FiiO Q5S Bluetooth Decoder Amplifier,Mobile Phone Computer Portable Headphone Amplifier HIFI Balanced All-in-one DSD Hard Solution (Type-C Version) (titanium)

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Finally, on the left side, you can find three buttons. The first one is a simple input. The second one, SRC, works only for digital input, and it is there for resampling, 48, 96, and the 192KHz. The third one stands there for filters. PCM1 is “Sharp Roll-off,” PCM2 is “Slow Roll-off,” PCM3 is “Short Delay Sharp,” and PCM4 works as “Short Delay Slow.” The voltage and power at 560mW at 32Ω is adequate to possibly pair a quite wide set of different ohm cans ; many top headphones benefit of high voltage or voltage high enough that can move their drivers dynamically and adequately , or anyhow closer to their full extents . If not present , some of them will sound veiled or with a fog or distant and not so dynamic . Four channel analog volume control with Panasonic film capacitors and high grade audiophile power supply help a lot with the performance. Q5S is covered with lots of ports, buttons and LEDs, but most of them are set and forget or are very easy to remember what are they doing. It also features both 3.5mm single-ended and 2.5mm balanced outputs, making the Fiio capable of working with some quite esoteric headphones.

Switch to something a little more demanding, though (such as GoGo Penguin’s Raven), and ‘natural’ and ‘unforced’ can become a little close to ‘undemonstrative’ and ‘undynamic’ for comfort. There is 4 convenient buttons for operations : one for input select on the right side ( input are Usb, line in, optical and coaxial ), and three for bluetooth operations on the left other side. The metal surface looks like a sand-blasted surface, it has a matte silver look and I’m sure it will better absorb scratches or accidental drops. Size wise it is not that big; it is smaller than a Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S (6” screen) on both width and length and it is closer size wise to an iPhone 8 or XS.

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It features two AKM 4493EQ dacs in dual mono configuration aided by six carefully implemented op-amps for a truly balanced audio design. Front switches also feel nice and tight to operate. Boost stands for 2 position impedance switch (low = <150Ohms, high = >150Ohms), Bass is responsible for boosting lows/midbass and Gain does what expected in 3 significant changes in its level. Left side buttons serve to scroll through inputs (Input), upscale coaxial/optical input stream (SRC) and to change PCM/DSD filters (Filter): I have among others a Superlux HD 681 for the spacious soundstage, but the highs are too sharp. Will the Q3 soften them? Of course the AM3D module is available with the micro USB port so current owners of Q5s can add the THX amp module sans the type C port. Since 2007, FiiO has been pushing further and away to become one of the top players. And you know what? After more than 10 years of hard work, I think they achieved their goal as the once unknown brand is now on every mouth and ear.We get the previous/next song button plus the play/pause middle one that also acts as the pairing button when it is long pressed.