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Dethonray Honey Portable DAC/ AMP for headphones. Utilizes akm 4497 DAC chip for rich and musical presentation.
- Input: USB
- Output 4.4 mm balanced and 3.5mm
- Battery powered
- Rechargeable
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- Input: USB
- Output 4.4 mm balanced and 3.5mm
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2 reviews for Dethonray Honey H1 DAC Amp
Received Honey H1 DAC from Goldfinch. Having heard great reviews about DTR1, was very keen on trying the offering from Anson.
It is a powerful DAC/AMP which is very premium. It has rich/smooth tonality with lots of details. It is dynamic, lush and full body sound. Bass is punchy, mids have great tonality and full bodied, treble is detailed/airy and not harsh. Background is very dark and hav not noticed any hiss on my sensitive IEMs.
Will pair well with IEMs which are neutral/bright. It can also drive HD6XX on balanced and high gain with headroom to spare. Yet to apply firmware and its performance should improve after applying that.
The Honey H1 is the latest launch from Dethonray and is positioned as a powerful but compact and portable DAC-Amp/DAC. It is an all metal, beautifully constructed device and feels more premium than the phone you'll be pairing it with.
Initial impressions: Warmish, anlogue and a rich sound with impressive detail and layering capability. The bass is punchy and impactful, not as atmospheric as the 3XPs but is well defined. The mids are just pristine and delectable (actually prefer it over the 3XP for vocals for some of the tracks) and the treble is non fatiguing, tube-like, airy and detailed. IEMs and HPs with a neutral, warmish-neutral and slightly analytical signature should pair quite well with the H1.
For now, I could compare it with the Burson Conductor 3XP and the Fiio X5 3rd, paired with the Arya and Kanas Pro. Beats the Fiio by a good margin in every area. The 3XP wins on Power delivery, Imaging, soundstage with detail retrieval on almost the same level. The comparison is not fair as the H1 plays in the sub USD 550 range and still holds up quite well with DAC AMPs costing a couple brackets up. It is able to drive the Arya at high gain with 90% volume. There's a new firmware which improves the high gain mode for demanding cans and will apply it after some more testing and a recommended 30 hrs of burn-in time. The power delivery is said to be on the same level as that of the DTR1+HA1 combo which is supposedly Flagship level sounding.
Other reviewiers mention the ease with which it can drive the HD650 and even the HD800 and this surely has enough juice for driving almost any dynamic driver with a few exceptions in demanding planars. It will be a great pairing with most of the IEMs and will not break a sweat in driving any IEM.
Its sound is a far cry from the digitalish, analytical, boring sound that you get from most of the portables and is a fresh and an inviting sound that you will surely love. This device will slay most of the portables in terms of aural pleasure and power output and will give higher priced desktop DAC AMPs the cold sweats.
Thanking Anson and the Dethonray team for creating a stellar sounding product and to Sunder from Goldfinch Acoustics for making this available in India 🙂
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