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Qudelix5K

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New retail price (MSRP)

$109

Used market: $65*

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Specifications

2 of 11 values have a recorded source
Type
DAC/Amp Combo·
Bus powered
no·
Maximum gain
0·
Analog inputs
·
Analog outputs
3.5mm Headphones · 2.5mm Balanced Headphones·
Digital inputs
USB-C · Bluetooth·
USB power draw
0·
Headphone output
2 Vrms·
Maximum sample rate
96·
Phantom power provided
no·
Indexable Locales
en·

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Headroom notes

Battery powered, so it does not load the host at all: as a USB DAC it is capped at 96 kHz / 24-bit, which is a Bluetooth chip's limitation showing through. Qudelix states 2 Vrms on 3.5 mm and 4 Vrms on the 2.5 mm balanced jack and publishes no output impedance at all — the single number that matters most for the multi-BA IEMs this device is usually bought for.

Setups using this gear

HD 660S2 on a Qudelix 5K: exactly 0.0 dB of headroom, which is not the same as enoughRazer Barracuda X vs beyerdynamic at the same 96 dB: «by HATS» means it was measured on a different rigQudelix 5K with Sennheiser HD 650: enough, with nothing to spare

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~60% retained value).