The New iBasso DX300 Max

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@voja

In any case, I am focusing on a single device from the same manufacturer. Think the A&K AK380SS package with the exclusively designed AMP accessory. That’s valid, but if I was to include mix & matching with a DAP + a portable amp, the comparisons would be never ending.

Gotcha. Since you could start adding some real nice portable amps that boost the performance quite well

Have a comparison of some of said amps here somewhat lol (although there’s more than that out there)

Luxury Precision P6/P6 Pro R2R DAP

Been listening since early this morning at a friends house (around 9 hours of listening at time of posting), another unexpected contender is a HPA-01M. There’s also a broadway here but I think that’s too far past portable to count in a comparison (even though you can use it as portable). So I guess it’s a 6 way shootout then. neat. So, the c9 is good from initial impressions, it’s pretty well tuned overall and it depends on the mode you choose. Personally for what I like, I think the solid stat…

@voja

What I noticed is that people specifically like to use the DX300 MAX with more demanding headphones/IEMs. But like you said, it is more likely that the DX300 MAX is more headphone focused. I did hear people mentioning that they heard noise on some IEMs, so it all depends ig.

Yeah and imo that’s what it really excels at. It can be used for some iem’s no problem, but others have noise issues, or lack the level of lower level control/capability than other daps can provide. IMO the dx300 max is pretty carried by it’s amp section when used with headphones, but using iems levels the playing fields and exposes more flaws/shortcomings compared to other daps. But for headphones it really does just perform really really well lol