HiFi Walker H2 Hi-Res DAP Audio Player 64GB | Bluetooth FLAC DSD MP3 USB DAC Lossless Music

8 reviews for HiFi Walker H2 Hi-Res DAP Audio Player 64GB | Bluetooth FLAC DSD MP3 USB DAC Lossless Music

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Becka – 2 May 2025

   
   I’m trying to cut down on my daily phone usage and as part of that I realised having to cart it around to listen to music through Spotify all day was just encouraging me to then start doomscrolling, so I decided to see if MP3 players were still hanging around and was delighted to stumble across this one. Just to be clear from the off, I’m not an audiophile and I don’t really care about music quality so long as the vocals are understandable and the bass is thumping so I’d recommend looking at other reviews if you need that info!I was hesitant about the software as reviews are mixed, and I’m not sure if it’s because I had MP3 players growing up (mainly Sony before switching to Apple), but I don’t find it that hard to navigate at 36 years old? Category breaks down your music by artist/genre/album etc. whilst the Explorer shows your tracks by how they’re physically sorted in the device. Settings relates strictly to music playback (like the equaliser) and includes all options for the music screen (like album art etc.), whilst System Settings is for the device itself (backlight, music scan, etc.). The device is very responsive with no delay when waking it up from sleep or scrolling through screens of songs. If you do experience any issues with Category not picking up the music on your device, go to Settings, hover over Music Scan and press and hold the M button. The device will then scan itself and find everything on the micro SD card :)I understand from reviews that the Bluetooth is an older protocol but I had no issue connecting it to my Sony WF-C500 earbuds, nor a pair of cheap no-brand over-ear headphones I got earlier this year. The connection will start to distort if I go about eight feet or so away from the device but I always have it on me so that’s not an issue. If your wireless earbuds are quiet it’s likely you need to turn the volume up on the earbuds themselves – I had to do this with mine and now they’re super loud. I’ve also used the aux and, well, it’s an aux! You just sort of plug the headphones in and off you go.Battery life seems to be really good, too. I’ve had the player for three days now, listening around four hours per day, and haven’t had to charge it from it’s out-of-the-box state yet.The build quality is really nice, solid without being too heavy – I have it on a lanyard around my neck and whilst I definitely feel that it’s there, it’s not so noticeable that it’s distracting or discomforting. The back panel is glass and therefore a fingerprint magnet but it looks so slick I can’t be mad about that lol. The buttons all have a really good clicky feel and whilst the scroll wheel takes some getting used to once you do it’s fun to use (and a bit nostalgic for the iPod era I grew up in, although it’s not capacitive). It’s a weird device to look at in photos, but it’s laid out in a way that makes everything easy to reach whilst using it. The screen is also much sharper than I was expecting and at 50% backlight is easy to view in both ambient and direct sunshine. It’s a tiny bit smaller than I thought it would be, but its size is just about right I think.All in all, if you want an MP3 player that feels like it’s going to last you a long time I don’t think you’ll find one better than this at the ~£100 mark. I’m really pleased with my purchase and I’m sure I’m going to get a lot of mileage out of it!

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Malcolm B. – 23 February 2024

   
   For around £100 or so this player has very high quality sound, and fantastic build quality. I have a Sony NW-A105, and imho this sounds a purer higher definition sound. The Sony has terrible battery life (android) and horrible eye burning screen, and the DSP effects mostly sound like an echo chamber. These however have a cheap TN screen but it’s serviceable and clear, the OS is easy to get used to and the physical controls work well with 1 hand. There are a few missing features that you would expect for a higher priced player, but all essentials are there. The equaliser seems best turned off, with a pure Hi-Def sound, when used it seems to filter each frequency band rather than boost. But as the sound is so sharp and clear already I can see why it works this way. Bluetooth could be an issue, as the sound is very low. So if you can’t adjust the sound on say Bluetooth headphones you are stuck if it sounds low. Using a speaker you can turn up the volume on the speaker. However tbh wired will always sound better than wireless, otherwise why would you listen to lossless audio on very lossy, low bit rate/bandwidth Bluetooth. Overall it can’t compete with the expensive audiophile brands, but it’s not supposed to. If you’re looking for a cheap lossless player I think this is unbeatable. Crystal clear, pin sharp sound. Nicely made with a nice metal shell (Sony is cheap & nasty plastic), and the preferable physical buttons. I can think of a lot worse to spend £100 on, especially in todays money crisis. 5*

3. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   BearCat – 31 January 2025

   
   All in all, this is an excellent little music player which I’ve only had 24 hours, but it’s been pretty much used constantly. It’s not perfect, hence four stars, not five. I won’t go into the technical details as there are some far more competent reviews about sound quality, specifications etc.For me, this was a replacement for my wonderful little Sandisk Clip Jam which has just given up the ghost, and is now discontinued. In a sea of what seem to be cheap (and nasty?) players around the £20 – £50 the HiFi Walker is expensive but it’s in a different league to all the others. It’s very solid, heavy and really well built, the buttons have a good feel to them, and the music quality is pretty awesome. The battery lasts well – on one charge I’ve been listening to music and talking books for over 14 hours, and the battery level indicator is showing 50% full still. Contrary to some other reviews, mine came with a very concise instruction booklet that is easy to understand and is extremely helpful. Maybe the manufacturer took notice of the previous comments and upped their game.The only negative for me is the user interface, which quite frankly is poor, confusing and not intuitive. That said, everything you could ever want is there, including a sleep timer (frustratingly hidden under ‘system settings / display settings / scheduled shutdown’). If you spend some time going through things, the menu starts to make sense, but frankly it should be easier.

4. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Artio S. – 18 September 2024

   Excelente reproductor de música HiFi
   Estaba buscando un reproductor de música ya que no quería traer musica en mi cel porque me gusta escuchar musica en formato WAV y FLAC el cual llenaba la memoria de éste. Otra característica que necesitaba era que el reproductor no tuviera pantalla touch. Quería lo mas analógo posible y haciendo una investigación vi bastante recomendado este HiFi Walker H2.En mi experiencia en estos meses de uso, el HiFi Walker ha funcionado como lo esperado. Obviamente si quieres escuchar audio con calidad, el aparato por si solo no lo hará. Necesitas audio en formato lossless y un par de audifonos o bocinas de alta definición. En mi caso tengo musica en formato WAV y FLAC, escucho a través de unos IEMs y se escucha bastante bien.El HiFi Walker incluia una tarjeta de 64GB pero yo le puse una nueva de 256GB. Los botones se sienten analogos, justo lo que quería y la pantalla es minimalista y no te distrae.El HiFi Walker solo reproduce musica lo cual es lo que yo buscaba. Nada de apps, ni internet, ni fotos, ni videos. Un reproductor de música que solo haga eso.Tiene bluetooth y funciona bien. No soy fan de escuchar audio con audifonos bluetooth (al menos no cuando realmente quiero escuchar en alta definición), pero la función ahi está.

