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[@JoshuaValour]

Correction - The 3.5 input in the front WILL pass through to your computer for audio. I am not sure why I was not able to get mine too.

[@IAmAliwood]

Heads-up, many of your affiliate links (mostly from Top 3 Open Back & below) aren't working. Amazon links to the homepage, Fulla 4 redirects to invalid product screen, Drop says the link is malformed, Fir Audio throws some crazy characters in the URL, etc.

[@joosteijkenboom1988]

Sadly, a lot of them are having QC issues... Same with Hel 2.

[@JoshuaValour]

@@IAmAliwood Awesome, thanks for keeping an eye out. I will have to run through it and see what the issue is.

[@zamalek4079]

I wouldn't exactly consider the iPhone USB-C a drop-in replacement for the Fulla, for the target "gamer" audience, or at least people who have a power hungry/noisy GPU. I tried it as a cheap experiment to fix the noise coming from both my audio and USB ports (into my discrete amp) and, while it was a massive improvement, the noise was still very audible at normal listening levels. The optional galvanic isolation that the Fulla has seems to be really important for the problem that Schiit are trying to solve here. The Fiio D3 is a good alternative here, because most gamer systems have TOS (and therefore galvanic isolation).

[@TheIpadfanatic]

The video didn't cover this to my recollection, but I think it is important to mention that Schiit Audi designed that left 3.5mm jack as a microphone input and that this product is targeted at gamers. Not that music enthusiasts & audiophiles shouldn't consider it, but gamers accustomed to fast pace game action and sound is the target audience.

[@cheapaudioman]

Dude. Your intro was the coolest thing I’ve seen for a while.

[@prinzexisalowqualityytber]

it was a really schitty intro

Another schitty intro

[@BenLA5]

don't be such a schiit head

[@deltadeka492]

i'm loving these mini skit intros

[@reznikdable]

-Was the intro necessary? -Absolutely yes!

[@TwiitchMcGee]

Congratulations on being the first one to put a video out reviewing this unit. I picked one up myself and have been very pleased with it so far. I actually purchased a sound blaster X6, returned it, and then bought this and was much happier with the sound quality.

[@garlowloke]

Yeah I couldn’t believe the difference. It’s so clean, I literally teared up the first time I heard it.

[@iawindowss4061]

I re watched the intro like 4 times please do more like it.

[@windwaker4485]

Congrats on 100K Josh! Hope your channel grows bigger and bigger, cause you deserve it.

[@theoracle1945]

Love your work! The camera work, and B-rolls are amazing!

[@MadMaxx1977]

Excellent intro! I have the Fulla 3 and use it with a pair of iLoud Micro Monitors for my iPad Pro's audio. Perfect little device for mobile audio.

[@davidmason8212]

BTW congratulations You hit 100k and you deserve it Really happy for you bro keep the good work flow.

[@slomojo98]

The look on the faces of others when they hear this video playing is just gold. Really nice intro. It reminds me of why I subscribed and liked that bell icon. Cheers from Australia.

[@kunalnn017]

I would say the intro was absolutely necessary and genuinely hilarious i did not see that coming 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@minggthemerciless]

havnt watched a video in a while and i come back to that intro, AMAZING work bro thank you for that!

[@Chaosfyre89]

As someone who just upgraded to a Triumph Street Triple RS I appreciate the shirt. Also excellent review!

[@ozzy7455]

Not gonna lie I am enjoying your reviews more and more. I think your true personality is starting to come out. I do wish sometimes for quicker reviews and think a shorts page would be huge. Quick capable reviews would be huge. This one was great review that didn't take too long and I liked it.

[@b3naqua]

We need more companies with a Schiit-y sense of humor

[@rollinburket]

josh i’m no expert (though i did work in a high end road bike shop for 5 or 6 years) but you should really adjust your saddle angle, that looks painful!!

[@Rubiks_LIVE]

Zen DAC?

[@lukepatto4366]

Im so glad I watched this vid, the bit on the Sundara vs fulla or magni answered my question even though I came looking at fulla 4 just for kicks. Saaaaaweeeeeeet

[@herremilkanter]

My Schiit Fulla 2 still going strong. Smile every time I see it presented in Windows as "I'm Fulla Shiit"

[@davidmason8212]

The intro is extremely cool Loved it

[@draegus0072]

Now we just need that Hel 2 review! :D

[@leepaulison4928]

I love the new fun intro's! Don't stop.

