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	FiiO K11	FiiO K9	Fosi Audio K5 Pro	Matrix Element M	iFi ZEN Air Blue	FiiO BTA30 Pro	S.M.S.L M500	Topping DX7 pro+	Aune S16	Audio-gd D-77 Full Clocks upgrade	Teac UD-505-X	Fosi Audio DAC-Q5	NuForce DAC-80	Aune X8 XVIII BT	Topping DX9	iFi Uno	Atoll DAC100 se	RME ADI-2 DAC	Cambridge DacMagic 200M	Atoll DAC100 Signature	TAGA Harmony DA-400	Topping DX5 Lite	iFi ZEN DAC V2	Fosi Audio DAC-Q4	Musical Fidelity V90-DAC	Oehlbach XXL DAC Ultra	Teac UD-301	Pro-Ject DAC Box E	Audioengine D1	Oehlbach DA Converter	Synthesis Roma 69DC	S.M.S.L M300	iFi ZEN DAC	S.M.S.L M200	iFi Neo iDSD	xDuoo TA-30	xDuoo XA-10	Soundaware A1X	Topping D10s	iFi ZEN Air DAC	S.M.S.L M500 MKIII	Topping E70	Topping E70 Velvet	Topping DX3 pro+	Topping DX1	Topping D70 pro SABRE	Shanling EH1	Tascam IUR2	Tascam US-144MKII	Numark Stereo iO
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DAC	CS43198	ES9068AS /x2/		ES9028Pro	ESS Sabre	ESS ES9038-Q2M	ES9038PRO	ESS ES9038PRO	AKM AK4495S	Dual Sabre ES9038Pro	ES9038 Q2M /х2/	ESS9018K2M	AKM AK4390		AK4499EQ	ESS Sabre Hyperstream	Burr-Brown PCM 1796	ESS ES9028Q2M	ESS ES9028Q2M /x2/		ESS SABRE ES9038Q2M	ES9068AS /х2/	Bit-Perfect DSD & DXD DAC by Burr Brown			Burr-Brown	Burr-Brown PCM1795 /2/	Cirrus Logic CS4344	AKM AK4396	Cirrus Logic	Asahi Kasei AK4495S	AKM AK4497EQ	Bit-Perfect DSD & DXD DAC by Burr Brown	AKM AK4497EQ		ESS ES9038Q2M	AKM 4493	AK4490	ES9038Q2M		S9038PRO	ESS SABRE ES9028PRO	AKM AK4499EX	ESS ES9038Q2m	AKM AK4493S /x2/	ES9039SPro	Cirrus Logic CS43198
Number of channels	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	1 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	1 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт
Specs
DAC sampling frequency	384 kHz	768 kHz	192 kHz	384 kHz		384 kHz	768 kHz	768 kHz	384 kHz	384 kHz	768 kHz /PCM/	192 kHz	192 kHz	768 kHz	768 kHz		192 kHz /48 кГц (USB)/	768 kHz	768 kHz	192 kHz	768 kHz /PCM/	768 kHz	384 kHz	192 kHz	192 kHz	384 kHz	192 kHz	192 kHz	192 kHz	192 kHz	384 kHz	192 kHz	384 kHz	768 kHz	768 kHz	768 kHz	768 kHz	384 kHz	384 kHz	384 kHz	768 kHz	768 kHz	768 kHz	768 kHz	384 kHz /PCM/	768 kHz	768 kHz	48 kHz	96 kHz	44.1 kHz
DAC bit depth	32 bit	32 bit	24 bit	32 bit		32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	24 bit	24 bit	32 bit	32 bit		24 bit /16 bit (USB)/	32 bit	32 bit	24 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	24 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	24 bit	24 bit	24 bit	32 bit	24 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	16 bit	24 bit	16 bit
Frequency range				20 – 20000 Hz	20 – 20000 Hz /+0/-0.5 дБ/	5 – 90000 Hz		20 — 40000 Hz /±0.3 дБ/	20 – 20000 Hz	20 – 20000 Hz	10 — 80000 Hz /+1/-3 дБ/	10 – 20000 Hz	20 – 25000 Hz	20 – 20000 Hz /+/- 0.5дБ/	20 — 40000 Hz /±0.6 дБ/	10 — 80000 Hz /-0.5 дБ/	20 – 20000 Hz	1 – 20200 Hz	10 − 50000 Hz	20 – 20000 Hz	20 — 20000 Hz /±1 дБ/	20 — 40000 Hz /±0.3 дБ/		20 – 20000 Hz	20 – 20000 Hz		5 – 55000 Hz	20 – 20000 Hz	10 – 25000 Hz		20 – 20000 Hz					10 – 100000 Hz /± 0.5 дБ/	10 – 100000 Hz		20 – 20000 Hz /+/- 0.1дБ/			20 — 40000 Hz /±0.4 дБ/	20 — 40000 Hz /±0.4 дБ/	20 — 40000 Hz /±0.7 дБ/	20 — 40000 Hz /±0.3 дБ/	20 — 40000 Hz /±0.2 дБ/	20 – 40000 Hz		20 – 20000 Hz
