iBasso DX320

Broad agreement that the balanced output has plenty of power. Headfonia drove an Audeze LCD-X with ease, Audiophile Heaven found it enough for very hard-to-drive headphones, and Headfonics calls the stock card the better match for demanding headphones. The limit, named by ichos-reviews and Bloom Audio, is the most power-hungry planars. The single-ended output is much weaker.

“In terms of power, the player drove my Audeze LCD-X with ease, as long as I remained in Balanced mode.”

Headfonia

“The DX320 with the stock amp is very powerful for a DAP and from the balanced output it can run most headphones on the market minus some really hard to drive planar magnetic ones.”

ichos-reviews

“It’s a great fit for over-ear headphones in the range of the Audeze LCD-X or HIFIMAN Arya, but struggles with more power hungry planars.”

Bloom Audio

Strong agreement: the background is silent, with no hiss even on sensitive IEMs. Headfonics ranks it among the quietest players on the market, and ichos-reviews, Audiophile Heaven and Bloom Audio report no hiss with any IEM they tried. Headfonia heard a very faint buzz on mid and high gain in the quietest passages. The noise complaints in the forums are about the optional AMP13 tube card, which picks up interference while Wi-Fi is on, not the stock card.

“It is still one of the quietest on the market and certainly more serene than alternative flagships such as the HiBy R8.”

Headfonics

“in practice I noticed no background noise or hissing with any IEM I tested DX320 with”

Audiophile Heaven

“In high and mid gain, in very very quiet moments, you can hear a very tiny buzz, but on most setup, you won’t hear anything.”

Headfonia

Mostly praised. Reviewers describe the sound as natural, clean and dynamic, neither warm nor mellow: Headfonics notes it isn't especially warm, Audiophile Heaven calls it natural, forward and punchy, and ichos-reviews finds it more technical than emotional. Several, including Precogvision, Moon Audio and Audiophile Heaven, hear it as a clear step up from the DX300. Twister6 hears a reference-leaning, detail-first presentation. A minority doubts any audible difference at all: on forum.headphones.com Torq sees nothing between it and rival flagships on objective grounds, and an ASR member expects it to sound like a cheap dongle. In 2022 owners also reported firmware updates changing the sound.

“However, this is not a sound signature imbued with a huge amount of warmth.”

Headfonics

“the DX320 has superior timbre and dynamics”

headphones.com (Precogvision), against the DX300

“And I would say that, on objective grounds there’s probably nothing in it (they all hover around the same measured performance).”

forum.headphones.com, Torq, on the DX320 against two rival flagships

Mostly positive. Reviewers praise the large, sharp screen (Headfonia calls it unrivalled), the responsive Android 11 with open app installs, and above all the swappable amp cards, which iBasso was still adding to in 2025. The criticisms: Google Play isn't preinstalled, Precogvision found the features barely improved on the DX300 and the same bugs still present, Twister6 found Bluetooth range shorter than a phone's, and a Head-Fi owner names latency in DAC mode as iBasso's weak spot.

“None other players, to this day, can rival the DX320 in this aspect”

Headfonia, on the screen

“The features haven't improved commensurably, and it's still plagued by most of the same bugs and nitpicks that I had with its predecessor.”

headphones.com (Precogvision)

Battery life is the most common complaint, though the reports spread widely. Reviewers timed about 9 hours (Twister6), 10 (Audiophile Heaven), 10 to 11 (ichos-reviews) and almost 14 single-ended (Headfonia), while Head-Fi owners report around 8 and say they lost hours compared with the DX300. The digital battery usually runs down before the amp battery, and Reddit owners were caught out when the amp battery ran flat on its own. The other complaints are size, which Headfonia, Twister6 and Precogvision all mention, and side buttons sitting where you grip the player.

“I was getting approximately 9hrs of playback time when analog side went down to 40% and digital was down close 0%.”

Twister6

“The only drawback? It’s a big player, like two iPhone Max blended together, but that’s the only caveat I could point out.”

Headfonia

“If you are used to the DX300, you are already losing about 8 hours play time with the Amp11.1 by going to the DX320 with Amp11.1S”

Head-Fi, samandhi

Sources split between the chassis and owners' units. Reviewers like the build: Headfonia describes machined aluminium under bonded glass, Precogvision calls it excellent and ichos-reviews durable. Against that, owners on Head-Fi and Reddit report a play/pause button breaking off inside, a loose volume knob on a new unit, a cracked back panel that took months to repair through the US distributor, and players that died within weeks. Early firmware brought unlock, SD-card and app bugs, mostly fixed by later updates.

Sources split, though the larger, heavier-weighted group calls it good value: Headfonia a no-brainer at $1,599, Headfonics reasonably priced, and Twister6 strong on price and performance even counting extra amp cards. The minority are Precogvision, unsure the gains over the DX300 justify $400 more though still calling it a decent option around $1,500, and an ASR member who calls it overpriced against a dongle and a phone. Moon Audio saw it as a worthwhile buy for newcomers but not an upgrade for DX300 owners, and Bloom Audio called it an iterative replacement rather than a big step forward. It is now discontinued and sells open-box or used for roughly half its launch price.