{"id":155283,"date":"2023-02-15T08:38:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T08:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=155283"},"modified":"2023-02-15T08:38:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T08:38:53","slug":"xduoo-xp-2bal-bluetooth-dac-headphone-amplifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/xduoo-xp-2bal-bluetooth-dac-headphone-amplifier\/","title":{"rendered":"xDuoo XP-2BAL: Bluetooth DAC &#038; Headphone Amplifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>xDuoo\u00a0has released a new model of digital-to-analog converter and headphone amplifier\u00a0XP-2BAL ,\u00a0which\u00a0has a balanced output of\u00a04.4 mm\u00a0, along with the usual\u00a03.5 mm\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/21_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The DAC on the ES9018K2M\u00a0chip from\u00a0ESS Saber\u00a0is responsible for digital signal conversion\u00a0, the device can work with\u00a0PCM stream 32 bit \/ 384 kHz\u00a0, as well as native\u00a0DSD256\u00a0.\u00a0The output power on the 3.5 mm\u00a0jack\u00a0is\u00a0180 mW\u00a0into\u00a032 ohms\u00a0, when using a balanced\u00a04.4 mm\u00a0jack it rises to\u00a0320 mW\u00a0into\u00a032 ohms\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/22_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The built-in battery has a capacity of\u00a02200 mAh\u00a0, its full charge will last for\u00a08 hours\u00a0when using the device as a USB DAC, for\u00a022 hours\u00a0when connecting an analog signal source and for\u00a015 hours\u00a0when using a Bluetooth adapter.\u00a0The latter supports SBC, AAC, aptXLL, aptX HD\u00a0and\u00a0LDAC\u00a0codecs\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/23_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The LED next to the red volume control indicates in color the type and sampling rate of the signal coming to the digital input.\u00a0The body of the device is made of aluminum alloy and tempered glass.\u00a0Model dimensions\u00a0105 x 55 x 15 mm\u00a0, weight &#8211;\u00a0150 grams\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/24_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The xDuoo XP-2BAL\u00a0DAC and Headphone Amplifier\u00a0can be ordered online for\u00a0$169\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>xDuoo\u00a0has released a new model of digital-to-analog converter and headphone amplifier\u00a0XP-2BAL ,\u00a0which\u00a0has a balanced output of\u00a04.4 mm\u00a0, along with the usual\u00a03.5 mm\u00a0. The DAC on the ES9018K2M\u00a0chip from\u00a0ESS Saber\u00a0is responsible for digital signal conversion\u00a0, the device can work with\u00a0PCM stream 32 bit \/ 384 kHz\u00a0, as well as native\u00a0DSD256\u00a0.\u00a0The output power on the 3.5 mm\u00a0jack\u00a0is\u00a0180 [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/xduoo-xp-2bal-bluetooth-dac-headphone-amplifier\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":155284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-155283","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\/155283","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=155283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}