Linsoul Kiwi Ears Allegro Mini Portable IEM DAC, in Ear Monitor Amplifier, USB C to 3.5/4.4mm Output, with Custom Chip, High Resolution 32bit/384kHz, HiFi Earbuds Amp for Phone/PC

I own several DACs, various price points, and this little guy is one of the better ones especially at the price point! I wanted a small DAC to attach to my iPhone and run Tidal from.Almost no static noise which was really surprising, and sounds exceptional paired with Sony MX5’s. I tried the Ugreen USB C to 3.5mm DAC cable as well, sound wise this blew that out of the water. Very good clarity, highs and mids are clear and great bass too.Slots straight in your iPhone (or other USB C device) and works straight out the box. Great value product, looks great and small enough to carry around in a pocket. It does drain your battery so make sure your device is fully charged before use!

Astonishingly good for the price and size! First Linsoul product for me, I usually do HiBy for all my audio needs but the desktop DAC I wanted shot up in price literally overnight so I didn't by it on principle. Cam across these Kiwi Ears, read reviews, loved the form factor, it had a 10% off coupon, so why not! This little DAC really slaps. Drives 32 Ohm open-back cans with ease, don't max out or you risk hearing damage! The quality, detail, staging, and especially imaging is incredible for a roughly $20 device that gives you both 3.5 mm SE but for me more importantly 4.4mm balanced. I have used on my android phone, Samsung tablet, and my chromebook flawlessly. I also bought a USBC hub for an old desktop computer that I like to watch netflix on and refuse Bluetooth audio for it, I can now plug the Kiwi Ears into the dock and use my 4.4mm terminated cans to watch movies on it :). The Kiwi Ears (I will just say KW going forward) never get hot, have never "popped" or introduced unwanted audio artifacts in any way. I will confess and say no idea about 3.5mm SE output quality as I haven't bothered. I have ALOT of audio products (receivers, IEM's, cans, DAC's, etc), this is the best sub $30 purchase I have ever made in audio and have been doing so for a long time :) :) :). This was stream of conciousness as I jam out to dubstep via Tidal through the KW's so forgive any grammatical or syntax errors :)***UPDATE***10/22/2024WHAAAATTTTT!!!!!! Both ports go full strength at the same time! Found out as my wife and I wanted to watch a movie via headphone together, no degradation in quality, at least watching movies, haven't tried hi-res audio tandem yet. This thing is AMAZING!!!

I'm quite new to the audiophile world and decided to buy the Truthear Hexas for my first iems. I needed a way to connect it to my phone and it shocked me how much better the sound quality became. Keep in mind, I don't know correct terminology but if I had to explain it and all the pros:• All the distinct sounds became amplified and clearwr and I could hear instrumentals on songs that I never heard before. This combined with an equalizer completely changed the Hexas from to be honest, a little boring, to having that oomph that I was looking to find in my audiophile journey.• It's simple to use, just plug it into your phone and at least, my phone recognized it as headphones and just plug your audio device.• It's also very small which is nice since it doesn't impact how I hold my phone and easy to store, thought that also does mean it can be easily lost so be careful.• For it's size, its metal casing so far seems very durable and I have accidentally dropped it while it was in my phone and nothing was damaged.• One of the easiest and somewhat inexpensive upgrades I have done, considering similar products can be double its price or even over $100.However, I have found a pretty major problem. The jack of my Hexas does not fit in the port of the dac/amp causing the sound to become distorted if it's not at the right distance. If it's not in enough the sound is quieter and more static but if I push it in all the way on the left iem produces audio. I found that the perfect distance is about 0.5 cm so I use a knife and ruler to carefully cut a 1 x 1 x 0.5 cm foam block to slide my jack into. This basically ensures that it stays the perfect distance but it still distorts if I twist the jack slightly.I will be getting new cables for my Hexas and will see if there is any difference but overall the pros far outweigh the cons. It's a listening experience I've never heard.

WHAT?!?!?? Pls just buy this if you're on the fence! I use iems, and I thought those by themselves were amazing! This Allegro mini enhances EVERY SINGLE instrument and sound in the song to the point of hearing different things after listening to the same song 1000 times! It makes every album you THOUGHT was good and let's your hear EVERY SINGLE THING they recorded in that booth! This was a mindblower for me! Stop with the ugreen dacs that are 20 and get this instead. Way better and WORKS WITHOUT PROBLEM AND WORKS THRU MY PHONE CASE! Incredible value and doesn't get hot. Connects thru my phone case too! It uses your phone's battery.

Works great, sound quality is exceptional for the price. I love the 4.4mm balanced out. Only thing, I wish it had a low gain option, with sensitive IEMs the lowest volume setting on my iPhone was almost too much.