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   MAC – 15 May 2024

   Getting more use than my iPod….and now HiBy R4 because battery sucks on both.
   Update #1: There is a Search function! While in the Category menu, select either Songs, Artist or Album etc then hold down the M button until an alphabetic menu appears at the bottom of the screeen where you can then scroll through each letter of the alphabet.Update #2: Went to go put on a screen protector today and noticed there’s already one on the front glass! I’m not talking about the thin piece you have to pull off after receiving the H2, I removed that when I got it. So the manufacturer already put a protective screen on it and THAT is what is scratched up. I will leave that on and save my screen protectors for now. I also removed the plastic “packaging” covering off the back but that glass has NO protective screen cover. So we’ll see how the back holds up for now and will update again later. PS if you buy the screen protectors (Lamshaw brand) on Discount Delights they only come with protectors for the front, not the back.Update #3, October 31, 2024: On a previous night I had the HiFi Walker connected to my Fluance speakers through Bluetooth. When I finished listening I powered off the speakers then the HiFi Walker. The next night I powered both on and connected once again through Bluetooth, only this time I just barely heard any music coming from the speakers and that was with turning the volume all the way up on both. This is going to be really weird so bear with me! I then connected with bluetooth to a cheap USB mini speaker, it worked fine, volume was normal. Connected it to a small JBL and the HiFi Walker again worked fine. I removed the card and reinserted, connected to Fluance speakers and nothing just a hiss and barely audible sound of music. I remembered I had added some songs in between so I thought I’d format the card and start over, just to try something different. It gets even weirder: Using Disk Utility on my MAC I had to select ExFAT as its format, and choose GUID Partition Map as its scheme. Once that was done I copied one of my music folders and its playlist back to the card, popped the card back into the HiFi Walker, powered it back on and nothing, no music to be found, no automatic update performed! Next step was to perform a format on the HiFi Walker itself by going into Settings > Reset > Format TF card. Began the process again of copying over some of my music just to test, disconnected it from my MAC and FINALLY saw that it started the automatic update of adding the songs which looked promising! Once that finished I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the songs appear…connected it again to the Fluance speakers and was very happy to hear my music playing normally again! So one lesson learned: format using the format function on HiFi Walker itself if having the same trouble. I still have no idea why the music would sound normal on cheap/cheaper mini speakers but not on the Fluance or why I would have to format the card and start all over to get it to work properly again with them. Very strange!Update #4 – June 14, 2025: I recently purchased the HiBy R4…I’ll keep it short! Pretty much everyone who reviews it says it has awesome sound quality. I’ll do a quick comparison….on the HiFi Walker with the equalizer set at default and combined with Marshall Monitor III with an increased bass setting in it’s own app the quality of sound is perfect to my ears. The HiBy R4…nope…I had to adjust the MSEB equalizer over and over to try and come up with something comparable. Still not really there. It’s a beautiful device but…the battery life is nowhere near that of HiFi Walker. And if it matters, the HiFi Walker as small as it is, is just as heavy or maybe a little more than the much bigger HiBy R4. I love that the HiBy is Android based, it’s visual and there are a ton of settings to get to know and memorize. In contrast, the HiFi Walker is pretty straight forward, has a plain looking menu system, and I did get around to using it’s bluetooth connection with my headphones, it works great as they do with the HiBy R4. The HiFi Walker has no Wi-Fi and no apps can be installed whereas the HiBy R4 have these capabilities. That does not bother me at all. I don’t use streaming services and I work from my mac and transfer whatever songs I want to the HiFi Walker. I don’t feel the need to install audio/music apps atleast not now. You may be able to increase the volume on the HiBy for those that like pounding in their ears but the volume on the HiFi is plenty for my aging ears. …So now I’m back here to say that although the HiBy looks pretty neat and looks better visually it cost roughly $215 dollars more, the HiFi Walker with headphone pairings of the Bose Quiet Comfort Ultra and especially the Marshall Monitor III is just as good if not better. So I am impressed even more today! …Since my previous update I also ordered the touch version of the HiFi Walker. That one didn’t pan out, had all kinds of trouble, ie shutting down on its own, songs freezing…I liked the visual interface on that one even more but unfortunately had to return it. I also had some trouble with using the same SD card in both HiFi devices, “card not inserted”, or “card pulled out” when it wasn’t on the “button” version so I had to format the card and start over again. Also there was nowhere in the menu on the touchless version to format the card so I had to format it on my mac which may have caused the problem to begin with, (see update #3 above). The card now is designated for this one only. I’ve had no issues on the HiFi Walker with songs skipping but I’ve had it happen 4 or 5 times yesterday in a 3 hour listening session on the HiBy R4. SMH. I had to come back here today just to say there was no justification for me to spend $370 on a different device when sound quality did not improve for me. …Battery life and sound quality of the HiFi Walker (button version) is very good….and the fact it has a USB-C to USB cable, unlike HiBy’s USB-C to USB-C cable, like I don’t want to have to be looking for adapters to charge them. …Oh one more beautiful thing I forgot to mention the Hi-Fi Walker charges so much faster than the HiBy R4 with each of their own provided cables and nothing more. …I can really say now, that those 5 stars are well deserved.Update #5 July 3 2025: having card errors (single error of “card pulled or not inserted) with the SanDisk 128GB High Endurance. After the error message it powers off and on again and I’m back to the main screen. I’ve reset it to factory defaults and started fresh again. Then I remembered it came with a 64GB blue Lexar card (don’t remember the card’s specs) but that one got lost! I ordered a second HiFi Walker (same “button” model) along with a Lexar 128GB blue card (100MB/s read + 45MB/s write) this time and will see if