Do you think that this set make any sense at this point and time still? There are plenty of DD options coming out every single week basically in <200$ (or better below <100$) category and aparat from having this cool filter system it does not seem to stand out at all from what I have heard
I dont think it can compete in stock, no.
but, lots of potential for modders…or maybe I should try asking for a collab lol.
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:0 I see you softened the 5k peak… good old foam!
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Moondrop Dawn (3.5mm, high gain 2VRMS, Oneplus 8T, UAPP), compared with Asgard 3 (PC, JRiver).
32ohmLCP: No problems at all with power.
500ohm Bery: bass got noticeably looser. Volume around 85%. Not at its full potential.
150ohm BG: No problems at all with power. Volume around 60%
Fostex T20RP MK3: Volume around 95%. Mids are a tiny bit more recessed and stage a tiny bit smaller.
Softears Volume: Sounds a bit brighter, presumably because of a slightly higher OI on the Dawn than the A3. Zero noise.
Overall: It’s a great dongle, neutral tonality, very precise volume control. Heat aint a problem as it only got luke warm so it wont burn you or be uncomfortable.
This is gonna be my default rec for my buds atm. Unless the Dunu dongle will change it (@sebastien_chiu_iFi when am I getting it?).
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Nice! Do you think it’ll handle 300 Ohm earbuds?
Edit: damn, only SE…
Nope. I think 150ohm is the comfortable limit on the 3.5mm version.
They do sell a 4.4mm version with double the power though.
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Oooh yeah just found it: Moondrop Dawn 3.5mm / 4.4mm Dual CS43131 Full Balanced High-Performance Mini USB DAC / AMP — HiFiGo.
The output is almost identical to the Qudelix lol. I would like more power but this price is really attractive
Maybe I’ll get this for my work laptop. My Hidisz S9 pro was stolen during shipment (long story), so I still need a portable dac/amp for work.
If u want 4.4mm, the Dunu dongle has both 3.5mm and 4.4mm.
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Yeah, they should be sending one to me. But been a while lol.
Gotcha. it’s out of stock and 200 mW, so it’s less attractive to me than Moondrop Dawn. I mean, I’ve love the Moondrop River 2, but it’s really pricey…
That’s measured? I guess the spec sheet for the Dawn says 230 mW. Not sure what DUNU will measure to be
yeah, measured by L7.
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Just a reminder that you could apparently run HE6 of 73mW questyle M15 so what power really mean for audio? 
I highly doubt that 73mw is gonna be able to even drive this at sufficient volumes.
Its much harder to drive than even the fostex planar and that one is already pushing it way too much. Then there is the additional acoustic impedance increase from all the tuning, so that one might be even harder to drive than it looks on paper.
I am just quoting questyle representative that they tested that and it works fine. No EQ etc obviously allowed. And I mean, it needs 40mw for 100dB SPL, so works for me, current should be not a problem as well for that little one 
This is where you need to take that with a grain of salt. That calculator is only calculating based on the driver specs. It doesnt take into consideration the dampening and thus the accoustic impedance increase in the transducers.
As can be seen here with the fostex planar. 7mw should be all it needs, but even with the over 100mw Dawn, it was close to maxing out.
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I strongly doubt it is just a value for the driver itself, not averaged for the headphone sample as a whole system - it does not make any sense to present this value for the customer of final product. But, there are transients still, which peaks way higher than mean SPL loudness and that is why it is always said you need exponentially more power than for what calculators says.
I am on mission to buy something really insensitive or hard to drive (like HD6xx) to test with M15 myself, because I am also a doubter of its power capabilities honestly