Hidizs has been producing audio gear for nearly a decade, and its newest launches provide an inexpensive gateway into transportable hi-res audio – the AP80 PRO-X transportable music participant and MS3 in-ear headphones.
The AP80 PRO-X is a pocket-sized participant that the corporate claims “drastically exceeds the capabilities of laptops and smartphones”, which is simply as nicely actually contemplating that’s the reason you’ll purchase a devoted audio participant akin to this. It is ready to drive a variety of headphones, each wired and wi-fi, and gives as much as 11 hours of playback (or 8 hours when utilizing balanced headphones) on a single cost.
That includes twin DAC chips, the AP80 PRO-X helps hi-res PCM, DSD and MQA recordsdata, in addition to Micro SD playing cards as much as 512GB (the participant has no inside reminiscence) to retailer your music recordsdata. So far as Bluetooth connectivity goes, Sony’s LDAC codec is supported, as is HiBy UAT (Extremely Audio Transmission), which supposedly helps 192kHz passthrough with a most 1.2Mbps information fee.
The free lossless HiBy app can be utilized to regulate the participant out of your cell machine, and the participant can be merely used as a conveyable DAC in your different supply gadgets.
The MS3 headphones, in the meantime, are IEMs that function a shell cavity and panel product of aviation-grade aluminium alloy. They sport a ten.2mm dynamic driver with twin magnetic circuits and a bio-nanofibre composite diaphragm.
Hidizs says this design signifies that the “dynamic driver has greater magnetic induction than an bizarre dynamic driver” and may “can acquire further acoustic vitality” to enhance total efficiency.
The MS3 IEMs function pneumatic sound-tuning filters, permitting customers to tweak the sound of audio to style. By altering the route of the airflow, the MS3 headphones can obtain three totally different tonal signatures that are really useful relying on the fashion of music you’re listening to. Hidizs recommends ‘balanced’ as the usual for many music, ‘hi-frequency’ for genres akin to classical and jazz, and ‘low-frequency’ for rock and heavier genres.
Each merchandise can be found now. The AP80 PRO-X prices £199 / $169 whereas the MS3 IEMs are priced at £149 / $119.
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