{"id":153961,"date":"2023-01-14T09:49:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T09:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=153961"},"modified":"2023-01-14T09:49:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T09:49:07","slug":"truthear-shio-d-a-converter-and-headphone-amplifier-sheathed-in-leather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/truthear-shio-d-a-converter-and-headphone-amplifier-sheathed-in-leather\/","title":{"rendered":"Truthear SHIO: D\/A Converter and Headphone Amplifier sheathed in leather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new budget portable DAC and headphone amplifier\u00a0Truthear SHIO\u00a0is based on the dual chip\u00a0CS43198\u00a0from\u00a0Cirrus Logic\u00a0and provides two different levels of amplification.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/7_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The most notable feature of the model is that all body panels, except for the end ones, are covered with high quality genuine leather.\u00a0The case itself is made of aluminum and is equipped with a physical volume key and an LED indicator.\u00a0For connecting headphones, an unbalanced\u00a03.5 mm\u00a0output and a balanced\u00a04.4 mm\u00a0output are provided .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/8_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The maximum voltage in High Gain mode is 2V\u00a0and\u00a04V\u00a0,\u00a0respectively, and the maximum output power is\u00a0150mW\u00a0into 32 ohms.\u00a0The device is connected to the signal source via the USB-C port, the corresponding cable with oxygen-free copper conductors is included in the kit.<\/p>\n<p>The Truthear SHIO D\/A\u00a0Converter and Headphone Amplifier\u00a0is on sale for\u00a0$69.99\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new budget portable DAC and headphone amplifier\u00a0Truthear SHIO\u00a0is based on the dual chip\u00a0CS43198\u00a0from\u00a0Cirrus Logic\u00a0and provides two different levels of amplification. The most notable feature of the model is that all body panels, except for the end ones, are covered with high quality genuine leather.\u00a0The case itself is made of aluminum and is equipped with [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/truthear-shio-d-a-converter-and-headphone-amplifier-sheathed-in-leather\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":153962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-153961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hi-fi","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}