I’ve been looking for a stack or DACamp for desktop use that suits IEM’s. I have the FIIO k3 but even on balanced I can hear the noise floor pretty easily with my Mangird Tea’s. Any recommendations for a low noise floor stack or DACamp suited for IEM’s around the $300-$500 range?
If you also want it to be portable/transportable, to me the best price to perfomance ratio at the moment is Xduoo’s XD-05 Bal.
Topping NX7 is a beast but has no amp, so you would have to use a dongle/dac with it.
As for desktop, depends on what signature you want, but the usual rec for clean is Topping. DX3 Pro+ is recognized all-in-one kind of deal. Other offers like the 50 series as well.
Good luck 
PS: Tea Cult salutes you 
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JDS do the Atom DAC & Amp combo.
I have the amp and its great with iems
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The Atom Amp+ has 3.5 mm line in so you can use a cheap dongle DAC (e.g. Apple Dongle) if you want to upgrade the stack in phases.
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Easy if they’re still available (if not then s/h) iFi nano iDSD BL …
and you can take that with ya OTG 
I must say Sabaj a10h is a good options for an iem desktop amp. Cheap, no noise floor and digital volume so no channel imbalance. The matching dac is relatively expansive for what it is. I would look elsewhere.
In another thread around here, I had read that ZenDac V2 was suitable for sensitive IEMs, but haven’t tried it myself. I’d be interested to know the good options though.
Good thread.
Looking for:
Stand-alone AMP.
0 noise floor for IEMs.
Has to have at least 3.5/6.3mm & 4.4 outputs.
Up to ~ $350/€300
Any suggestions?
Topping NX7. Negative gain, 1.4W, good batery.
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I have a Schiit Modi Multibit ($249) and Schiit Vali ($149). On low gain I don’t hear any noise. I used to have a Schiit Magni ($99) and from what I remember, on low gain I didn’t hear any noise. If you live in the LA area (Newhall) they have a store you can test their gear.
Hi Guys.
Just a general doubt about amplifiers…
Can I connect a Apple Dongle Dac to a Desktop Amplifier like Topping A50s using a cable like this?
Yes, no problem at all
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