Signal to noise ratio	123 dB	124 dB	110 dB	125 dB	109 dB	118 dB	120 dB	133 dB		120 dB	110 dB	110 dB	96 dB	121 dB	131 dB	113 dB	123 dB	119 dB	115 dB	123 dB	115 dB	128 dB	116 dB	105 dB	117 dB	120 dB	105 dB		110 dB		95 dB	116 dB	116 dB	125 dB	112 dB	110 dB	120 dB		120 dB /1 кГц/	113 dB	123 dB	132 dB /XLR/	131 dB /XLR/	122 dB	120 dB	133 dB	122 dB	90 dB	107 dB
Dynamic range					109 dB		125 dB	133 dB							131 dB	110 dB	123 dB			123 dB		128 dB	116 dB			120 dB						123 dB	116 dB	125 dB		129 dB	108 dB		120 dB /1 кГц/	113 dB	133 dB	132 dB /XLR/	131 dB /XLR/	122 dB	120 dB	133 dB	123 dB
Coef. harmonic distortion			0.003 %	0.00028 %	0.0015 %	0.001 %	0.00015 %	0.00006 %		0.0003 %	0.002 %	0.002 %	0.005 %	0.0002 %	0.00007 %	0.02 %	0.001 %	0.00032 %	0.0005 %	0.001 %	0.005 %	0.00009 %	0.0015 %	0.01 %	0.0004 %	0.00014 %	0.0015 %		0.0025 %		0.3 %	0.00015 %	0.0015 %	0.00015 %	0.0015 %	0.5 %	0.0008 %	0.0006 %	0.0002 % /1 кГц/	0.04 %	0.00006 %	0.00006 %	0.00006 %	0.00015 %	0.0002 %	0.00006 %	0.0007 %	0.02 %	0.0045 %
ADC
Bit depth																																24 bit																16 bit	24 bit	16 bit
Sampling frequency																																192 kHz																48 kHz	96 kHz	44.1 kHz
Dynamic range																																120 dB
Signal to noise ratio																																116 dB																90 dB	98 dB
Features
Bluetooth		Bluetooth v 5.1			Bluetooth v 5.1	Bluetooth v 5.0		Bluetooth v 5.1			Bluetooth v 4.0			Bluetooth	Bluetooth v 5.0				Bluetooth v 4.2			Bluetooth v 5.1										Bluetooth v 5.0		Bluetooth v 5.0		Bluetooth v 5.0	Bluetooth	Bluetooth			Bluetooth v 5.0	Bluetooth v 5.1	Bluetooth v 5.1	Bluetooth v 5.0		Bluetooth v 5.1
Codec support		aptX LL AAC LDAC			aptX LL AAC LDAC	aptX LL AAC LDAC		aptX LL LDAC			aptX HD AAC LDAC			aptX HD AAC LDAC	aptX Adaptive AAC LDAC				aptX			aptX LL AAC LDAC										aptX		aptX HD AAC LDAC		aptX LL AAC LDAC	aptX LL AAC LDAC	aptX			aptX HD AAC LDAC	aptX LL AAC LDAC	aptX LL AAC LDAC	aptX LL AAC LDAC		aptX LL AAC LDAC
Functions	level adjustment	level adjustment	bass control treble adjustment level adjustment	level adjustment		level adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment headphone level adjustment	level adjustment		level adjustment headphone level adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment headphone level adjustment	headphone level adjustment		bass control treble adjustment balance adjustment level adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment		level adjustment	bass control level adjustment	bass control treble adjustment level adjustment		headphone level adjustment	level adjustment		level adjustment		level adjustment		bass control level adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment	balance adjustment level adjustment			bass control /XBass+/ level adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment headphone level adjustment	level adjustment headphone level adjustment	level adjustment	headphone level adjustment	balance adjustment level adjustment headphone level adjustment sensitivity adjustment	balance adjustment level adjustment headphone level adjustment sensitivity adjustment	level adjustment
