{"id":161630,"date":"2023-05-18T07:03:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T06:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=161630"},"modified":"2023-05-18T07:03:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T06:03:46","slug":"luxury-precision-w4-ex-portable-dac-with-balanced-headphone-output","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/luxury-precision-w4-ex-portable-dac-with-balanced-headphone-output\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxury &#038; Precision W4 EX: Portable DAC with balanced headphone output"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luxury\u00a0&amp; Precision\u00a0has launched a new portable digital-to-analog converter and headphone amplifier\u00a0W4 EX\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/109_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The DAC block in the model is built on the proprietary\u00a0LP5108EX\u00a0chipset , supplemented with five digital filters.\u00a0In addition, the model has several built-in equalizer presets.\u00a0By default, the user can use two sound settings from\u00a0Luxury &amp; Precision\u00a0&#8211; the\u00a0Tune01\u00a0curve provides a soft and soulful sound, while\u00a0the Tune02\u00a0has a more detailed and refined delivery.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/110_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To connect headphones, the device has a balanced\u00a04.4 mm\u00a0output and an unbalanced\u00a03.5 mm\u00a0output .\u00a0The output power is\u00a0220mW\u00a0and\u00a0110mW\u00a0, respectively.\u00a0Two switchable gain levels are available to the user.\u00a0The front panel has a 0.91-inch\u00a0OLED display\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>The Luxury &amp; Precision W4 EX\u00a0DAC and Headphone Amplifier\u00a0sells for\u00a0$319\u00a0and\u00a0$352\u00a0with a leather case\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luxury\u00a0&amp; Precision\u00a0has launched a new portable digital-to-analog converter and headphone amplifier\u00a0W4 EX\u00a0. The DAC block in the model is built on the proprietary\u00a0LP5108EX\u00a0chipset , supplemented with five digital filters.\u00a0In addition, the model has several built-in equalizer presets.\u00a0By default, the user can use two sound settings from\u00a0Luxury &amp; Precision\u00a0&#8211; the\u00a0Tune01\u00a0curve provides a soft and soulful sound, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/luxury-precision-w4-ex-portable-dac-with-balanced-headphone-output\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":161631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-161630","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161630","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=161630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}