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MUB1 Portable HiFi USB and Bluetooth DAC & Headphone Amp

MUB1 Portable HiFi USB and Bluetooth DAC & Headphone Amp

  • Time: 2023-05-14 23:29
  • Price: US $499.99
  • Snapshot: MUB1’s general sound design is consistent with QA361 and QA390LE. With high sound density and a strong sense of structur...

Product Description

MUB1 Portable HiFi USB and Bluetooth DAC & Headphone Amp

Battery local pure power supply | 1100mW/ch high output power

Optional Super-high gain | NDCS shielding | Wurth inductor

Panasonic electrolytic capacitor | Femtosecond crystal | BUF634*4 output

Music listening, enjoyable and practical.


Listening impressions from Clark: MUB1's general sound design is consistent with QA361 and QA390LE. With high sound density and a strong sense of structure, this music is warm, sensitive, steady, and long-lasting to listen to. It has excellent hierarchical details and vertical spatial feeling.

The PCB area and power supply of MUB1’s DAC&headphone amplifier section are greater than those of QA361 since it lacks a player part. MUB1 is an inch long and an inch strong, and it has a few advantages over QA361 in terms of sound quality. These advantages include a larger sound field, a more complete sound structure, a sound that is softer and more durable to listen to, greater sound dynamics, and more solid mid- to low-frequency reproduction.

How could such lovely and sweet music not make you feel something? Therefore, I believe that each enthusiast needs at least one MUB1.


Five major application scenarios

24Bit 96K high-definition Bluetooth

Receive mobile streaming input without bundling for convenient and good enough sound

Mobile phone connection DAC&Headphone amplifier

Pure and abundant local battery power supply

No anxiety of phone battery with excellent sound

Office desktop PC-HiFi

Desktop small DAC and Headphone amplifier all-in-one machine]

Act discrete enough without discrete voice

Car HiFi audio source

Coaxial / optical input to DSP, or AUX to host

CAR mode with good sound, more convenient

Home speaker system

Expand high sound quality mobile streaming input function

Simple enough, practical enough, and good sound enough

Three keys to good sound in MUB1

2.75 times the power of QA361 dual high mode

Sufficient power margin

The sound is more easy and adaptable

MUB1 balance port output power up to 1100mW/ch

It is much greater than the output power of many flagship players

Put fine timber to petty use

Super-Hign gain is 3-4 times voltage amplification with high gain

Modern machines pursue testing parameters

The sound gets more flat and ordinary as the gain drops

MUB1 returns to traditional old machines with over 10 times voltage amplification

Outstanding musical taste causes listeners to unconsciously dance to the music

Realistic visuals set to vibrant, exuberant music that seems just out of reach

HiFi performance needs to be ensured by the materials used

Use desktop HiFi materials

Make MUB1 sound more like a real HiFi device

Audio electrolytic capacitors are rarely used in portable goods.

Panasonic electrolytic capacitor with rare sound dense sense of space

The BUF634 provides a more scaled sound

Low internal resistance Wurth inductor with stable and atmospheric sound

Sound created by power supply

Design of a power supply that is broadband, low noise, high transient, and low in internal resistance

Up to 14 power sources provide independent power supply for each circuit part, ensuring purity and stability

This battery cable is combination of HiFi wires using different materials, resulting in a noble sound.

Analog power supply voltage of up to 16V at Super-high gain, with sound more open.

Design of a low noise power supply with analog and digital separation, achieving seamless sound

Oscillator is the soul of sound

MUB1 selected femtosecond crystal oscillator

High precision, with a nominal jitter of only 150fs

Good crystal oscillator with stable sound

Measurement based on APX555 audio analyzer


Sound quality on Bluetooth is already adequate

Bluetooth 5.0, CSR 8675 optimization module with good sound

Supports 24Bit/96kHz high-definition Bluetooth

Specially optimized Bluetooth overall design

The information content and sound density are already very close to USB connections

NDCS dead corner free circuit shielding technology

Stable connection without interference, pleasant to listen to, and better to use

USB DAC & Headphone amp with full platform support

Support 32Bit / 384kHz, DSD256

Android, iPhone, and tablet ready to use

Local batteries are pure and plentiful. the sound quality is higher

ASIO driver, compact PC HiFi all-in-one machine for Windows desktop

Act discrete enough without discrete voice

UAC2.0, Linux, MacOS drive free,

The USB OTG output of HiFi player can also be used

Support UAC1.0

CAR mode that simplifies car audio upgrades

MUB1 has optical and coaxial outputs, and Line out can also be set

One line connection to the car audio DSP is sufficient, simple and convenient

Connect to the host Aux in through level setting Aux out

Both Apple and Android phones can increase the volume on the phones, making it more convenient

In CAR mode, following USB power to automatically switch on and off, more worry free

Four Cirrus Logic Flagship DAC Chips

Start liking Cirrus Logic DAC due to the good sound quality of CS4398

It has the uncommon natural, enjoyable, and smooth sound of a contemporary DAC

The new generation CS43198 and 43131 have better designs

The sound is more precise and realistic thanks to the special NOS option.

