Ibasso DX180 or Ibasso DX340...?

[Kinglizard]

Ibasso DX180 or Ibasso DX340...
Which DAP player should I get?
I know there's a big difference in price but is the price difference worth it buying the more expensive one?
I like good clean sounding music and sometimes I like it loud.
Can you people chime in and help me decide and give me some tips? Thanks.

 

[Somafunk]

You’ll get more feedback on a forum such as headfi, the audio/sound of a DAP is not really an issue to be concerned about - the experience of the user interface and software is of far more importance (in my opinion), personally I expect I’d be perfectly happy with the dx180

Perhaps have a look at the threads below on headfi.

iBasso DX180 4GB/128GB. Got your music? Enjoy the concert! Manual download on the 1st page of FW 1.02 NEW FW!

Video link for the removal of the back panel: https://ibasso.com/uploadfiles/download/DX180backcoverremoval.avi DX180 Local Firmware updates: 1.01 http://www.ibasso.com/uploadfiles/download/DX180FW-ota-v1.01.zip 1.02 http://www.ibasso.com/uplo.../download/DX180FW-ota-v1.02.zip Improvements...

www.head-fi.org

iBasso DX180, DX260, DX300(Max), DX320(Max), DX340 Rooting & Optimization Guides and Discussion

I want to thank Bloom @Andrew DiMarcangelo for agreeing to providing me with long term loaners for DX180, DX260MK2, DX340. I will be porting over the base module for MoonDiamond once its perfected on 340 to rest of Ibsso line up with exception to Max Ti which has its own modules. Loaners will...

www.head-fi.org

 

[Subob]

As said above, I'd concentrate on the UI rather than the sound. I very much doubt you'd be able to tell the difference in the sound in a volume matched blind test.

What are you planning to drive with it? I can tell you from first hand experience with my dx300 at a couple of Canjams that it drove everything there with ease, barring the obvious of the Susvaras and the Modhouse Tungstens, as expected. (Obviously include electrostats in that list, too).

After owning the dx300 for a good few years now, I still find it to be a lovely bit of kit on every level, and it's never missed a beat. If the dx180 and dx340 work similarly, and I've no reason to suspect they wouldn't, I'd just go with the cheaper of the two, personally.

 

[ryan74701]

I have a dx340, interface is great, it’s not slow, had plenty of ram to do what it needs to.