amazon Aune X1S reviews
Open the box
Aune box X1S considerable size but it’s time to open the box a little feeling of inadequacy because of the size of the device is too small compared with its carrying case. However, its small size and lightweight as X1S brings greater mobility. This is also why the company is called X1S Mini DAC.
X1S purposes “all in one” that is all in one, without partial composite of 1 combo which method is optimal use always use headphones to listen to the headphone out on the machine. But of course, Aune provide output / audio input so you can use partial function of this device, but the quality is still good.
Aune X1S no internal battery, but uses electricity. Adapter comes with quite a large size should work to bring this device when morning coffee really is not the optimal solution. According to the manufacturer’s information, the source component is carefully invested firms to produce good sound quality.
Aune X1S many ports can be used for many different purposes including: USB in, optical in, RCA in/out, Coaxial in/out and headphone out.
Due to the many inputs to the front of Aune X1S has a button to switch between the input and the LED display will be corresponding to that lane. Headphone out port is made of 6.3mm standard, in line with the majority of full-size headphones, even if your headphones using the 3.5mm standard jack it also included a transfer of good quality.
This amp is the shell made entirely of aluminum and is handled beautifully painted rough. If you pay attention will find that most DAC devices, AMP feature to help metal shell for audio noise reduction.
Aune X1S use volume revolving potentiometers.
Often these devices will be accompanied Aune CD to install the drivers and plugins. USB mini comes X1S contains information manuals and drivers. I find on the net, the driver never saw this posted on the official, so that you keep the USB device driver carefully.
Inside the Aune X1s used chip DAC Sabre ES9018K2M. This is one of the best DAC chip hi-end world today, can decode audio quality at a very high level: 32bit / 384kHz and DSD128.
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Sound quality
We perform evaluation of sound Aune X1S with laptop and music player Jriver 20, the USB cable and power cord included. Three samples for testing are headphones Sennheiser HD598, HD650 and AKG K701. Sources are music tracks in lossless quality.
Unusual is Aune X1S sound interference (noise) light in the background, will hear the music and not the start of volume adjustment to about 11, the greater the volume the greater the noise. Inaudible This interference is due to influences from the music player or computer, but when people write unplug the laptop charger, a USB port and change the player still hear. Still no sound ominous noise when listening to music that much because it can not recognize and even at volume 11, the music drowned out the sound of this small noise and sounds absolutely had heard enough. And with the high impedance headphones Sennheiser HD650 and AKG K701 as the voice of this noise as small.
Aune X1S have very good bass range, making the bass range is not plump for the HD598 much improved markedly depth. I like the fact that HD598 play “Candy Man” (Christina Aguilera), bass depth and focus. Besides, the level of detail in the sound from the bass guitar in “Stairway to Heaven” (Led Zepelin) increased markedly and renewable way Stringed more authentic feel.
Perhaps mid strip is also a very strong point of Aune X1s. This negative strip HD598 and K701 helps sound quality is very smooth, somewhat more seasoned well. When composited with the source device is not good, the earpiece will emit usually quite acidic and thin voice. And when paired with X1S and try to track “The Wind” (Cat Stevens), warm voice full of inspiring actor is clearly reconstructed, detailed, thick vocals and silky should hear feel. Each part of the full range of sound feature.
With high range, gain maturity and Aune X1S pretty sound up high and the strip bar Treb. I tried with the “Fade to black”, electric guitar or acoustic cymbal relatively good improvement in both the AKG K701 and HD598, brighter, more than is absolutely no shortage phenomena or intense high. If said Treb HD598 has an excellent range and is slightly blurred with the DAC as X1S solution would be improved for both the detailed audio and regain balance to the negative range. Also better solubility, melting chime cymbal band instrument more of moderate to rather curt as usual. Delamination is also very good degree, the sounds do not stick together and although the matter with many instrument tracks interwoven as “Phantom of the Opera”.
Overall, the soundstage created X1S spacious and airy, to repeat is very wide soundstage, delamination clear sound, the instrument positions are clearly defined segment of the sound are created by the spaces between parts of the sound. But when compositing with headphones, the ATH AD700 sound a bit too wide to cause sporadic. Maybe not with the device X1S transplantation has tended to dilute the soundstage as ATH AD700.
One of the most important points of a DAC to do it is the detail of the sound must be very good. It is encouraging that Aune X1S have done this, the sound is clear and detailed, as indicated in the sharpness of the sound, the sound Treb identity, through each round of the bass and the text. All of the songs sound very easy to listen to because of all the wonderful details. Of detail is so good but overall the sound through the audio range associated with each factor is still giving a natural color and harmony.
Advantage:
+ Detailed good, wide soundstage, natural sound harmonious.
+ Multiple output to sound extremely comfortable.
Disadvantages:
– Despite its small size and lightweight, but large adapter
– There was a slight noise in the background sound
– Sounds trending natural harmony so that would not impress a short period of time listening.
– Built-amp circuit may increase costs and cause inconvenience for those who just need DAC circuit.
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