Luxury Precision W4 - Portable USB DAC/AMP Headphone AMP

L&P W4

Without a doubt well worth the money. Paired with my IE900’s they are the best they have ever sounded. Empire Odin also superb. Perfect for no fuss setup. Musicteck shipping to Canada very quick. I have not listened to other dongles but I do have Chord Mojo2 and Hugo2 and have not bothered with them since the W4 arrived. For IEM’s it’s a no-brainer.

The only one dongle you probably need

I own several DAPs, they just can't beat the convivence of dongles. So I bought several, from $100 ones to $400 ones. W4 is probably the only dongle you need. I also have the W2, bought from MusicTeck as well. W4 is an improvement from every aspect of W2: better details, lower power consumption, higher output power, more expanded stage. The W2 is still a very good device. But the fact that it is discontinued right now and there is W4 existing makes W2 an obvious inferior choice to W4. If you have the budget for W4, or simply want to try the best that a dongle could offer, you will not be disappointed by this device. Also, this dongle is beautifully made, the original leather case is very pretty too. Like always, MusicTeck is a great website to buy from. Shipment is always so fast and more importantly, the packaging is really nice: always wrapped in bubbles and tightly sealed.

Wow, the engineering excellence

It's been a long time since I was really impressed by some DAC products after 9038pro and AK4499 came out and flipped the desktop DAC market. Yeah, for the portable side of the game, an implementation based on CS43131 is also a significant improvement but somewhat underwhelming without reaching the threshold of theoretically comprehensible optimum. Kudos to L&P for striving above and beyond, even doing their own SIP to present the best CS43131 implementation with a measured SINAD of over 119 dB. P.S. The leather case is kind of underwhelming compared to the device.