Audeze, a famous American brand of flat earphones, released its new flat earphone EL-8 and its supporting DAC+ear amplifier Deckard on CES2015. This time, the prices of the two products are relatively mainstream, not some sky high priced products.
EL-8 is a new series of Audeze flat earphones. It is not the same series as the well-known flat earphones LCD-3, LCD-2 and LCD-X, but a portable and easy to push flat earphone. In terms of parameters, EL-8 has an impedance of 30 Ω, a sensitivity of 102dB, a headphone weight of 460g, and a unit size of 100mm. The standard wire is 3.5mm interface, so it can be seen that it is a main portable product. The official price is 699 US dollars (equivalent to 4340 RMB).
Deckard is Audeze's first DAC+ear amplifier all-in-one machine, which is a product with Class A ear amplifier circuit. Deckard supports up to 32bit 384kHz music, with a set of RCA inputs and RCA outputs, and USB inputs. With three gear gain, a 6.35mm headphone connector. The signal to noise ratio of Phone Out reaches 106dB, THD+N value is 0.00045% (300 Ω 13mW). The price is also 699 dollars (4340 yuan). It is believed that it can be used together with Audeze's flat earphones.