cs43131

TL;DR / Changelog [5/20/25] Eleven DAC/HP amp combo devices adopting either the Cirrus Logic CS43131 or CS43198 were tested, and seven of them were found produce the distortion dubbed a "Cirrus hump." Based on measurements from multiple sources (including this review), a list of...

Important Update (8/1/25) FiiO is the first audio company reacting to the issue of DRE-induced distortion associated with the CS431xx chips! A new firmware release for the FiiO KA15 supports an option to enable or disable DRE. With this firmware installed, it does not exhibit distortion behavior...

Introduction Presented here is a review of the JCally JM20 Max based on detailed measurements. This DAC/headphone dongle has some features that piqued my curiosity: It is a USB dongle that claims to provide relatively high unbalanced output power (195 mW @ 32 Ohm per channel), which is rare...

Hello, I would like to purchase this usb DAC: usb dac CS43131 link: (might be deleted?)...

The USB-C Dongle Market Apparently CS43130 was a Wolfson chip. It was Hidizs / Tempotec / Meizu that first drew my attention to CS43131. Later in 2020 products with dual CS43131 such as iBasso DC03 began appearing. We’ve had these pages...