget or to upgrade the sound quality of an iphone, android smartphone, tablet or computer you have without carrying big equipment.