More features	DSD /256/	DSD /512/	Mac	DSD Wi-Fi /2.4 + 5 GHz/ iPod/iPhone connect			DSD /DoP64/ MQA support Mac	ASIO DSD /DoP/ I2S	ASIO DSD /DoP/		ASIO DSD /DoP/ Mac	Mac		DSD iPod/iPhone connect	ASIO DSD /DoP/ I2S	DSD /DSD256/ MQA support Mac	DSD Mac	DSD Mac	DSD MQA support iPod/iPhone connect Mac	DSD	ASIO DSD /DoP64/ MQA support Mac	ASIO DSD /DoP/	DSD /DSD256/ MQA support	Mac	Mac	Mac	ASIO DSD Mac	Mac	Mac	Mac	ASIO DSD iPod/iPhone connect Mac		DSD /DSD256/	DSD Mac	DSD MQA support	DSD	DSD MQA support	DSD Wi-Fi	DSD Mac	DSD MQA support Mac	DSD /DoP256/ MQA support Mac	ASIO DSD /DoP/ Mac	ASIO DSD /DoP/ Mac	ASIO DSD	DSD /DoP/	ASIO DSD /DoP/ Mac	Mac	ASIO iPod/iPhone connect Mac phantom power	ASIO Mac phantom power	Mac
Channel sensitivity/impedance
Input sensitivity (RCA/XLR)											130 mV
Input impedance (RCA/XLR)											24 kOhm																																						2.2 kOhm
Output voltage (XLR)										5 V	12 V												4.2 V										4.2 V	4.1 V	6.3 V							5 V	5 V
Output impedance (XLR)										4.7 Ohm	188 Ohm							200 Ohm					200 Ohm				200 Ohm						200 Ohm		100 Ohm							100 Ohm	100 Ohm
Output voltage (RCA)					2.05 V	3 V				2.5 V	6 V		4 V	2 V		2 V	2.5 V		4.2 V				2.1 V		2.2 V		2 V	0.7 V	2 V		1.5 V		2.1 V	2 V	3.2 V				2 V	3.3 V		2.5 V	2.5 V
Output impedance (RCA)					50 Ohm					4.7 Ohm	150 Ohm		100 Ohm			100 Ohm		100 Ohm	100 Ohm				100 Ohm		47 Ohm		100 Ohm						100 Ohm		50 Ohm				20 Ohm	50 Ohm		50 Ohm	50 Ohm						200 Ohm
Connectors
Inputs	RCA coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB C	RCA coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	Mini-Jack (3.5 mm) /microphone/ coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB C	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B		coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB C	coaxial S/P-DIF optical /2/ USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical balanced digital (AES/EBU) USB B trigger	coaxial S/P-DIF optical balanced digital (AES/EBU) USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical BNC USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF /2/ optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	USB C	coaxial S/P-DIF /3/ optical /3/ USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	optical /3/ USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical /2/ USB B	RCA coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	optical balanced digital (AES/EBU) USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical	coaxial S/P-DIF USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF /2/ optical /2/ USB B	RCA	USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	RCA coaxial S/P-DIF optical	USB B	USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B trigger	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B trigger	coaxial S/P-DIF /2/ optical USB B	USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical balanced digital (AES/EBU) USB B	USB C	Jack (6.35 mm) /3/ MIDI USB B	Jack (6.35 mm) /2/ XLR /2/ coaxial S/P-DIF MIDI iR control input	RCA Phono USB B
