THX Onyx Portable DAC Headphone Amplifier: THX AAA - MQA Renderer - Direct Stream Digital (DSD) - ESS ES9281PRO DAC - Cross-Platform Compatibility - Magnetic Cable Management

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Pros

The price tag is more than justified if you're a tidal subscriber looking for compact dac that offers portability and mqa rendering.

Customers and critics rave about this dac headphone amp. The dac itself is powered by the ess es9281pro chipset. The onyx combines a high quality dac with the venerated thx aaa headphone amplifier.

Onyx + mqa is a magical little beast that's letting me'rediscover' stuff i've been bored with for ages. I feel like my headphones are up two notches.

The onyx no problems with disconnecting. For what it is intended for, it does very well, and i was shockingly surprised. I suspect most of the reviews on here that describe a lackluster experience with this device simply failed to take these steps.

Cons

Onyx does not correctly identify the incoming audio stream. I'm guessing this is because the onyx is decoding the audio at a slower sampling rate than it should be using. Seams like there are glitches or communication issues that are very annoying.

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Quality

This is solidly built and i hope it will last for years to come with great sound.

It works really well with my gaming headset and this gives amazing sound quality.

Upped the audio quality from both my pixel 4a and macbook air (m1) without any surprises or hiccups (watch out for the volume t... Read More

Given the legendary thx name, i had high hopes for this ultra-portable dac/amp, as the audio circuits built into my phones and ... Read More

Price

Yes, you have lived to the era of $150 true audiophile hardware.

Its the best $150 you can spend on music, paired with hd sound files or titdal master or apple lossless.

So when it went on sale for $50 off msrp, i decided to make the leap.

The next one up is an mqa dac that retails around $70.

Packaging/appearance

One thing to note: when you open the box, it contains a warning to be careful about the volume when using this thing.

Competitiveness

While i haven't tried some of the commonly named competitors (audioquest dragonfly line, for example, priced from around $100 t... Read More

As a point of comparison, i'm listening as i write this on my campfire audio wired earbuds using the dac.

There's a lot of great marketing speak on the product page, but this isn't going to compete against a dedicated amp/dac.

Other dacs i've tried at similar prices bring more color to the audio that would be better for things like listening to music.

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This product had a total of 244 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 17 2024.