{"id":131855,"date":"2021-06-05T06:48:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T05:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=131855"},"modified":"2021-06-05T07:23:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T06:23:39","slug":"hidizs-s9-pro-portable-dac-and-headphone-amplifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/hidizs-s9-pro-portable-dac-and-headphone-amplifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidizs S9 Pro: Portable DAC and headphone amplifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Hidizs<\/b>\u00a0announced the release of a new version of its popular budget DAC\u00a0<b>the S9<\/b>\u00a0, which received the suffix\u00a0<b>Pro<\/b>\u00a0.\u00a0The\u00a0<b>Hidizs S9 Pro<\/b>\u00a0is based on the\u00a0<b>ES9038Q2M<\/b>\u00a0chip\u00a0from\u00a0<b>ESS Saber<\/b>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Hidizs S9 Pro\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/xvtdowv4i2nf27h7ibinakg82bbhhqgn.jpg\" alt=\"Hidizs S9 Pro\" width=\"870\" height=\"700\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The device is equipped with two headphone jacks &#8211; balanced 2.5 mm and unbalanced 3.5 mm.\u00a0The output signal level at the balanced output is\u00a0<b>200 mW<\/b>\u00a0, at the unbalanced one &#8211;\u00a0<b>100 mW<\/b>\u00a0.\u00a0The body of the gadget is machined from aluminum, and the built-in LED indicator allows you to find out the sampling frequency of the supplied signal.\u00a0The DAC can work with PCM signals up to 32\/768 and native DSD512 stream; connection to the signal source is made via the USB-C port.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Hidizs S9 Pro\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/gq7ij51l4mieiz8og4976jlxmvphs86r.jpg\" alt=\"Hidizs S9 Pro\" width=\"870\" height=\"700\" 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