[@willdavis7825]

You have got by a country fucking mile the best B-roll footage and then these intros are KILLLING it

[@Ferryberg1]

Audiophile and bike lover here. When I saw that Triumph shirt, I actually cheered to my screen. Future Trident 660 owner here! Love the videos Josh!

[@midnight_yota]

Man I love that Schitty intro! Almost as much as my Schiit Fulla 2.

[@TheSongManipulator]

Sure, the intro wasn't "necessary" but I very much appreciate your artistic freedom and creativity with it. Keep it up dude!

[@karelsticka9137]

Intros like these really add up the production value and I liked it a lot! Let me ask, are those Seiko's new Marinemasters? 🤔

[@clausschyummadsen4840]

Epic intro :)

[@Twinguin]

Good review, makes me want one. ANd the intro ... ? Keep on making those! :-)

[@Nomorecry]

Love your intro, Schiit should pay you for that killer intro XD

[@MakiPavlidis]

Josh that into was great. If you do others in future, you should totally deadpan it back in the studio.. keep it all serious makes it less so! hehe.

[@carminedesanto6746]

You keep teasing with that 604…lurking in the background….😆

[@Nooborghini]

Explanation for the intro killed me. Please don't ever change.

[@mbk337]

The front input connection is for a mic, not a phone/powered device. Supposedly it is a dynamic gain, 24-bit microphone input with AKM analog-to-digital converter. Maybe the mic you tested required a bit more power than it could handle?

[@rpgfeatures793]

That’s because it’s a gaming DAC

[@weez82]

"was that intro stupid"? No, it made me laugh, it was great!

[@Travers_P]

Review of the 2021 LCD-X coming up? Curious to here how it compares to the older version you’ve reviewed.

[@seleniumshutter]

Loved that intro, all its missing is some mission impossible music hahah

[@taidee]

Well, keep going with this Schiit Josh, lol. It really is some good schiit.

[@javier_i]

Just the review I was waiting for! Also I could not find Kanto Speakers reviews in your channel, I really would like to hear your opinion

[@hamedshahr]

Love the intro. Make more of these.

[@joeyn.9135]

oh man, i was waiting for your review. sucks i won't be getting one though. after my order was on "awaiting item" for over a week, Schiit messaged me saying it was lost and refunded me. oh well. dodged a bullet, i guess, from all the complaints about numerous issues people are having with it.

[@epicmike3915]

You're better off. Buy JDS or Geshelli labs and call it a day.

[@jcap8391]

You're fulla schiit Josh. It can't be that good 😂 These names are brilliant

[@WildfireX]

I feel like you missed an opportunity to state that this is one of the best budget solutions to the PS5 UAC1 issue. Basically so many of us with headphones like Beyers Tygr 300r or whatever, with magni 3/Modi 3 stacks can't use our dacs with PS5 because PS5 doesn't support UAC2. Fulla 4 (now called Fulla E) supports UAC1&2

[@twona.]

did it raise the volume on ur tygrs, thats my biggest my $180 tygrs are much quieter then my $50 steelseries headset

[@Wyd4]

Agree about the Sundara, I had the Sundara with a Magni Heresy and Modi 3 and it sounded fantastic, however from my dongle dac/amp (Cheap little DACMagic) it sounded thin and lacking life.

[@motosandphotos]

Great quality vids and reviews as always! I see that Triumph tee, do you ride motos Josh?? PS your social media links in description are returning errors.

[@WhiteHartMart]

Bought one - loved it, hated that it was faulty though and had to go back :( PS5 wouldn't recognise it at all amongst other things)

[@Kayose]

This would be awesome for competitive LAN's. Pair this with a SHP 9500 with your PC/XB/PS. You would have a killer setup.

[@DanielDuedu]

Intro was awesome😂!

[@northdakotabeast1547]

That intro was awesome!!

[@junno777]

I loved the intro, keep doing it ahahah

[@AliArghavan]

👀Oooh I see that xDuoo MT-604 in the background. Can we expect a review?

