Questyle CMA18 Portable Review | The Best Portable for Headphones?
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In this video, Steve does an overview of Questyle's newest addition to their portable lineup, the CMA18. Does the CMA18 find a proper balance of their desktop and portable DAC/amp sound, and how does it stack up against some of the portable DAC/amp options on the market today?
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0:00 | Intro
1:07 | Build & Design
5:29 | Sound
8:45 | Final Thoughts
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The fact that it can be used as an amplifier like the topping g5 makes it very appealing
Would love to see this kind of product from hiby like a fc8. I do own the fc6 and would really admire a stronger and more refined version.
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with the hissing you observed would then not recommend it much for iem use mainly?
@BloomAudio
4 ай бұрын
Yeah, I definitely would not recommend for IEMs with impedance under 32ohm. Higher impedance IEMs like Kinera Nanna 2.0 sounded good to me.
Waiting for Noble audio XM-1 IEM review.
in terms of price to performance ratio would you prefer this over cayin ru7 for easy to drive headphones?
@BloomAudio
3 ай бұрын
RU7 is a little more "bang for your buck" but CMA18 is definitely stronger in terms of performance and sound quality.
I rock my Dali io12s and Hifiman HE1000SE with my Questyle M15. Is it worth upgrading to the CMA18?
@BloomAudio
4 ай бұрын
CMA18 Portable will definitely be an upgrade for the HE1000SE. You're going to get both more detail and dynamics out of it with the 18 over the 15.
@cheddaslice5332
4 ай бұрын
@@BloomAudio Thank you 😊
Sidetone with the interface as a headset?
@BloomAudio
3 ай бұрын
I don't think that it supports Sidetone or anything similar for connected headphones.
So it’s recommended for full sized cans rather than iems?
@BloomAudio
6 күн бұрын
Yeah, I'd recommend just sticking with the M15i for IEMs in most cases. CMA18 does sound better, but the background noise is going to be an issue, especially for classical music.
@syanhc
6 күн бұрын
@@BloomAudio perfect.
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so mojo 2 > cma18p > griffin?
@BloomAudio
3 ай бұрын
In terms of pure sound quality, yes, I'd say that's accurate.
@eboboboy
Күн бұрын
@@BloomAudio, I think Mojo 2 also has more beautiful musicality. I don't know how, but it sounds different from other DACs.
It's a swing and a miss (IMO).