Fosi Audio DS1 Dongle DAC Headphone Amplifier

Great for price

This dac is a little older but its solid, not just in its construction but its performance. First of all its made of a sold block of some sort of metal so it gives it a little heft for such a small size. 4.4 and 2.5mm plugs offer balanced and unbalanced outputs. Both give decent loudness through my 150ohm headphones. I think nowadays it could use a little more power but to retain your hearing its better this way lol. I tried it with the pc and with a lightning usb 3 dongle adapter for my iphone. Both sound good and i hear the clarity and separation that normally you'd need your old vinyl to hear. Easy to operate, 60 volume steps, Holding volume button switches to uac1 mode. Holding both vol up and down switches between high and low gain modes in both uac2 or uac1 modes. Flashing led means its in uac1 mode. Solid led colors in uac2 mode. Anyways if you want better sound, but dont listen more then a few hours at a time then these are great. They do use phone power or tablet power so you will need to keep track if you do listen for hours. If on a pc it charges so no worries. Anyways great little device.

The build quality seems strong. I bought it as I liked that it has an independent volume control (which is more subtle than the volume on my iPhone) and this works well.

Best thing ever