[@carlsitler9071]

I had to go with the $200 champ, the Asgard 3. With the $110 Sanskrit 2 dac and the $70 Aiyima 07 amp (150 watt x 2 rms), my Klipsch towers now sound as good as my studio monitor headphones. Mind blown.

[@adaboy4z]

Sounds like a cool setup. The small Chinese amps are taking over.

[@buenahora001]

best intro ever!!

[@itzikca]

Hey Josh, do you have plans to make a video on the “Khadas Tone 2 Pro” ?

[@vendettyron]

0:40 That intro was cool?? YES

[@johnhimes4468]

That saddle angle makes me cry.

[@arigato7788]

Big fan of the Toslink input.

[@belema22]

That intro was Schiit… jokes was great!

[@Holiewaur]

That saddle tilt though

[@themunk6172]

How come u'll never review the iFi Audio Zen DAC V2? Nuff' of this schiit already!

[@drverboten]

I gave my like right after the intro, keep them !!!

[@javier_i]

Hey Joshua, now that Schiit stopped selling the Fulla 4 because all the reported issues, what gaming DAC around the same price do you recommend?

[@badgermcbadger1968]

o2+ sdac is great and more powerfull

[@Seconds84]

Can you plug in usb to PC and Plug in an optical and hear sound from both combined? Or is there a switch for which input to listen to? Use case: high end headphones for Xbox and pc for party chat feature. Combined audio like my sound blaster X7 can do?

[@bogdanflorea6116]

awesome acting Josh !!

[@abc123s100]

Man, Schiit has a (understandably) long wait time for most of their products

[@weez82]

The front 3.5mm input is a Mic input. If you can please test the Fulla 4 with one of the Sennheiser headsets, the PC 37x or the PC 38x and a ModMic. The Fulla is meant to be a gaming dac/amp with mic input. I have the Fulla 3 and its amazing for that purpose.

[@saajith]

banger of an intro mate.

[@sweetswing1]

I have the Fulla 3 and am amzed how good it sounds and depressed I can't use it on my Series X. Microsoft come on!

[@DarrenKrusi]

Managed to get an Audient Evo 4 for AUD100, not getting anything else until I can find a MOTU M2 for cheap. The Shiits are great devices to get started with.

[@gregwx]

SPDIF in and Analog in Mix option is great. Console players now can get game audio from their *console via SPDIF then feed their analog in with chat audio or mic monitoring. *HDMI Audio Extractor required on: PS5, XBSX/S.

[@KaiSyversen]

Love the INTRO

[@hamsterbrigade]

This thing is literally 9(10% increase) dollars more expensive and this video just released today. The price increases this last year are just unreal.

[@n0aimatall]

Isn't the second input on the front for microphone use? That's a very rare feature afaik. Schiit is also referring to it as "DAC/AMP FOR GAMING (AND COMMUNICATIONS!)" 1:35

[@terryguerra1010]

Ok now, that intro was fun!

[@matthewhernandez301]

Hey Josh I think im gonna get the Fulla 4 but I had a question that I’ve been confused about. If I have a pair of powered monitors and I want to use the preamp output on the Fulla, should I set the volume knob on the monitors all the way up and then just use the Fulla to control the volume?

[@djm24able]

Enjoy your videos man love how you Touch and many many subjects related to audio. I’m kind of a nude when it comes to technical audio so my question is would I get a big benefit if I bought this and grandma are daisy Penrose wired off of it? I’m honestly thinking about picking up the Sennheiser 560s and trying them out but I’ve heard the controller is a little to weak to get the full capabilities out of the 560s so that is why I’m on these dac videos at all lol.

[@skitstorm5634]

Looking for something like this to match my Drop+Sennheiser pc38x. Good match y/n? Also can i plug in small speakers and switch easy depending if I want to run headphones or speakers? Rookie here but I love good sound quality. Also kudos on your Seiko Prospex Turtle SRP777. Atleast that’s what I think it is.

[@1lik3c0ff3]

hey josh, have you ever used/heard about the ifi zen dac (dac/amp unit) or the ifi zen can (amp)?

