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Centrance DACport HD or Spectra X?

Azeendeen

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I am looking for a thumb size or fairly small dac/amp smaller than the nx4 dsd for my laptop use. I have a nx4 dsd but it is just too big for me and honestly I dont need that much power. All I plan to use the dac/amp with is with iems mainly my jh 13vs and campfire cascade both of which do not require much power . Which do I go for ? The centrance on massdrop which is updated with the same DAC but offers more power or spectra which offers better audio measurements but less power .
I would not consider myself an audiophile and only use premium spotify. Only songs are have in FLAC is one Tool album and a few other songs
 

Tks

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Well you don't have much choice, as the Centrance is the only device that was tested here that did OK last year.

If you're willing to get a balanced setup. The E1DA blows everything to smithereens. Or if you're willing to wait, an unbalanced regular version should be coming sooner or later (prototype has existed for a few months now).
Check out the latest from the creator here, or his discord: here https://discord.gg/nkUBYSv

Aside from that, you have other options like DAP's but idk if that's too big for you.
 
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