I did hear about this. And this is just possible ignorance on my part lol but isn’t the fiio ones better? Because they are bigger I just assume it has something better. I do have a fiio btr3 already too
Oooooooh nice to hear l! I can use it on my headphones too right? It’s not a deal breaker if not. Just curious and would be cool
It depends, both are solid units, but the es100 has some pretty neat features
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Yah it has 3.5 and 2.5 Bal headphone out and has a variable line out in the middle when connected as a dac, or can act as a line in to use just as an amp
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I guess the real question is. Better Soundstage haha. That’s all I really care about
Oh niceeeeeeeee! I think imma get it then!
Well I think they are on similar terms in that department, I think you would want to step up to something like a ifi idsd nano bl (which is great) or an xd05 with swapped op amps (also great) for an improvement in spatial recreation
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Yeah the thing is I decided that I will use all of my stuff portable. So I’m not gonna get desk stuff like desk amps dacs n stuff. Just stuff I can hook up to my phone. Also decided on not getting a dap since they don’t allow the n7 player which is my fav
Oh quite pricey. Guess I’ll stick to smaller Soundstage lol
It’s not that it’s smaller per se, it’s just not as accurate as some higher end combos. I don’t think you would really be disappointed with the fiio or radstone tbh
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I can’t say. I’ve never tried either. I had a credit with Drop, so I picked this one up. Zeos’ review was very positive and I like that you can run balanced or SE. I figured I couldn’t go wrong since I got it for $63. 
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That’s a pretty good price, nothing you can really complain about for what you got it for lol
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Yeah I doubt I would be disappointed too. Honestly even something as good as my BTR3 is ok. Not looking for a major upgrade
Secondhand ifi nano black Label 
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Even used is a tough go, found it 149 cheapest and from eBay too. Which I have had trouble with shipping to PO BOX
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True, but then you miss out on the better dac of the q1 mk2
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I do have the btr3 but I want a seperate dac so that I always have one dac on the speakers and the other on my headphones thnx tho
Sorry if not post related, but i happen to have an XD-05, i’ve also heard you could easily swap the op amp and i was thinking of swapping it with something better in the near future.
I read that the Burson V5i is pretty good, but do you know other good op amps to consider?
I’ve only heard it with Burson V5i which are very nice