Battle Royale: DX5 vs M500 vs EF400 vs DX7 Pro+ vs K9 Pro ESS

Topping DX5 (🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦 https://tinyurl.com/AposDX5, 🌏 https://bit.ly/3wngZBo) vs SMSL M500 Mk3 (🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦 https://bit.ly/M5003AA, 🌏 https://bit.ly/3cieieI) vs HiFiMan EF400 (🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦 https://bit.ly/EF400AA, 🇦🇺 https://amzn.to/3RgaZUg) vs Topping DX7 Pro+ (🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦 https://bit.ly/DX7PPAA) vs FiiO K9 Pro ESS (🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦 https://bit.ly/K9PEAA, 🌏 https://bit.ly/3rILX5Q)

This battle compares five of the best all-in-ones under $1000 USD to see which is the best all-in-one, but it's not so simple. Find out which one is best overall, which is best UNLESS you're using high impedance headphones, and which is best if you want to use the DAC/pre-amp output more than the headphone outputs.

Full Topping DX5 review:    • Topping DX5 DAC/Amp Combo Review - Di...  
Full FiiO K9 Pro ESS review:    • FiiO K9 Pro ESS All-in-One / DAC-Amp ...  

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00:00 Introduction
01:49 Glamour video
03:14 Testing approach
04:12 Topping DX5
06:26 SMSL M500 Mk3
08:58 M500 Mk3 key features
12:21 Topping DX5 vs SMSL M500 Mk3
14:45 HiFiMan EF400
16:46 EF400 specs & features
18:30 EF400 sound quality
19:00 EF400 vs M500 Mk3
23:15 EF400 balanced vs SE outputs
24:04 EF400 with high impedance headphones
26:36 Topping DX7 Pro+
28:12 DX7 Pro+ key benefits
31:11 DX7 Pro+ vs M500 Mk3
35:45 DX7 Pro+ vs EF400
38:49 K9 Pro ESS key benefits
39:22 K9 Pro ESS vs EF400
40:23 K9 Pro ESS vs DX7 Pro+
40:55 K9 Pro ESS vs M500 Mk3
41:19 Preliminary summary
43:11 Performance with IEMs
44:40 Performance as DACs / pre-amps
45:19 EF400 as a DAC
45:56 EF400 DAC vs Bifrost 2
46:53 K9 Pro ESS as a DAC
47:28 DX7 Pro+ as a DAC
47:50 M500 Mk3 as a DAC
49:09 Final conclusions

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