“You're not going to be able to hear a difference between them and the KA11 (which is a perfectly nice dongle!) with that pair of headphones (and honestly, I mostly don't hear differences between any dongles regardless of price even with much better headphones)…”
Why it ranks here: 4 owner comments bring up value; overall score 4.7 from 9 owner comments. $49.00 (price as of 2026-11-07)
powervalue
“If you are looking to try to squeeze a bit more performance out of them, something like a F_o_s_i DS2 (added underscores to prevent the comment being removed), or if you can stretch your budget a bit, iFi Audio Go Link Max are affordable upgrade paths that are…”
Why it ranks here: 4 owner comments bring up value; overall score 4.5 from 7 owner comments. $17.81 (price as of 2026-11-07)
sound qualityhiss noise
“You're in Europe so I'd snag a \~10 USD dongle like the JCALLY JM12 or the \~20 USD JM6 Pro to get away from your computer's headphone output, and that will be a BIG improvement in your sound.”
“Today for really cheap you can have a Black Pearl DAC or a JM6 Pro / Apple Dongle, there are really excellent cheap IEMs now, I want to say it's like going from a pair of IEMs at 500€ to a pair at 1000€, it's not 2X better for 2X the price but it's an UP despi…”
Why it ranks here: 2 owner comments bring up value; overall score 4.0 from 5 owner comments. $59.99 (price as of 2026-11-07)
sound qualitypower
“Good evening, I don't know why people do this but I'll give my point of view, I've used about twenty IEMs (cheap pairs like the Truthear Zero:Red / 7Ghz G1 / Kiwi Ears Cadenza) and more expensive pairs (Softears Volume S / Xeens Tea Pro / ThieAudio Hype 4) I'v…”
“My conclusion is that at least with the rig I was using, running single ended, \*I\* cannot hear a difference between the Apple dongle (North American) and the Moondrop Dawn Pro.”
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