The overall sound signature of the Q5s TC is of absolute reference quality with a perfectly flat and neutral response. other is for bass boost ; I did not use it very much as for my usage I preferred EQ/HibyMusic MSEB only , anyhow and for the record : the bass boost seems to boost a wide region of bass>sub-bass frq.es ; Don’t let its friendly look and small size fool you, AudioQuest did a lot of work to make sure this DAC makes a big improvement to how music sounds. In my experience (listening over several months using different equipment and audio files), the biggest change was bass sounding tighter (easier to hear without feeling smoothed over), and better-sounding vocals.

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Dragonfly plays all music files from MP3 and MQA. It’s fully compatible with high-resolution audio too. It supports resolutions of up to 24-bit/Khz(natively). Pros Chord Mojo plays a quite more analogue quality of bass , it is more wet and textured too but doesnt feel deeper so. Chord Mojo bass isn't overwhelming at all , it is warm and gripping but a touch more soft in parts where it's harder on the Q5s-TC ; and so less hard-hitting on the Mojo and quite a bit more on the Fiio Q5s-TC , at times. Details presentation is very well balanced , with a slight tendency for being analitical or analitically bright ; mellow and very detailed tones are preserved on mids and high mids ( i.e. voices and guitars ) but hardly with an upfront position ; the Q5s-TC is quite a fast and rich detail gives when headphones can receive and land the feed , and this quality can be heard in mids too ; but they will not deserve a specially hot or that superlush spotlight for it , they are treated quite unpartially.We listened to more songs than those named in this playlist, but those are excellent for identifying a sonic signature. PRaT, Texturization, Detail, Resolution, Dynamics, Impact, and overall tonality are all revealed by those songs. We recommend trying most of the songs from this playlist, especially if you’re searching for new music! 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 . The build is simpler for TR-AMP, and there are no sonic enhancements, compared to Q5s, which has a Bass Boost, as well as a Gain slider. TR-AMP has a Type-C USB port, though, and has RCA outputs as well, for you to use as a DAC in your desktop setup. TR-AMP has 6.3mm and 3.5mm outputs, where Q5s has two extra balanced outputs, but no large 6.3mm output. It won’t drive as hard to drive headphones as TR-AMP though, you should remember that I managed to drive HE6SE from TR-AMP, where I’d stop at Arya with Q5s. The balanced out sounds better then the unbalanced out : it is tighter , more defined , both tonally and dynamically better , as expected . It is easy to hear. There are two sets of rubber bands, so you can strap Q5S to any smartphone, regardless of the size. This is a good thing, and I forgot to mention this in my Earmen TR-AMP video review, but one strap may not be enough, and two are usually better for DAC/AMPs.

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Extra Screws, for the modular AMP modules, and an adapter for the optical input are also provided by FiiO, along with the manuals of Q5s. Chord Mojo have more upfront mids overall more convincing , more transparent , more lifelike ; they are closer and quite much better for emotional drive . Mids are possibly the best things of the Chord Mojo.DAC: AK4493EQ * 2 , USB: XMOS XU208 , Bluetooth： CSR8675 , LPF：OPA1642×2，Volume IC：NJW1195 OP+AMP：AD8620+OPA926 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. As the name suggests, the FiiO K5 Pro is an updated version of the first K5, which replaced the FiiO E09K. An affordable desktop DAC/Amp, designed to drive power-hungry headphones or act as a bridge for your hi-fi system. If you primarily listen to digital music, and want a DAC that can keep up with an active lifestyle, FiiO’s Q5S is your best bet. The handcrafting also stands at the highest level. It’s a pretty heavy DAC, especially for the mobile one, but the weight isn’t such a big problem thanks to the accessories. The whole device is made of metal, painted with powder coating in this space gray-ish color.