DAPs, do you use them?

General DAC/Amp/DAP Discussion
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For IEMs and IEMs only, I will chime in with the sony zx507. It is one of the few daps That I liked. But there are a few caveats:

  1. As stated, IEM only. And probably not hard to drive ones.
  2. Streaming may cut your battery life dramatically.
  3. Not the smoothest experience.

Ultimately, my usage got as little as 4.5 hours on a charge. And never more than 9 (even with wifi and everything turned off while relying on my streaming service downloaded tracks). On a device that claimed 18-20 hours. I assume this means with their built-in player, which I could not use. I followed sony’s battery saving instructions exactly.

Outside of that, it is, without a doubt, the best dap I have put my hands on thus far. And I had the dx300 right before it.

Obviously not tubes, but good streaming daps are basically a unicorn.

I have not yet tried the hiby r6 2020. I will probably some day. But it’s the only dap left that I have any hopes of working well.

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