Truthear SHIO Dual CS43198 Lossless Portable DAC Amplifier with USB Type C Port 3.5mm Single-Ended and 4.4mm Balanced Output

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Pros

The performance gap between w2 and shio is forgivable considering $69 vs $309 gap in the cost. Shio has warm coloration around bass range, there is also lower treble gain level when compared to pure flat ak4497eq.

Cons

It does power when used with supplied usb c-c, but does me no good. Waiting for response from seller as to “remedy’.

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Highlights

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Quality

Not as versatile as fullsize dap or higher functional dac dongles, but the sound quality is very satisfying.

For the price this dac/amp works very well and the sound quality is amazing.

I think there's a second firmware that changes the led color, but it's not clear if it can or can't be used with the volume fir... Read More

I purchased this after an absolutely terrible experience with the fiio ka3.

Price

That means the performance gap between w2 and shio is forgivable considering $69 vs $309 gap in the cost.

Competitiveness

Competitors to this product are the moondrop moon river2, fiio ka5 and ibasso dc04 pro.

Sounds 99% as good as my fiio k9 pro.

Some high-end fullsize dap that costs well over $1000 uses quad cs43198, so you get the basic idea.

Various iems and phones will sound different.

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This product had a total of 43 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 26 2023.