Power: plenty for most headphones except a handful of the hardest-to-drive ones
Noise: inaudible on all headphones and IEMs
Distortion: unmeasurable at normal listening levels; 1000x lower than the typical headphones you're using
Heat: gets slightly warm (don't be a baby, it only draws 1W, seriously)
Size: extremely desk-friendly
OTHER SPECS
Frequency Response: 20Hz-20Khz, +/-0.05db
Balanced 4.4mm Output
•Maximum Power, 32 ohms: 400mW RMS
•Maximum Power, 50 ohms: 320mW RMS
•Maximum Power, 300 ohms: 120mW RMS
SE 1/8” Output
•Maximum Power, 32 ohms: 200mW RMS
•Maximum Power, 50 ohms: 150mW RMS
•Maximum Power, 300 ohms: 40mW RMS
Either Output
THD: <0.0002%, 20Hz-20KHz, at 3V RMS SE, 6V RMS balanced
IMD: <0.0003%, CCIR
SNR: >118db, A-weighted, referenced to 2V RMS
Crosstalk: >-80dB, 20Hz-20KHz
Output Impedance: less than 0.5 ohms
USB Receiver: Schiit Unison USB™
D/A Conversion: Schiit Mesh™, a unique combination of our time- and frequency-domain optimized digital filter and a standard delta-sigma modulator, in this case an ES9018Sample Rates and Bit Depths: 16/44.1 to 32/192
Outputs:
•4.4mm balanced output
•1/8” single-ended output
- Analog and output Stage: TI OPA1656 x 2
- Power Supply: USB powered, with +/- 5V rails via high-current dual-polarity switching regulator, with inductor filtering and local regulation
- Controls: volume, NOS, invert, and Loudness, all accessible via capacitive touch buttons under glass
- Power Consumption: 0.9W typical
- Size: 2.4 x 1.4 x 0.44”
- Weight: 4 oz