I've been using it since it came out and i have no need to replace it. Try it with the Composer and you will be further impressed.
@Viewer131283 ай бұрын
Short answer, "No." Long answer, "Yes."
@st200ol3 ай бұрын
I have this, the DC Elite and Mojo 2 when it comes to using music to test my devices, I put this in 3rd with the Mojo 2 and DC Elite very close, so close that even when testing the most discerning music I'll grab either the Mojo 2 or the DC Elite.
@evshrug3 ай бұрын
What is the DC Elite?
@st200ol3 ай бұрын
@@evshrug The IBasso DC Elite it’s a dongle DAC with a ROHM DAC chip and a miniature stepped attenuator.
@radiofreealbemuth3 ай бұрын
It's a dongle from ibasso @@evshrug
@drcerbera54553 ай бұрын
ibasso DC Elite is their flagship dongle dac and is frankly stunning. Sound quality is amazing, at least on par with my iBasso DX240 DAP. Same price as the W4 I think
@marlowe15373 ай бұрын
@@evshrug Relatively new $449 USD iBasso flagship dongle, which it touts as a miniaturized version of its $3500 DX320Max DAP. It uses the same Rohm DAC, and much other tech, as the DX320 and multiple reviewers have found that while it can't match the performance of the DX320 (no surprise), it comes amazingly close given the huge price (and size) differential. Several reviewers have also found it equal or even superior to the Mojo 2. Admittedly, I haven't heard it yet, but am planning to pick one up next month. (Dang, this hobby is tough on those of us retired on a fixed income.)
@imranchishti54573 ай бұрын
Nice one. I bought this device in 2022. It works with laptops and my Galaxy tab S8. It does not work with any of my Android phones. Samsung and Sony. The sound is awesome, though . It rivals the ifI Gryphon. The ifI works with my Sony Xperia I V.
@shibashisroy33303 ай бұрын
For that price, no unfortunately. The Mojo 2 while being bulkier is much more robust and sonically capable device than this and is even cheaper.
@docgify2 күн бұрын
I am using either the ru.6 or the Aklaim pd6
@docgify2 күн бұрын
Or the hiby rs6….. you can tell six is my fav number
@longislandcorey2 ай бұрын
Hi, if I may suggest try pairing W4 with Ibasso CB19 OTG. I’m not sure but I think the separate power source from the power bank is able to provide more head room & overcome the power limitation of IPhones.
@ReverendDr.Thomas3 ай бұрын
Your friend, Mr. Fenner, seems to think the DITA Navigator is top of the heap, according to his recent review of the dongle.
@beyond_of_me3 ай бұрын
Hi, thank you for review. What is the brand of tube mini ?
@Currawong3 ай бұрын
Woo Audio.
@Bootrosgali3 ай бұрын
I love to know if these things can boost soundstage in any or all directions too.thankd
@Currawong3 ай бұрын
Nope.
@AhmadGhaziA3 ай бұрын
Any link to the people who opened their W4?
@Currawong3 ай бұрын
Can't find the link now, but the discussion on L7 Audio Lab is still there (in Chinese).
@Photoandcargeek3 ай бұрын
I am surprised that you think that mobile phone DACs are not the result of 40 years of research.... Actually it is probably more! Neither phone DACs nor the Chord Mojo DAC are rocket science nowadays, they are actually really fairly straight forward tech and above the cheapest of the cheap, no human ear can hear the difference between chips using the same algorithm. What really makes a difference (which is also hard to hear for most) is the quality of the circuitry and the amp (and the layout but it would have to be really poorly designed to make a significant difference).
@Currawong3 ай бұрын
I don't think that. Phone DACs are severely constrained in what they can do, due to power limitations. That's why you don't see high-end DACs in phones. The research into phone DACs goes towards making them smaller and more efficient, which is completely different to the aims of the design of the Mojo. The programming in that is not "fairly straight forward tech". If it were, you'd see it in everything, which you don't.
@Photoandcargeek3 ай бұрын
@@Currawong you don't need them in everything because they don't need to be. Fairly straight forward because they have existed for decades. I have to check but I don't think DACs are power constrained even in a phone (space maybe a little bit and I am not sure), amplification is constrained although LG did a pretty good job at giving phones a more powerful amp than today's phones.
@Currawong3 ай бұрын
DACs in their current format haven't existed for decades. I suggest you do more research into DACs -- even learning the basics on why there are different types, what they are used for, and what is different about them will help.
@Photoandcargeek3 ай бұрын
@@Currawong I don't really need to but thanks... I think I remember pretty well from my maths and physics degrees. And DACs in phones are just an evolution of DACs in other digital players such as CD players which have existed since the 80s so it isn't really new tech, just smaller, faster, better in many ways and far more energy efficient.
@my__type42 ай бұрын
please, please provide the chart with numbers. many will want the numbers, not the impressions.
@TheDa7oom3 ай бұрын
👍
@masterazlan69993 ай бұрын
Wow quad DAC of their own?..wow that's..Hiss on max..wtf bra..naaa I'll skips..Peace!
@Currawong3 ай бұрын
You might have missheard: The only way I could hear hiss from it was at max volume with extremely sensitive IEMs which won't get to anywhere near maximum volume without causing you permanent hearing loss, if not destroying the IEMs.
@ReverendDr.Thomas3 ай бұрын
@@Currawong, did you actually understand Azlan's comment?
@evshrug3 ай бұрын
There is only hiss at the most extreme, unusable setting, and I was of the impression that Currawong had chosen to praise the quiet background as his first point about sound quality.