[@eemgee9185]

I am not Josh but I have, and have owned both. The Zen Dac is as you stated an amp/dac... it is not the most powerful amp however. It has a 4.4mm balanced output that will output more power and there is a low/high gain (they call it "power match") but the range is limited especially for quite a few of the hifiman headphones. It can also be noticeably "noisy" depending on the particular headphone/volume level etc. The Zen Can is a stackable match that will make your experience better, it has a lot of power and allows the Zen Dac to operate in "fixed" mode which seems to help with some of the noticeable distortion.

[@eemgee9185]

Get the Zen Dac V2 if you go that route. Or better yet, just get the DX7 Pro, its an all in 1 unit that has almost no faults.

[@Cslteo]

This intro made my day ^^

[@lividmatter4862]

I liked the intro. Quite a lot actually.

[@Reeeepicheep]

I wish there was a balanced dongle dac that sounds as good as the Fulla E. I've yet to find one that matches the warmth and fun of the Fulla. Closest I've found would be the Qudelix5K or maybe the Cayin RU-6.

[@crypticvisionary]

I fucking loved that intro.

[@MattLoberstein]

For Macbook -> Heresy, is it different to use the USB-C dongle, vs. direct from headphone jack?

[@jaek_898]

I bought a hel right before they came out with hel 2, but apparently the hel 2 has some quality control issues and my hel has been absolutely fantastic and has never missed a beat.

[@codyh5232]

I have had mixed experiences with my Fulla 4. The headphone out is working great to power my Drop PC38x's considering they are low resistance. I want to note though that the input on the Fulla 4 uses a TON of compression and makes the microphone sound like absolute garbage. I've had to bypass the mic input and go directly to the motherboard where those issues are not present. It may improve the sound of some headsets that have a lower quality mic input but in my case it was a deal breaker.

[@DhatBlitz]

Was considering this exact setup. Have no intention of using the mic port. Hows the audio when it comes to quality positioning etc. Sorry I klnow this is 6 months later but you have the exact setup im considering.

[@johnbuscher]

That’s really interesting, other reviews didn’t have compression issues with things like the ModMic. In fact, it actually made them too sensitive at times and plosives were even more noticeable.

[@kevinpascual]

Hell of a Press Kit for that little item

[@Shoulon]

Will you be reviewing the Topping D90SE? Hoping you could do a comparison vs the D70s since the dual akm chips has high praise

[@sumersharma9534]

Loved the intro

[@Otuhh]

Kinda feels like the fulla 3 hasn't been out that long for an upgrade already, but hey at least it has USB-C.

[@noobeenaut]

It's damn near impossible to get a Fulla 3 now. I tried to get a Fulla 3 recently to save some money but it's unavailable just about everywhere. Guess I'm gonna bite the bullet on 4 then.

[@comsubpac]

It was always impossible and now that the chip supplier has burned down they might disappear entirely.

[@ejaliifua1s]

Love the video. Just wish Schiit would slow down on making new products and send out my back ordered modius/magnius lol I guess I’ll just have to wait.

[@dannybos7024]

They should just fix their European supplies first.

[@kelvincabrera558]

That was actually a sick intro ngl gonna lie

[@haganlife]

Fulla 4e squashed the separation and damned the mids. Returned.

[@matusjurcik6974]

Hi Josh, and what about the double amping in that apple/schiit option. I tested dfr in chain with some desktop amp (tube hybrid) through RCA cable (2/RCA to 1/3,5mm) and it sounded like schiit :D, sound was muffled and mushy. On its own the dfr sounded much better...

[@aceofspades6667]

Look at Joshy V getting his intro on! Taking the channel is a direction of throttle house. “AND I’M JAMES”

[@elhijueputa8423]

Nice product but I'm kinda shying away from Schiit products.. got me a Hel-2 a couple of weeks ago and nothing but problems as soon as I started playing games. Audio de-sync and crackling sounds.. tried adjusting the sample rate and eventually i just lost sound all together. Tried to get it working for a couple of days but still audio loss even during streaming youtube or netflix.. ended up returning it.

[@a2raya772]

nice looking Seiko Prospex watch bro

[@ralphtchua]

I'd love to see your thoughts on the Jotunheim 2 since you reviewed the original ones a couple years back

[@shadouxg7150]

I schiit myself with that intro