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Review on FiiO E10K USB DAC and Headphone Amplifier - Superior Black Audio Enhancement by Chia Hao ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Excellent quality, absolutely not expected for such a price.

If you have only listened through the computer headphone output before, then you should take this amplifier without hesitation for a second. I did not want to spend a lot of money on such a thing, I bought it purely to try. I only read two reviews. And ofigel from how different it is from regular headphone outputs, even a MacBook, even an iPhone. After this amplifier, I want to connect it everywhere and to everything. 146% sound improvement for your money! In terms of sound quality, it seems that it costs twice as much. For a year I listened to Pioneer SE-MJ741 32-ohm headphones and did not understand why they were so bad. Why didn’t I just connect them, even to tube DAC headphone amplifiers. Reconciled already with a vain overpayment. But then I connected them to the E10K and they sounded and opened up. You can’t even talk about better headphones at all. Headphones under $150 will definitely work well with this amp. Even the old budget ones will sound in a new way.

Pros
  • I was struck by the compact size - like two matchboxes. It looked bigger in the photo. In general, a cool device, ideal in terms of price / quality / size / functionality. Accidentally chose it and such luck. BASS on/off - both options are good, both with and without bass boost. BASS ON can get in the way on some tracks, but the BASS OFF position suits me perfectly.
Cons
  • There are none for that kind of money.