{"id":151514,"date":"2022-11-30T04:56:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T04:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=151514"},"modified":"2022-11-30T04:58:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T04:58:00","slug":"xduoo-mt-601s-hybrid-headphone-amplifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/xduoo-mt-601s-hybrid-headphone-amplifier\/","title":{"rendered":"xDuoo MT-601S: Hybrid Headphone Amplifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>xDuoo\u00a0has\u00a0released a new budget model of the desktop headphone amplifier\u00a0MT-601S\u00a0, built on a hybrid circuit.<\/p>\n<p>A 12AU7\u00a0double triode is installed in the preamplifier section\u00a0, and the output stage is implemented on transistors operating in pure class A.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/14_techweek.\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The user can, at will, replace the tube in the preamplifier with a more suitable one in terms of sound signature.\u00a0The circuit uses Japanese audiophile\u00a0Rubycon\u00a0capacitors .\u00a0To connect signal sources, there is a 3.5 mm\u00a0jack on the front panel, a\u00a0pair of\u00a0RCA on the back,\u00a0the output is also implemented on\u00a0RCA\u00a0connectors .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15_techweek.\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Headphones are connected to the 6.35 mm jack on the front panel.\u00a0The output power of the amplifier is\u00a0200 mW\u00a0into 32 Ohms, the signal-to-noise ratio is more than 100 dB.\u00a0The device weighs\u00a0360 grams\u00a0without a network adapter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/16_techweek.\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The xDuoo MT-601S\u00a0Hybrid Headphone Amplifier\u00a0can be purchased online for\u00a0$89\u00a0without shipping.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lets-review-block__wrap lets-review-block__wrap-10 lr-cf lets-review-wrap-151514 lets-review--center lets-review-skin-1 lets-review-design-5 lets-review-ani-1 lets-review-score-type-2 lets-review-type-2 lets-review-score-type__bar conclusion__off proscons__off\" data-design=\"5\" data-score-type=\"2\" data-skin=\"1\"><div class=\"lets-review-block lets-review-block__main-title lr-vc lets-review-block__pad\"><div class=\"lets-review-block__mask lr-vc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/xDuoo-MT-601S-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"xDuoo MT-601S\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/xDuoo-MT-601S-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/xDuoo-MT-601S-192x192.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/xDuoo-MT-601S-384x384.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/xDuoo-MT-601S-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/xDuoo-MT-601S-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"lets-review-block__title lr-font-h\" style=\"\">xDuoo MT-601S<\/div><\/div><div class=\"lets-review-block lets-review-block__final-score lets-review-block__final-score-type-2 lets-review-block__pad score-level-8\"><div class=\"score__wrap lr-all-c\" style=\"background:#f8d92f; color: #fff\"><div class=\"score\">8.2<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"http:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Product\",\n\t\t\t\"name\": \"xDuoo MT-601S\",\"image\": [\n\t\t\t\t\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/xDuoo-MT-601S.jpg\"\n\t\t\t],\"review\": {\n\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Review\",\n\t\t\t\t\"reviewRating\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Rating\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"worstRating\": \"0\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"ratingValue\": \"8.2\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"bestRating\": \"10\"\n\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Bryan Schmidt\"\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}}<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>xDuoo\u00a0has\u00a0released a new budget model of the desktop headphone amplifier\u00a0MT-601S\u00a0, built on a hybrid circuit. A 12AU7\u00a0double triode is installed in the preamplifier section\u00a0, and the output stage is implemented on transistors operating in pure class A. The user can, at will, replace the tube in the preamplifier with a more suitable one in terms [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/xduoo-mt-601s-hybrid-headphone-amplifier\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":151515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-151514","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}