Review: SMSL M300se DAC Unlocks Hi-Rez Audio for $129!

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8 ай бұрын

SMSL's Small M300se DAC - Headphone Amp solution takes a BIG swing and scores with Hi-Rez Audio! It even has MQA decoding, all for only $129.00! Order one here:
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Пікірлер: 42

@jarna7979 8 ай бұрын

Hello from Finland. I'm using smsl m300se with my Genelec g three speakers on desktop. I needed balanced outputs and preamp. Sound is nice, airy and soundstage is wide enough. Much better than ifi zen air dac.

@Simon_Hawkshaw 8 ай бұрын

Looking good there, Sir! Some retail therapy euphoria? I hope you won a CAM giveaway. I told you to get a dongle DAC and repurpose all those dust gathering, redundant apple phones. I do like the SMSL offerings, and I'm very glad you found a solution for the itch you couldn't scratch until you got this. Thanks for sharing this with us all and your very cerebral and witty play on words. Always a treat to catch up with you and your audio experiences. Take care, my friend.

@UnitedStatesofAnalog 8 ай бұрын

Ha! I didn't enter the CAM SWEEPSTAKES! I feel like I'm in the industry! Did you win???

@Simon_Hawkshaw 8 ай бұрын

@UnitedStatesofAnalog Nothing for me that I know of. I'm just a small minnow in a huge audio pool. 😂. Take care, my friend.

@4thewinir344 8 ай бұрын

Man, unknowingly, I just played the whole Roger Waters Redux through my pair of sometime forgotten RP600m. Never knew it existed until your mention. Anyway, I turned it up, and just wow. Just friggin wow. Probably the best I’ve heard these 600s ever sound. Deep and solid bass that I could feel. Orchestral instruments surrounded me. Roger’s raspy vocals were like he was in my room. I listened from start to finish and felt like if I ever want to show off the subtle strengths of the 600m, this is the album. If you have your 600m or especially your Heresies, this is an album that will make them worth their cost. Thanks Bob for the recommendation!

@UnitedStatesofAnalog 8 ай бұрын

That's what I do! Thanks for you comments and note! Rock on, my friend!

@edholmwood2263 8 ай бұрын

Watched last night but couldn't comment. Another great video my friend. I have the SMSL M500 MKII and it is a great headphone amp/DAC combo. I agree with you, SMSL is doing a great job. Keep up the good work buddy. Thanks.

@UnitedStatesofAnalog 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, Ed! I appreciate all your support and encouragement!

@neutron564 8 ай бұрын

My favorite albums for my headphones are Portishead's Dummy and Steely Dan's The Royal Scam

@mansolomd 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the SMSL review. The fun-fi.

@UnitedStatesofAnalog 8 ай бұрын

Your welcome! Thanks for watching!

@timharbert7145 6 ай бұрын

Woo hoo. Listening to you on 414s thru my phone!

@jimfarrell4635 8 ай бұрын

4.4mm pentaconn output.. a 4.5 mm would be utter insanity, Bob. DR J. Pedant here, Professor of Audio Pedantry at the University of Pain in the Butt. Actually I was thinking a good R to R dongle dac would do the same job in a smaller form factor which you could also take on the move. Then it occurred to me that it would be more expensive and less powerful. Fun review. I enjoyed it. It also occurred to me that those sad but talented folks who make cakes that look like real things could have fun with this one. Battenberg Dac/amp cake anyone ? PS Dr Pedant here says you fibbed about setting up a system with one unit. The Wiim streamer makes two. Also he says he is unsubbing from Darko if he says Wim again, and British Audiophilie if he utters the word Willsington one more time.

@UnitedStatesofAnalog 8 ай бұрын

Appreciate all your corrections and astute observations! Didn't realize I said 4.5. Hard to keep all he numbers strait. But I'll give your comments a "9!" Thanks for watching Dr.!

@mikecampbell5856 8 ай бұрын

I enjoyed the heck out of this video and I don't even like headphones. LOL

@UnitedStatesofAnalog 8 ай бұрын

Me either! Just kidding. I basically wear cans for a living! Thanks for another watch, Mike!

