Chessblitzer2017
100+ Head-Fier
Honestly with just a few hours of listening with the es100 I find myself with a reaffirmed stronger bond with the airy spacious soundstage of this Idea. Wonderful little guy.
Overall, a noticeable improvement over the Apple 3.5mm dongle. Stereo separation is much better, even rivaling my ES100 in balanced mode, if not, even a tad better than my ES100. Feels very holographic sound like you are in a large stage.How much of an improvent is it over the lightning to 3.5mm dongle ? Have you noticed a dip in battery life ?
Is xelento considered 'sensitive', it's 16 ohms
Overall, a noticeable improvement over the Apple 3.5mm dongle. Stereo separation is much better, even rivaling my ES100 in balanced mode, if not, even a tad better than my ES100. Feels very holographic sound like you are in a large stage.
Using my FAD E5000 as my primary IEMs, I was immediately blown away on how much details are revealed, treble became more pronounced and bass became leaner, most of all, soundstage became much much more wider. Driving them off my Apple 3.5mm dongle, they sound bassy and overly warm sometimes, but from the iDEA they sound amazing. Trying them off on my UMPro50 v2 and same goes as well, bass became much fuller, sub bass hits much better and I can hear them and treble are more pronounced without being fatiguing. The iDEA pairs really well on warm sounding IEMs and low impedance and low sensitivity IEMs requiring loads of driving power (mWatts).
For battery life, my iPhone X drops about 6% to 8% per hour when screen is off and music playing on HF Player. It drops around 10% to 12% per hour if I'm listening to music and browsing through safari at the same time.
Is xelento considered 'sensitive', it's 16 ohms
Is xelento considered 'sensitive', it's 16 ohms
Sensitivity is measured in dB/mW and Xelento has 110 dB/mW. That means they're quite sensitive and can go very loud even with modestly powerful sources.
Hi,
I'm looking for a portable DAC that can drive my Fostex T50RP (50 Ohm, 92dB (1kHz, 1mW), 3000 mW max) headphones. I'm using ReplayGain, so actually I need even a bit more output power than usual.
Is anybody using the Fostex with SMSL IDEA or X4 (or the Sabajs)?
At the moment I have a DragonFly Black 1.5 here. This one has not enough power, therefore I'll send it back. DragonFly Red would be an option, but it is expensive. Also the DragonFly shows some noise coming from the PC USB port. How is filtering on the SMSL?
I want to use the DAC with my PC and with my iPad Pro (without any additional power source).
Thanks for the suggestion, but a battery powered DAC is not an option. I already have one, but I never use it.
Do you know if the DA3 works with iPhone/iPad?