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[ericw.]

One of the things I respect most about Moondrop is that they're not afraid to release products that directly compete with other of their own products. They did this with chu vs quark, and now they're doing it again. Most other companies would have nerfed the performance of the cheaper one to make sure they're not competing directly.

[quackgarage]

This is RIDICULOUSLY good for $49 and perfect for any trips. It's amazing that you can have such portability with that sound quality, that's why it's great not only for travels or at work, but also for desktop use. No need to spend more than this on a portable DAC unless you plan to use low sensivity gear. It's indeed a no brainer at its price tag and will redefine the segment. Moondrop did an outstanding job.

[beansarr]

Picked up one of these immediately after release due to the surprisingly low price. Expectations weren’t too high, but I’ve been thoroughly enjoying it. Very impressive power for its size. Haven’t felt the need to use my desktop amp for weeks. Great to hear your perspective on it!

[challacustica]

I got this AMP/DAC. I love it already. Drives my HD600 like a boss. Sounds great. The sampling filters on the app work well - they have a noticable, good effect on volume

[LuciferArc]

For those concerned with the holes, geekria has a rebranded lamscat with the same chipset. Doesnt have the holes. So there is an alternative. It doest cost 10 dollars more though so keep that in mind

[burns]

I just got one, had to wait 2 months for production to catch up but finally listened to it and I was blown away. Using my Moondrop Beautiful World so I got to test 3.5 and 4.4mm options and can say the balanced output is 2x louder, a lot of power for IEM's. Honestly I'm enjoying just being able to put my source at 100% and then use the 100 tiers of volume the Dawn Pro offers to finely adjust my sound.

My one negative is that default source quality is signalled by a bright red LED... not some nice soft blue or white. Just a harsh red. Tempted to upsample my source just to change the colour but have no idea what effect that would have on quality.

I've own two DAC/AMP's, The FiiO E10K-TC and now the Moondrop Dawn Pro. Have to say they are both extremely good for what they offer and I'd struggle to pick between the two but based off price alone, Moondrop wins. I think Fiio has the overall better package but at a higher price and less portable.

With the Dawn Pro I'm not trying to figure out an option to get it to work on my iPhone. Need some Adapter or cable that will work and support audio.

[librast]

Thank you for mentioning the 'compatibility' with the planars! appreciate it so much

[willgregor]

Would love to see other videos on other great budget amps and/or dac/amps

[ronsprouse]

Recently bought this. Very pleased with it so far. Couldn't vouch for how it drives headphones since I only use IEM's.

[sebQbe]

Looks like it slots in nicely between the Apple dongle and the Qudelix 5K, if you need more power but don't care about PEQ and BT.

[chillsteplife]

Was literally about to pull the trigger on the Moondrop Dawn pro until I saw this on HiFiGo... This has so many features wit the built in battery, low/high gain, and multiple outputs. I think I might pick this up. Now I wonder how they compare in terms of sound. Thanks for the review

[Mageoftheyear]

Seems like a great match for the Moondrop Kato. My only concern is those holes. I don't like that there's a needles point of failure (water damage) where heatsinks could could have been used to solve the same problem.
Hopefully we get a revision to this as the Moon River 2 Ti revised the design of its progenitor.

[Felicianov]

Qudelix 5K. Drives Sundara/ 6XX. End game for many!

[kenbalbari]

Ibasso DC03 Pro, Truthear Shio, Tanchjim Space, and JCally AP10 are other affordable dual CS43131 or CS43198 dongles that are competitive with this. But $50 price is hard to beat.

[illitero]

Shout-out to one of the most famous audiophile guys on this platform for using the perfect storm of a weighted base and solid mount for the condenser microphone to pick up the subtle nuance of copious elbow thumps and hand thunks as he speaks <3

Next up we've gotta get a piezo pickup glued to the base of the chair so we can get the immersions of each weight shift, lean, and wiggle adjustment lol

Not trying to be cruel, just thought it was funny how that all got past editing given the likelihood that most in the audience would be listening through equipment that would emphasize all that haha

[matthewhilty]

Dang I bought a Questyle M15 that was around 230ish dollars on sale a while back, crazy if this little guy could get close to that for only 50 dollars.

[RizqiAngga]

I bought this with no expectations, , but turns out to be my best buy on 2023 😂😂

This things even can drive my Sundara what the…….

[Burn_In_Oled_On_Purpose]

I wish there were more options for portable tube amps. I wish that audeze headphones and iems were available at a magnolia hifi since that's where I go whenever I go to best buy since sony acquired audeze and hopefully audeze will be available in the mainstream at stores while still retaining what audeze is known for. I saw the focal bathys at hawthorne stereo and the sennheiser orpheus at the definitive audio store but the employee working at the store told me that I need to set up an appointment to try them out but the store did not have any customers just the employees.

[deshan]

I saw the thumbnail and $50 and I legit thought that was a picture of a new Schiit product. Looks like a keychain made my Schiit

[FromPlsNerf]

I would pay a little more and get the Qudelix 5k. You can use it as either USB Dac, Bluetooth, or both at the same time with multiple devices.

I needed a small device to use at work with my laptop dock and the Qudelix is perfect. I either use that or the Hip Dac at work.