{"id":156366,"date":"2023-03-02T07:08:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T07:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=156366"},"modified":"2023-10-18T06:10:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:10:03","slug":"xduoo-link2-bal-max-balanced-dac-and-headphone-amplifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/xduoo-link2-bal-max-balanced-dac-and-headphone-amplifier\/","title":{"rendered":"xDuoo LinK2 Bal Max: Balanced DAC and headphone amplifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>xDuoo has released a new\u00a0LinK2 Bal Max digital\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0to-analog converter and headphone amplifier\u00a0, which has two modes of operation and a fully symmetrical circuit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/10_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The model is equipped with two headphone outputs &#8211;\u00a03.5 mm\u00a0and\u00a04.4 mm\u00a0, the output power of which is\u00a0200 mW\u00a0at 32 ohms and\u00a0270 mW\u00a0at 32 ohms, respectively.\u00a0The DAC block is based on Cirrus Logic\u00a0&#8216;s dual\u00a0CS43131\u00a0chip , providing\u00a0-128dB\u00a0signal-to-noise ratio\u00a0\u00a0and support for\u00a032bit\/384kHz PCM\u00a0and\u00a0DSD256\u00a0streams .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/11_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The USB input can be switched to UAC1.0\u00a0mode , compatible with\u00a0Nintendo Switch\u00a0and\u00a0PlayStation\u00a0game consoles\u00a0.\u00a0The amplifier can also operate in two different modes, the highest power is achieved in\u00a0Turbo\u00a0mode , switching is done by a toggle switch on the side panel.\u00a0The overall dimensions of the device are\u00a063 x 23.5 x 13 mm\u00a0, weight &#8211;\u00a028 grams\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/12_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The xDuoo LinK2 Bal Max\u00a0DAC and Headphone Amplifier\u00a0comes in two different colors and is available to order for\u00a0$149\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>xDuoo has released a new\u00a0LinK2 Bal Max digital\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0to-analog converter and headphone amplifier\u00a0, which has two modes of operation and a fully symmetrical circuit. The model is equipped with two headphone outputs &#8211;\u00a03.5 mm\u00a0and\u00a04.4 mm\u00a0, the output power of which is\u00a0200 mW\u00a0at 32 ohms and\u00a0270 mW\u00a0at 32 ohms, respectively.\u00a0The DAC block is based on Cirrus Logic\u00a0&#8216;s [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/xduoo-link2-bal-max-balanced-dac-and-headphone-amplifier\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":156367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-156366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hi-fi","tag-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156366","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=156366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}