Fiio K9 Pro ESS

Fiio K9 Pro ESS flagship dac / headphone amp, providing outstanding specs, power and features including XLR & 4.4mm balanced headphone out. K9 Pro uses dual 8 channel 9038 PRO dacs for top of the line performance and MQA decoding.

* Store tip- It is rare in this price range to have a dac with dual 9038 PRO chips - these are the flagship, expensive, hot running chips that lead to great audio quality.

There is bluetooth input with LDAC and apt-x Adaptive, along with a companion control app allowing you to adjust a variety of settings from the app.

Fiio K9 Pro ESS combines this with a custom designed powerful THX headphone amp, balanced AAA 788+ design, providing huge power with extremely clean background and lots of headroom. 

Fiio K9 Pro has XLR, 4.4mm balanced outputs and 6.5mm SE outputs, for excellent compatibility with cables. With rear panel line and XLR outputs, to go out to stereos or powered speakers.

Now includes a stand so the dac can be used vertically, to save desk space.

Fiio K9 Pro ESS Reviews: 

Headfonia: 'Recommended` : It is a great DAC that does not saturate or manipulate the signatures of your equipment. It offers excellent tonal balance, excellent resolution, and technical capability while doing so. The timbre, the tonality of the instruments feel accurate and the clarity is just damn impressive....The whole treble region is detailed, resolving, transparent and clean. The extension is impressive and this may be the best treble response I heard from a sub1.5k$ (usd) All In One device. 2.1 watts is a serious amount of power and it will have no problems driving any of your cans.'

Fiio K9 Pro ESS features:

• ADC volume control curve ramps up slowly at first, for great compatibility with sensitive earphones, and smooth volume adjustments
• Aluminum volume dial
• 3 gain levels
• Front panel output selection: headphone / pre-out / line out
• High end bluetooth input, with the latest codecs, like LDAC & apt-x adaptive
• Coax, Optical inputs, usb-b, usb-c on the side panel and line in
• Great quality digital source pre-amp output
• MQA decoding
• Built in linear power supply
• Rated for 16 - 600 ohm headphones

Fiio K9 Pro ESS specs: 

• Output SE:  2.1W @ 32 ohm / 281mW @ 300 ohm
• Output BAL: 2.1W @ 32 ohm / 1.1W @ 300 ohm
• BT 5, LDAC, apt-x HD, AAC
• Headphone out: SE 6.35mm, BAL 4.4mm, XLR
• Output Impedance: 1 ohm
• SNR: 129dB SE / 123 dB BAL
• Max Output Vp-p: 26 Vp-p SE / 52 Vp-p BAL
• Crosstalk: >72 dB SE / 114 dB BAL
• THD: 0.00033% SE
• DAC chip: DUAL ESS 9038 PRO
• DAC Decodes up to 384Hz / 32 bit & 256 DSD usb dac input
• Weight: 2.75 kg
• Size: 20 x 22.4 x 7.2 cm without rubber feet
• 1 year warranty Fiio Canada

Note: You can use the analog line in, for headphone out, but the line in will not go through to line out.