Speaking of the originator of "National Bricks", everyone will think of C4 and HM801, which were brilliant at the beginning of National Bricks, and their voices were also recognized by many players. Lebi, a brand with a long history with C4, has also launched several professional players, of which L5 PRO is the latest product.
The packaging of L5 PRO adopts black as the main theme, without too much decoration, only the brand logo.
Open the package, there are two black paper boxes inside the box, one is the main body of the player, and the other is related accessories.
The front of L5 PRO is similar to L5, but it is replaced by OGS+IPS screen. The screen specification is 3.5 inches 480 * 320. For a player, we should not be too demanding about the screen. After all, this is not a mobile phone.
At the bottom of the package is the relevant instructions, not to mention the lack of instructions and other accessories due to the fact that we got the itinerant test machine.
The workmanship is as exquisite as ever. The front panel adopts the wire drawing process, and the fuselage is made of 6 series magnesium aluminum alloy plus CNC process.
There are two user-defined function keys, C1 and C2, on the top of the fuselage. There is a lock key on the far right and a volume knob on the right.
The front is engraved with the brand logo, and the design of the front is exactly the same as that of L5.
The biggest feature of L5 PRO is that it has a red sandalwood back cover engraved with the brand logo and name, which further improves the texture of the body and the temperament of the whole player.
Because of the solid wood back cover, each L5 PRO back cover is unique. We are familiar with C4, LP5 and other products with wood element players.
There are three play keys on the side of the fuselage, namely play/pause, fast forward/previous song and fast backward/next song.
There are 3.5mm headphone interface, 3.5mm line out/coaxial output port, microUSB interface and a microSD card slot at the bottom of the body. In addition, the L5 PRO has the function of USB DAC. Although the extension function cannot be said to be very powerful, it is basically enough.
There is a leather case and USB cable in the package of accessories. The leather sleeve provided is very textured, and the data cable uses a gold-plated interface with a shielding ring.
The leather sleeve has a high degree of fit, and the keys and interfaces are hollowed out.
An audiophile player should be built on the basis of "good sound". Of course, L5 PRO is not ambiguous in this respect. From the perspective of sound quality, L5 PRO has not made a qualitative leap compared with the previous L5. What has been changed is the ear amplifier and circuit design. The overall sound style is slightly more balanced in the middle and high frequency direction. The low-frequency texture is excellent, but the sense of volume is not very great. However, after careful listening, it will be found that the L5 PRO transverse sound field is significantly larger, and the resolution has also been significantly improved. The overall trend of the style is similar to that of L5, but the sound background should be warmer, and the low-frequency aspect has been improved to some extent.
Inheriting the multiple gain settings of L5, L5 PRO still has five kinds of gains from Ultra Low to Ultra High, and the adjustment of gain is more mature than before. Under Ultra High mode, the thrust will be greatly improved compared with other modes, and on this basis, there will be no problem of too loud sound. The Ultra Low mode can be adapted to some earphones with low impedance, such as some earphones with multi unit moving iron and coil iron. This mode can soften the sound to a certain extent. Compared with the L5, the L5 PRO also changes the problem of dynamic loss due to the lowest gain mode.
Compared with the more high-end LP5 gold version of Le Bi, the L5 PRO is inferior in terms of information volume. The sound style of the LP5 gold version is more magnificent, while ensuring sound thickness and transparency. The LP5 gold version is undoubtedly better in promoting high impedance headphones. In addition, the music types that the two adapt to are very different. The LP5 gold version can be said to be designed for classical music, while the L5 PRO is more suitable for popular music preferred by ordinary users. Finally, one of the most important problems is that L5 PRO's face value is obviously higher.
As a "national brick", the L5 PRO is sound affordable, but for many users, it is too luxurious to spend nearly 5000 yuan to buy such a player after all, and most players may still prefer to use mobile phones that are easy to operate to enjoy music. Although Guozhuan is loved by more and more users, it is still a niche product after all, so many brands neglect many other user experiences while achieving sound quality. The L5 PRO has achieved a good balance between quality and sense of hearing, and is definitely the representative of "high appearance" in terms of product appearance. If you can continue to work hard on the operation experience and function expansion, I believe it will be accepted by more users.
