HIFIMAN EF400
Cheap R2R with a big amp attached — loved for its warmth, doubted for its numbers, and dogged by a crackle.
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FiiO BTR15
The press called it the best-value Bluetooth DAC going; its owners mostly agree — once they've survived the firmware, the app and the battery.
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FiiO Q7
A desktop amplifier's muscle in a 620-gram brick — reviewers agree on the power, argue about the heat, and owners argue with reviewers about how long it lasts.
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FiiO K15
The K17's chassis, knobs and streamer for a little over half the price — reviewers call it the value pick of the line; owners say the firmware took a year to catch up.
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FiiO New K3
A palm-sized, USB-powered DAC/amp that reviewers found clean and quiet — and that owners split on for power and staying power.
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FiiO Snowsky Retro Nano
A sixty-dollar Bluetooth DAC with a battery you can swap — and a battery everyone has an opinion about.
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FiiO KA17
The dongle that behaves like a desktop amp — including the heat, the appetite for power, and a menu with more ambition than its software.
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FiiO KA11
Desktop-class numbers in an 8.5-gram dongle for $33 — and a long argument about heat, the cable, and how long it lasts.
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iFi iDSD Diablo 2
A genuinely powerful portable with a power rating it couldn't live up to — and a bright streak that splits the room.
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iFi GO link
Reviewers call it the best $59 dongle going; owners' pockets and phones keep finding its weak spots.
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iFi GO blu
The smallest, loudest Bluetooth DAC/amp of its generation — with a radio, a hiss and a volume wheel its owners keep arguing about.
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Qudelix T71
A pocket DSP powerhouse that measures like a desktop DAC — and asks you to learn it before it pays off.
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