128 PWM-DACs In One UNIT ?! - iBasso D16 1-Bit Portable DAC / AMP Review

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[drcerbera]

Great video thanks. This makes the prospect of the DX340 particularly appealing, as it seems it will use the same dac technology.

[GdHuR]

Strongly recommend pairing it with the PB5! Such a great “portable” stack.

[wyles]

Have you heard the Hiby r8 ii? Trying to decide between that and the d16. Purely from a sound perspective

[captnse]

New subscriber here….great review!!
I have a D16 and the PB5….I have a question for you about stacking these two components. The PB5 specs says it can accept a balanced input up to 2.5 V, while the 4.4 balanced output of the D16 in Line Out, DAC LO gain is 3.3 Vrms and DAC High Gain is 4 Vrms. D16 DAC volume control while in Line Out mode will decrease Line Out voltage. Since each step of of the DAC vol is .5 dB, then to attain a D16 Line Out voltage of 2.5 V (for the PB5), the DAC volume should be around 95 (Low Gain) or 92 (High gain)…..Do you keep your D16 Line out voltage under 2.5 Vrms when stacking it with your PB5 to prevent clipping your analog signal? Thanks!! 👍🏼

[mariorock]

Great review, as always! I own the Dan Clark E3 headphones, and I would like to know if in terms of sound quality, if the Taipan gives a better sound than the Questyle CMA 18p? (I already own it...) I'm not talking about power. In short, is the upgrade worth it? Because the CMA18p makes a very good match with the E3.

[trieumai]

Worth waiting for the dx340 or pick up the d16 Taipan?

[gabrielrojas]

Greetings
Very good video, keep up the good work

I have a question, do you know if the device can still function without the battery?

[lextr]

thank you so much for this review.. what desktop dac beat the dac in it?

[NetvoTV]

If I want to have best possible sound quality with no lag to play music, movie and games with Sony MDR-Z1R mainly / only, should I get iBasso D16, DC-ELITE, Questyle M15i, CMA18, Sony 707 DAP or something else, in door most of the time, outdoor maybe? I read that DAP before Android 14 or 13 will have lag when use in USB DAC and apps outside the special made native walkman app, true?

[TorbenRick]

At 1:40 you talk about charging the battery. Sorry, but I don't understand from the video what the problem is. More information would be very nice. THX

[nusu]

in some forums it is said, that the dac part even beats 2k and up desktop dacs. im an ibasso lover since the dx50 and also have to say, that the level of fidelity ibasso delivers across the board is always a notch or two above the competition.
what keeps me away form the taipan is, that i dont like r2r dac sound. I dont like that somehow everything in the soundstage seems connected instead of being isolated in space. so i am into sharp signatures haters might call digital. i know, the fotm right now is "musical" what ever people mean by that. to me it seems that all the people that jumped on the hifiman/asian hypetrain of overdone treble and specially upper midrange in order to fake details are now trying to somehow make their treble screaming headphones barebale by shuffing as much distortion and softening factors into the signal as possible to finally enjoy the sound.
each to his own, i only can tell that 10-15 yrs ago no one (besides some die hard tube and power believers) would have bought a device that colours sound in any way. So finally i will keep waiting for a delta sigma ibasso device, that isnt a dap