Best battery powered DAC/AMP

[UWinWithWin]

I currently have the topping NX4 sDSD and the spectra X that I use from my iPad when I’m on the go.

Besides the chord mojo, what are other popular well performing battery powered DAC/AMP that you guys have had good luck with.

At home I use the El Amp and El DAC, but it’s complicated because o have to use a powered USB hub. And I want something that I can carry around with me.

I’m mostly curious what else is out there.

 

[daftcombo]

Why do you want it to be battery powered? USB powered can be good also, can't it?

 

[UWinWithWin]

Why do you want it to be battery powered? USB powered can be good also, can't it?

The iPad and iPhone can’t do very much power output. 5mA is the limit. The El DAC requires a powered usb strip. So having battery powered eliminates apples funky rules as a general rule. But the spectra-X does fine. Other usb/lightning powered stuff would be fine.

 

[jhwalker]

I really like my iFi xDSD. Sounds great (subjectively, haven't seen any real measurements), has plenty of power even for full-sized headphones, supports just about any audio format you can think of, and has (what I think of as) an innovative balanced headphone port that supports non-balanced connections, as well. Very nice.