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Tone board was a huge success mostly because it was very affordable (only $99), it had an advanced digital-to-analog conversion based on the famous ESS9038 Q2M, it used low-noise voltage regulators, a stable XMOS USB interface, audiophile grade crystal clocks and it sounded pretty darn good…otherwise people wouldn’t praise it that much. Interestingly, the most requested DAC review I had over the past two years was the tiny Khadas Tone board that was released about two years ago. The tiny fellow calls himself Tone 2 Pro and it’s made by Khadas. I don’t remember when I was as excited about an audio component as I am today. Just look at it! It’s only by a hair bigger to a credit card, it’s featherweight and it costs only $199. Can you guess its weight? How about its size or its price? Any guesses?īehold the tiniest fully balanced DAC and fully balanced headphone amplifier and preamplifier I’ve ever seen.
KHADAS TONE2 PRO FULL
What it is exactly? Well…it’s a single ended and a balanced DAC, it has full MQA support and by that, I mean a full-MQA unfolder and decoder that you’ll find in DACs over $500 it’s also a single ended and a fully balanced headphone amplifier and preamplifier, it has an advanced digital-to-analog volume control which I’ll tell you more about in a minute, it has the newest and most advanced XMOS chipset that is found in the best DACs of today, all wrapped in a beautiful red aluminum enclosure. Today is big day, as I will be testing a mammoth of a unit that packs a serious punch and costs as much as an entry level interconnect cable.