EARMEN COLIBRI BATTERY-POWERED BALANCED DAC AND HEADPHONE AMP

​ The EarMen Colibri is a premium audiophile, pocket-friendly USB DAC, preamp and headphone amp.

Portable audio brand, EarMen, has developed a new balanced, battery-powered device.

The new EarMen Colibri DAC and Headphone Amp

BATTERY POWERED

The EarMen Colibri has its own battery and will not consume the sound source battery. It is designed to produce clean and stable DC current avoiding the issues of noise inducing RFI/EMI pollution.

The EarMen Colibri is battery powered and portable

The EarMen Colibri features a fully balanced 4.4mm output, gold plated PCB and a low noise design. MQA is supported. It is compatible with Apple and Android mobile devices and is manufactured in Europe.

SOLID ALLUMINIUM BODY

Buttons on the side give you full control of the device and music, without using your source or phone. The body of the device is made of a full aluminium block milled on a CNC machine., providing durability. The Aluminium body then has a glass surface added to both sides.

DAC

The heart of the EarMen Colibri is the flagship of the ESS line, the ES9281 PRO DAC. Colibri supports Hi-Res PCM files up to 32bit/384kHz PCM, DoP, DSD64, DSD128 and MQA.

SPECIFICATIONS

Input: USB C Female (DATA, Charging)

Output: 4.4mm, 3.5mm jack

Balanced: Up to 280mW@32Ω / 560mW@16Ω

Unbalanced: Up to 75mW @ 32Ω, 150mW @ 16Ω

Battery: Up to 5 hrs

THD+N: 0.002% balanced, 0.001% unbalanced

Frequency Response: 0.09dB

DSD: 64 / 128 DoP

DXD: 64 / 128 DoP

PCM: Up to 384 kHz

MQA Rendering: Up to 384 kHz

Dimensions: 77 x 35 x 14mm (L x W x H)

Battery: Up to 5 hours

Weight: 51g

EARMEN COLIBRI PRICE AND AVAILABILITY

The EarMen Colibri will be available for £289 from SCV in the UK.

HiFi Pig Says: EarMen was developed by Milomir ‘Miki’ Trosic, founder of high-end tube audio manufacturer Auris Audio, to provide new solutions for mobile audio.

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