Using 4 CS43131, eight channel DAC designed as two channels

Each four channel DAC is for providing more detailed and louder sound

MUB1 overall distortion is better than the theoretical value of DAC chips


Flagship level dynamics

Compared to the USD $2000 flagship HiFi player, it is not inferior

Measurement based on APX555 audio analyzer


Almost "zero " noise

MUB1, whether single ended or balanced, the medium and low gain noise <2uVrms

50% of 4uVrms noise at low gain only for QA361

The signal-to-noise ratio is as high as 132dB

High sensitivity headphones also struggle to hear background noise

Key Interface Description

A Display area
B Power button: Long press to turn on/off, short press to turn off/wake up the display screen
C Volume +: Short press to increase the volume by 1, long press to continuously increase the volume by 1
D Volume -: Short press to decrease the volume by 1, long press to continuously decrease the volume by 1
E Setting key (M): Short press to enter the setting interface, long press to pause/play, short press to connect/hang up when calling, long press to reject
F Previous track (↑): Switch to playing the previous track and adjust the parameters upwards when setting the interface
G Next track (↓): Switch to playing the next track; Adjust parameters downwards when setting the interface
H Digital audio output port: 3.5 optical and 3.5 coaxial (pin definition is shown in the figure below)
I Type-C charging or external power input port
J Type-C audio OTG input port
K Microphone pickup hole
L 4.4 balanced headphone port, also used as a balanced LO port
M 3.5 single ended headphone port, doubles as LO/AUX output port


Description of 3.5 coaxial line foot position

Product parameters

Item / modelBalance portSingle port
Body size96*65*14.5mm (L * W * H)
Host weight142g
Input interfaceType-C USB data, Type-C USB power supply&charging, wireless Bluetooth
Bluetooth formatBluetooth 5.0, LDAC, APTX, APTX-HD, ACC, SBC
USB protocolUAC2.0 protocol / UAC1.0 protocol, supporting Windows, Mac, Android, iOS systems
USB port DSD sampling rate2.8224MHz (DSD64), 5.6448MHz (DSD128), 11.2896MHz (DSD256), Native or DoP
USB port PCM sampling rate16Bit ~ 32Bit, 44.1kHz ~ 384kHz
Output interface3.5 single ended 4.4 balanced headphones (can be set to Line out/Aux out), 3.5 optical or coaxial SPDIF digital output
Optical / coaxial output16Bit ~ 24Bit, 44.1kHz ~ 192kHz PCM, DoP64
DAC chipCS43131 * 4 pieces, QFN large package
OPSelected 2 OP* pieces with excellent texture and musical appeal
Headphone amplifier chipBUF634A * 4
Gain controlLow / Mid / High / Super-High
Volume controlThis device has a volume level of 100, which can be independently adjusted from the phone volume
Frequency response20Hz ~ 20kHz ±0.5db
THD+N
(AES17 (20kHz), A-weighted, unloaded, medium gain)
0.0001%0.00015%
SINAD
(AES17 (20kHz), unweighted, unloaded, medium gain)
120db116db
SNR
(A-weighted, medium gain)
132db126db
Dynamic range
(A-weighted, medium gain)
132db124db
Crosstalk
(unloaded, medium gain)
-140db-137db
Crosstalk
(32Ω, medium gain)
-95db-73db
Output power
(THD+N<0.01%, S-gain)
1100mW + 1100mW @32Ω410mW + 410mW @32Ω
250mW + 250mW @300Ω65mW + 65mW @300Ω
Noise floor
(A-weighted)
1.2uVrms @G = L1.8uVrms @G = L
1.2uVrms @G = M1.8uVrms @G = M
2.5uVrms @G = H2.5uVrms @G = H
8.3uVrms @G = S5.8uVrms @G = S
Reference: High sensitivity headphones are also difficult to hear to the noise floor. When QA361 has low gain, the noise floor is 4uV.
Battery life8~10 hours
Charging time2~3 hours
ChargerType-C charger (user provided), DC 5V, ≥2A
External power inputInput from charging port Type-C, DC 5V, ≥2A
Microphone functionSupport Bluetooth calls with built-in omnidirectional microphone

Note: The above audio parameter measurements are based on the APX555 audio analyzer, with the internal battery fully charged and F0 filtering mode, tested in the qianlongsheng Laboratory environment.

Note: The leather case in the picture is an optional item and needs to be purchased separately. Price:US $30.00


Note:

  1. All components in the picture that are not included in the MUB1 product list, such as headphones, computers, speakers, and cars, are shown as shooting props and are not included in the product.

  2. The internal drawings of the product are for reference only, and are subject to modification without prior notice.

  3. The product pictures are for reference only, and everything is subject to the actual product.


Product List

MUB1 machine, USB A to C adapter, Manual, TPU

For free: One Type-C, one Lightning connection cable, and one USB charging cable each.