Hello! I'm new here. Nice to see such a detailed measurements of budget friendly DAC/AMPs, thanks for that!
I'm deciding between the below units, appreciate if you could help me to choose the correct one. I'm planning to use them with Beyerdynamic DT770 250 ohms, source will be either laptop or smartphone headphone output. Budget 100-150$. Portability is not a major focus, just performance and quality.
1. JDS Labs Atom - liked the measurements so much but then some videos on YouTube decreased a faith in it. Especially volume pot and volume difference between the channels. Seems it is like a lottery, don't know what you get. I'll have to import in Europe so I won't have any options to return or exchange.
2. Liquid Spark - does this really perform much worse than JDS Atom? I like its design compared to Atom.
3. Fiio A5 or K5 - would like to hear some major differences between these two in capability of power delivering in 250-300 ohms impedance range.
Thanks in advance!
I'm deciding between the below units, appreciate if you could help me to choose the correct one. I'm planning to use them with Beyerdynamic DT770 250 ohms, source will be either laptop or smartphone headphone output. Budget 100-150$. Portability is not a major focus, just performance and quality.
1. JDS Labs Atom - liked the measurements so much but then some videos on YouTube decreased a faith in it. Especially volume pot and volume difference between the channels. Seems it is like a lottery, don't know what you get. I'll have to import in Europe so I won't have any options to return or exchange.
2. Liquid Spark - does this really perform much worse than JDS Atom? I like its design compared to Atom.
3. Fiio A5 or K5 - would like to hear some major differences between these two in capability of power delivering in 250-300 ohms impedance range.
Thanks in advance!