{"id":158854,"date":"2023-03-18T13:01:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T13:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=158854"},"modified":"2023-10-18T06:08:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:08:35","slug":"fiio-launches-ka5-portable-dac-togheter-with-jade-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/fiio-launches-ka5-portable-dac-togheter-with-jade-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"FiiO launches KA5 portable DAC together with Jade Audio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news__content\" data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<div data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<p>FiiO\u00a0has partnered with sister brand\u00a0Jade Audio to unveil the new\u00a0KA5 portable digital\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0to-analog converter and headphone amplifier\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/274_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The device is housed in an aluminum case with tempered glass front and back panels.\u00a0The DAC block contains a dual chip\u00a0CS43198\u00a0from\u00a0Cirrus Logic , which works with\u00a0PCM\u00a0signals 32 bit \/ 768 kHz\u00a0and native\u00a0DSD256\u00a0stream .<\/p>\n<p>The headphone amplifier is built around two\u00a0SGM 8261\u00a0op amps , providing an output power of\u00a0122 mW\u00a0into 32 ohms on a 3.5 mm jack and\u00a0265 mW\u00a0into 32 ohms when connected to a balanced 4.4 mm jack.\u00a0The 3.5mm\u00a0jack\u00a0can optionally be used to output a digital\u00a0SPIDF\u00a0signal for connection to an external DAC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news__content\" data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<div data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/275_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is a small OLED display\u00a0on the front panel of the device\u00a0, it is convenient to control the main functions using physical control keys that have two modes of operation.\u00a0The model also supports the proprietary\u00a0FiiO Control\u00a0app .\u00a0The weight of the device is\u00a019 grams\u00a0with dimensions of\u00a056.3 x 22 x 12 mm\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/276_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news__content\" data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<div data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<p>The FiiO Jade Audio KA5\u00a0Portable DAC and Headphone Amplifier\u00a0can be purchased online for\u00a0$129\u00a0.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FiiO\u00a0has partnered with sister brand\u00a0Jade Audio to unveil the new\u00a0KA5 portable digital\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0to-analog converter and headphone amplifier\u00a0. The device is housed in an aluminum case with tempered glass front and back panels.\u00a0The DAC block contains a dual chip\u00a0CS43198\u00a0from\u00a0Cirrus Logic , which works with\u00a0PCM\u00a0signals 32 bit \/ 768 kHz\u00a0and native\u00a0DSD256\u00a0stream . The headphone amplifier is built around [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/fiio-launches-ka5-portable-dac-togheter-with-jade-audio\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":158859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-158854","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\/158854","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=158854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}