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40% off Fosi Audio Q5 Silver DAC Converter & Headphone Amplifier US$41.99 (~A$61.57) Delivered @ Fosi Audio

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40% off Fosi Audio Q5 Silver DAC Converter & Headphone Amplifier US$41.99 (~A$61.57) Delivered @ Fosi Audio
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MarketingFosi Audio on 12/07/2022 - 20:44 fosiaudioshop.com (298 clicks)

Mac/PC plug-n-play, no special software is needed (need driver for windows 7, please download it in support page), RCA and dual headphones outputs;

USB and optical coaxial S/PDIF inputs can choose the input mode. With the volume control knob that can adjust the headphones as well as the RCA output. Note: Dolby signal input is not supported;

Hi-Fi headphone amp chips TPA6120, NE5532; with headphones protect circuit for any 16-250Ohm headphones;

Stream bit-perfect 24bit/192Hkz HD with low jitter, built-in Cirrus CM6642 + NE5532 + ESS9018K2M DAC chips, as desktop DAC, stereo headphone amp, and preamp.

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  • GaelicAU on 12/07/2022 - 20:48

    Why do I need this opposed to 3.5mm out from my laptop?

    • HaydosK on 12/07/2022 - 20:52
      +3

      external dac/amps are needed for more power and they can also improve the sound quality

      • BargainHunterJohnnyB on 12/07/2022 - 21:09

        Yeah but is this even good? I know that Topping has some GOOD DACS and headphone amplifiers, but not sure about this Fosi - although i do have a BT20A-S and can't complain.. it's … it's… good.

        • HaydosK on 12/07/2022 - 21:27

          it depends i wouldnt buy from fosi but some people say that some are good but it depends what model you get

          • BargainHunterJohnnyB on 12/07/2022 - 21:31

            @HaydosK: Well really it has not been reviewed at audiosciencereview.com - apart from that it could be a perfectly adequate product.. in fact i would say that it is.

            • tonyjzx on 12/07/2022 - 21:34
              +2

              @BargainHunterJohnnyB: you're probably paying a fair bit more for a topping etc.

              the reason why this one is cheap is because it lacks BT and its 'only' 192k

              but really for $60 youre not going to buy better

              i have the cheaper portable one and its entirely fine

              its not as good as a dac say 5x the price or a big time 19" component sized preamp but it was less than $50

              it blows away just about any consumer piece of crap

              • BargainHunterJohnnyB on 12/07/2022 - 21:39
                +1

                @tonyjzx: I actually own a topping DAC and I do enjoy it - although i am inclined to agree with your opinion on this product being quite adequate.

                I also own a Fosi BT20A-S and it's perfectly fine and sounds really hood, although not as good as my cambridge audio integrated amplifier, it's totally sufficient.

                I'm surprised there are not more reviews over at ASR.com.

                Regarding a lack of BT, I actually prefer no BT, since it defeats the purpose of high-res audio in the first place.

                • HaydosK on 12/07/2022 - 22:24

                  @BargainHunterJohnnyB: same i also dont care about bluetooth
                  also amir had way too many products to review a cheap dac/amp that isnt that popular

                  • tonyjzx on 13/07/2022 - 05:10

                    @HaydosK: i'm with you guys there…

                    if you want BT then get a dedicated digital BT box and feed it into this

                    BUT realise we are the exception… people dont like extra boxes

                • terrys on 13/07/2022 - 11:11

                  @BargainHunterJohnnyB:

                  it defeats the purpose of high-res audio

                  Yep - it's a bit like using a "Hi-Fi" for AM reception.

                  I grabbed the TPA 3116 ( basic 2 channel amp] when it was last on special, and when they said "quiet", I never suspected they had done what the U.K. couldn't, and got rid of Johnson noise…

      • GaelicAU on 13/07/2022 - 09:14

        More power? Do you mean louder volume? I cant imagine having to turn my headphones plugged into my Mac laptop any louder. Not being facetious, I'm just trying to understand a use case for this item.

        • HaydosK on 13/07/2022 - 11:02

          yes power = volume
          you might not have this issue but some headphone need more power to get the volume you want

        • terrys on 13/07/2022 - 11:33

          louder volume? I

          There's also a phenomenon called "clipping" where you have a short transient loud signal that needs more power than the amplifier can deliver. With old valve amps, the grid would really heat up for a moment and sometime flash ultra-violet for a instant then return to normal - a transistor just fails to let the signal through and you get a more obviously distorted sound.

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