[Level]

What might be the early favorites for a small footprint dac/amp to match with the Pico?

 

[Edric Li]

  What might be the early favorites for a small footprint dac/amp to match with the Pico?

why???

 

[Level]

  why???

In these early days of this budding audiophile I haven't heard of too many dap/iem combo's which won't benefit from an amp....just my limited experience talking.
I am also looking for a dacamp to use with my computer and in a portable stack whenever it's required. So far my Havi's don't seem very happy with standalone daps other than the N5. Granted, my experience and gear cache are both quite limited thus far.

 

[Jazzi]

 
In these early days of this budding audiophile I haven't heard of too many dap/iem combo's which won't benefit from an amp....just my limited experience talking.
 

You should try LPG.  No amp needed.

 

[Level]

  You should try LPG.  No amp needed.

I completely agree.

 

[thingol]

what I have at the moment is an early prototype only. What I can tell this far: it has 32GB bult in memory, the prototype I have does not support micro SD cards and can play the same files like Lotoo Paw 5000.
 
at this point I could not connect it to my phone, but don't forget that this is a product which has no screen and I got no user manual which makes testing its limits pretty hard  
 
did not have the chence yet to try it out with a high impadence headphone to test what it can or can't play.
 
I'm still in love, however, I do not know whether there are available this portable dsd players on the market or not.

 

[Level]

 
I completely agree.

PAW 5000 on order, a compromise for sure but a second player is always a good thing to have. I'll take the step up to reference class with my next purchase. I'm curious what the Cayin N6 upgrade will bring.....maybe the LPG will also be updated. For now I'm looking for a suitable dacamp for the 5000, and the Pico is on my list as well.

 

[yacobx]

Any new news???

 

[thesheik137]

The main question is if it has usb dac or bluetooth capabilities. I know the paw 5000 never got usb dac software and the bluetooth performance was lackluster, but i think it is really necessary for such a small player with no screen.   Especially when compared to the shanling m1, which has every feature one could ask for.

 

[Silent Xaxal]

What DAC does it use?

 

[twister6]

Sighting at E-Earphone Tokyo show, Lotoo table.  Looks like PICO, doesn't it?
 

 

[hqssui]

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  Sighting at E-Earphone Tokyo show, Lotoo table.  Looks like PICO, doesn't it?
 

 

 

, Yes , thanks . Looking forward for this and I have a feeling it will be a great player.

 

[lostman]

I was there and saw it but I don't know if it was functional. I don't speak Japanese but I tried asking some questions but couldn't get any useful info. I hope this isn't vaporware! 

 

[twister6]

  I was there and saw it but I don't know if it was functional. I don't speak Japanese but I tried asking some questions but couldn't get any useful info. I hope this isn't vaporware! 

 
Been told by Lotoo rep it's definitely a go, they just need to finish the app for it.

 

[musicday]

It will play DSD 64 over PCM and has 32 GB internal memory with additional micro SD expansion slot.Can be used as Bluetooth to both send and receive from players.