@RoyFJ65 8 ай бұрын

SMSL SU-1 with Yamaha HS7 and HS8 sub on desktop sounds heavenly here.

@victormedrano2316 4 ай бұрын

Hi there, I have the HS7 with the small and cheap SMSL PS100, it is not a bad at all but the monitors still sound kind of flat, I think that the SU-1 will give more "flavor", warm to the HS7, do you think the SU-1 worth the upgrade?

@chungang7037 8 ай бұрын

retail therapy, love it...

@Jaytiss 8 ай бұрын

Great content. Just saw your Channel. Easy sub.

@40bdg 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! Won't the Emotiva GR1 work as balanced with the right type cable? At one point I was looking for a balanced cable that would work with my FiiO dongle but couldn't find one at a reasonable price. Hate to invest without knowing the pay back. Not sure why Emotiva didn't provide one. Keep up the great work!

@stevezeidman7224 8 ай бұрын

Great vid, Bob. You’re getting better and better. I do hate mqa. Whenever it comes on in my playlists it ups the volume by a third. I absolutely hate it.

@UnitedStatesofAnalog 8 ай бұрын

Hey, Steve! I see your point on MQA. It does feel a little bit like a boost, and maybe that's why I feel like I'm getting more! I guess I'm always looking for "value added" in life, and when that MQA pops, I get all squishy inside. Maybe I'm just a fool! Thanks for watching, my friend!

@stevezeidman7224 8 ай бұрын

@@UnitedStatesofAnalog You have me chuckling, Bob!

@vinyljoe1940 8 ай бұрын

BobFather!

@UnitedStatesofAnalog 8 ай бұрын

Whazzup, Joe!

@wizard44 7 ай бұрын

can this do balanced out and feed a sub with the se out at the same time?

@skunkymule6993 4 ай бұрын

Can i use one of the usb Ports with my iPhone to hear Music?

@bklynhubby 8 ай бұрын

Greetings from Brooklyn!! Which is the least expensive SMSL DAC with RCA outputs that decodes DSD?

@UnitedStatesofAnalog 8 ай бұрын

I will ask Mr SMSL contact and see if I get a quick answer. I am not personally familiar with their entire product line (yet!) I appreciate the view!!!

@bklynhubby 8 ай бұрын

@@UnitedStatesofAnalog My little smsl su1 was delivered. I didn't realize it when I placed the order, but I just read that it supports up to dsd512. :) Nice surprise!

@nikoss450 7 ай бұрын

HELLO FROM GREECE!,DO YOU THINK THE M300se WILL WORK NICE ON MY SMSL SA 300,THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

@UnitedStatesofAnalog 6 ай бұрын

They were probably made for each other... give it a shot!

@rciacocca4473 5 ай бұрын

This can be a preamp, sir?

@CinemaDemocratica 8 ай бұрын

Is this the same DAC that rides inside the brand-new AO300?

@UnitedStatesofAnalog 8 ай бұрын

Looks like it. From their literature: "Cirrus Logic's latest audio decoder chip CS43131..." Thanks for watching!

@CinemaDemocratica 8 ай бұрын

@@UnitedStatesofAnalog I'm loving your channel so far. Fills a great space between Z and Randy and the reviews are consistently really entertaining.

@UnitedStatesofAnalog 8 ай бұрын

@@CinemaDemocratica thank you so much. I'm trying to learn from the best! I'm hoping to listen to a lot more stuff to expand my knowledge base. I appreciate you checking out my channel again!

@VirusForPrez 5 ай бұрын

I had to put my m300se back in its box for a while ,i was listening too much !

@UnitedStatesofAnalog 5 ай бұрын

Don't OD!

@BobGeogeo 8 ай бұрын

The SMSL sounds interesting and better than expected from what you found. I was expecting a much higher price for all the capabilities. My late night listening is now through an iFi Go-Link dongle DAC + amp ($60) and easy to drive IEMs like the Sennheiser IE 200s. For music, it's usually either acoustic jazz or some favored "reaction" channels like HarriBest or Asia and BJ. Hall and Oats' version of Me and Mrs Jones was a discovery last night.