Outputs	Mini-Jack (3.5 mm) RCA	Mini-Jack (3.5 mm) RCA XLR	RCA	Jack (6.35 mm) RCA XLR	RCA	RCA coaxial S/P-DIF optical	RCA XLR	RCA XLR trigger	RCA XLR /2/	RCA XLR	Jack (6.35 mm) /2/ RCA XLR	RCA	RCA	Jack (6.35 mm) /x2, preamp outputs/ RCA /2 pairs, line and preamp/	RCA /2/ XLR /2/	Jack (6.35 mm) RCA	RCA coaxial S/P-DIF optical	RCA XLR	RCA XLR	RCA coaxial S/P-DIF optical	RCA optical	RCA XLR	Jack (6.35 mm) RCA XLR /Jack (4.4 mm)/	RCA	RCA	RCA	RCA XLR /2/	RCA	RCA	Mini-Jack (3.5 mm) RCA	RCA optical	XLR	RCA	RCA XLR	RCA XLR	RCA /two pairs/	RCA /two pairs/ XLR /4-pin/	Mini-Jack (3.5 mm) Jack (6.35 mm) RCA	RCA coaxial S/P-DIF optical	RCA	RCA XLR	RCA XLR trigger	RCA XLR trigger	RCA	RCA	RCA XLR	RCA coaxial S/P-DIF	Jack (6.35 mm) /2/ coaxial S/P-DIF MIDI	RCA coaxial S/P-DIF MIDI	RCA
Headphone outputs	1x Jack (6.35 mm) /512 мВт/ 1x Pentaconn (4.4 mm) /1400 мВт/	1x Jack (6.35 mm) 1x XLR 1x Pentaconn (4.4 mm)	1x mini-Jack (3.5 mm)	1x XLR /XLR/Jack/			1x Jack (6.35 mm) /570 мВт (32 Ohm)/	1x Jack (6.35 mm) 1x XLR 1x Pentaconn (4.4 mm)	1x Jack (6.35 mm)		2x Jack (6.35 mm) /700 мВт (32 Ohm)/ 1x Pentaconn (4.4 mm) /1400 мВт (32 Ohm)/	1x mini-Jack (3.5 mm) 1x Jack (6.35 mm)			1x Jack (6.35 mm) 1x XLR 1x Pentaconn (4.4 mm)	1x mini-Jack (3.5 mm) /211 мВт (32 Ohm)/		1x mini-Jack (3.5 mm) 1x Jack (6.35 mm)						1x mini-Jack (3.5 mm)		2x Jack (6.35 mm)	1x Jack (6.35 mm) /200 мВт (32 Ohm)/		1x mini-Jack (3.5 mm)		1x Jack (6.35 mm)		1x Jack (6.35 mm) /210 мВт (32 Ohm)/ 1x Pentaconn (4.4 mm) /390 мВт (64 Ohm)/		1x Jack (6.35 mm) 1x Pentaconn (4.4 mm)	1x Jack (6.35 mm) /3000 мВт (32 Ohm)/	1x Jack (6.35 mm) /3000 мВт (32 Ohm)/ 1x XLR /4000 мВт (32 Ohm)/ 1x Pentaconn (4.4 mm) /4000 мВт (32 Ohm)/	1x mini-Jack (3.5 mm) 1x Jack (6.35 mm) /578 мВт (32 Ohm)/		1x Jack (6.35 mm) /230 мВт (32 Ohm)/							1x Jack (6.35 mm) 1x Pentaconn (4.4 mm)
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External power supply
Power consumption				25 W	2.5 W		5 W			30 W	18 W							8 W	12 W				1.5 W			5.5 W	10 W				20 W	3 W	1.5 W							2.5 W	5 W							2.5 W	2.5 W
Dimensions (WxDxH)	147x133x32 mm	200x224.5x72 mm	95x112x30 mm	275x281x60 mm	158x100x35 mm	120x55x23 mm	197x88x85 mm	222х180х44 mm	255x212x58 mm	360x240x80 mm	290х249х85 mm	98x165x35 mm	216х229х51 mm	145x171x45 mm	340х225х60 mm	88x81x26 mm	310x210x60 mm	215x150x52 mm	215x191x52 mm	320x210x60 mm	129x94x24 mm	180х148х45 mm	160x117x35 mm	98x73x33 mm	170х102х47 mm	155x200x48 mm	215x238x61 mm	120х100х32 mm	89x95x25 mm	63х68х23 mm	260x380x95 mm	165x73x70 mm	117x100x30 mm	168x160x43 mm	214x146x41 mm	110x290x170 mm	70x220x100 mm	214x214x80 mm	103x146x37 mm	158x117x35 mm	197x88x85 mm	200х138х44 mm	200х138х44 mm	120х165х40 mm	100х98х32 mm	250x195x50 mm	156x90x36 mm	110х110х20 mm	135x179x47 mm
Weight	407 g	2660 g		3700 g	295 g	145 g	910 g		2500 g	6 g	4100 g		1200 g			920 g	2000 g	1000 g	1200 g	2000 g	300 g		491 g	400 g	600 g	1070 g	2000 g	250 g	500 g		5000 g	500 g	491 g	680 g	970 g	3000 g	900 g	4000 g	314 g	315 g	900 g		1500 g	400 g			392 g	220 g	700 g
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