that makes a difference in the older HiFi Walker (the one I’m reviewing here). Maybe it doesn’t like SanDisk cards or the “high endurance” bit but will provide an update soon! Keeping my fingers crossed! ……Six days later: Added pics of the two HiFi Walkers, the latest one I purchased has a 2.0 firmware version while the older one has a 1.6 FW version. The new one has a more vibrant display and I haven’t encountered any issues with it so far. I don’t know if the matte finish is new or if I used the old one that much and wore it shiny-smooth. Love the new 2.0 version even more…They were on sale again last night….I couldn’t resist getting another!! Updated to include pic of recommended Lexar card. PS Make sure you get the 2.0 firmware version. Initially I was sent a used 1.6 FW version in trying to get my second 2.0 version and I sent it back for a refund and ordered another while it was still on sale. Received my second 2.0 Hifi Walker a few days ago! The 1.6’s should be heavily discounted by now, less than the 2.0’s when they go on sale for $135 and a heck of alot more than that for a used one. To check which version you have go to Settings > Device Information > Version Information. If you see “About the Player” under Systems Settings instead, you have a version that is older than the 2.0.—————— Start of Review —————–After reading the reviews for the H2 HiFi Walker and a couple of other brands that were more expensive I settled on this one. I knew its shortcomings, one of them being there didn’t seem to have an easier option to scroll through a huge selection of files to find whatever song, artist or album I was looking for. The iPod makes this less time consuming where you can select a letter of the alphabet for whatever artist, album or song you’re looking for. The H2 also comes in a touch screen version….if I wanted to be able to search faster I would have gotten that one. Do I miss the touch screen…No, I don’t! Do I miss the iPod search…No, not really, I can just make more playlists on the H2 ! Do I miss the ease of syncing with iTunes…oh heck yes! But my iPod only holds 32GB, the HiFi Walker ATLEAST 128GB (I haven’t tried a larger capacity card yet). And since getting the Hifi Walker I’ve been using only it and haven’t used my iPod since. Mainly because I love having the majority of my music on one device!Now for Playlists…You can create them with a free app called FooBar. Before getting started with FooBar though, I created folders for each decade (50’s to 2020’s) and put these in a main folder called Music on my desktop. Then started the very long process of going through and copying all those that I wanted to the corresponding folder. It helps to actually drag them from iTunes (Music) instead of right-click copy and paste…by dragging them you don’t lose the album covers after they’re dropped into the folders. The next step was to correct the volume for each song in the folders I created earlier. An awesome free app called MP3Gain Express made the volume correction a breeze except that I could only do batches of 50-60 songs each. Time consuming but well worth it! Next step involved creating playlists, mine were pretty simple. In Foobar I created playlists for each decade then had to highlight and drag the songs I wanted from each folder into their respective playlist in Foobar then saved each playlist (eg. name: 1960’s Playlist) as an m3u file in the main Music folder. And the final step connecting the HiFi Walker to my computer where I could copy the contents of the main Music folder, including the playlist files to the root of the HiFi Walker. If you want to be greeted with an even tidier menu of song folders and playlists separated into their own folders as well, you’ll have remember this when creating the folder structure so the paths won’t change when you put them on the H2. If not you can use Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code to change the path location but that would be even more time consuming. …..If you have tons of songs like I do it’s so much better breaking them down into folders rather than dumping all the songs (without having them in folders) and playlists at the root. You can also add your most liked songs to the default My Favorite playlist already on the H2. To do this: Select/play a song you want to appear in this playlist then press the M button twice to add it, notice the heart icon to the right is then coloured. To remove a song, locate/play it and press the M button twice to remove it, the heart icon’s colour is removed so you’ll know it’s been removed.For the HiFi Walker itself: The buttons, layout and menu were relatively easy to get used to. The screen is crystal clear, I have some small scratches on mine, the glass isn’t as durable as on the iPod. I’ve ordered screen protectors and a case for it here on Discount Delights. There is also a plastic protective layer on the back that I wasn’t aware of until it started peeling, I’m keeping that on to protect the back! The device has some heft to it and is heavier than the iPod. It looks to be well built, the scroll wheel is flush and moves easily, I’ve tormented the life out of it searching for a few songs that I missed putting on my playlists and it still works flawlessly! I haven’t yet, after having this for a month or a little more, had to fully charge it except before the first use. It’s been “topped” up each time when connected to the computer while transferring music. But I can say after using it pretty much every night for a couple of hours at a time that the battery should last for quite a few hours if not a full day of use. Oh, and the sound! It is awesome! I have the equalizer set to “Pop”, it was the only setting I liked, and I have music from every genre. ….Finally, for what it does, how much music you can put on this using a micro SD card (and not being restricted like the iPod), how much cheaper it is than what an iPod cost when they were available I have no problem recommending it. Especially to anyone who doesn’t mind putting in the extra work it may require. I can honestly say for me it was all worth it and it was fun learning a few new things!Though this device is quite different from an iPod I have no issues with the H2’s menu system. It’s no different than using Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac). The button functions are also easy to get used to once you’ve played around with them. The manual is useless!Also checked Bluetooth, connecting it with my Fluance bookshelf speakers and it connected no problem but I always have trouble with the Bluetooth connection on them: when I turn the volume up even on the iPod the connection breaks, so this is an issue with the speakers not the H2. The sound was also quite loud just before the sound skipped and stopped. I haven’t been able to test yet with wireless headphones. For my use with wired headphones the H2 is great.

6. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Ehab Abuali – 1 November 2024

   Very good
   Very good

7. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Nancy Docteur – 18 March 2019

   Excellent
   Heureux acquéreur d’un lecteur audiophile hd le hifi walker h2.Alors pour commencer, le package est assez bien fourni, lecteur, écouteurs à bouchons, bouchons de plusieurs tailles ainsi qu’un cable usb pour la recharge qui je vous rappelle doit se faire avec un chargeur usb 5v 1A.Pourquoi un chargeur 1A, et bien tout simplement pour que la recharge se fasse lentement sans stresser la batterie qui malheureusement ne se remplace pas sur cet article (du moins en théorie).Mes premières impressions lors du déballage sont plus que positives, le lecteur est en métal ce qui lui procure une bonne solidité, en main c’est ni trop petit ni trop grand juste ce qu’il faut.Les boutons sont de manière général de bonne facture, la molette rotative qui sert à parcourir les menus me semble par contre plus fragile (j’ai le sentiment que la rotation du bouton frotte un peu) mais ce qui est bien c’est qu’elle n’est pas indispensable car les boutons avance rapide ainsi que le bouton retour font le même job, ce qui veut dire qu’en cas de blocage ou d’usure du bouton rotatif le lecteur n’es pas obsolète ce qui est plutôt bien réfléchi.Au niveau de l’allumage la aussi belle surprise, je m’attendais à un écran merdique mais il n’en est rien, nous sommes d’accord que ce n’est pas du hd mais pour moi un lecteur doit aller à l’essentiel càd m’envoyer du lourd au niveau son.L’affichage est correct pour moi même si les couleurs de polices auraient pu êtres un peu plus contrastées.Au niveau des menus, il y’a une chose à revoir, c’est la traduction car c’est du francais petit chinois avec des incohérences, exemple je dois mettre la police d’ecriture sur petit pour l’avoir en grand.On est d’accord qu’une telle erreur ne fait pas pro du tout, mais bon mes réglages je les fais une fois après je n’y chipote plus donc la encore il n’ya pas mort d’homme.J’ai acheté une carte sd sandisk 256gb pour la bête non pas parce que j’ai des fichiers hd, mais énormément de fichiers mp3.Pourquoi me direz-vous acheter un lecteur hd pour lire du mp3 ? Et bien simplement que chez moi a la maison ma stéréo c’est simplement un ipad connecté a un hp jbl en Bluetooth, et un ipad de 128gb qui est déjà saturé ne me sert plus a rien au niveau musical.Alors me direz-vous pourquoi ne pas acheter un lecteur mp3? Et bien simplement parce-que dans un mp3 la aussi on est limité au niveau de l’espace, de plus si on en veut un avec Bluetooth, il faut allonger.En faisant mes recherches, je suis tombé donc sur le fameux hifi walker h2 qui répondait vraiement a tout mes critères a un prix franchement raisonnable.Dans le menu des dossiers, la aussi c’est assez simple et bien fait car on peut mettre sur la carte sd des dossiers et sous dossiers sans problèmes, ce qui rend les recherches assez simple même avec une bibliothèque de plus de 150gb en mp3 comme moi.J’ai jumelé mes hp Bluetooth sans aucun problème, quand je clique play pause ou que monte et descend le volume sur mon hp, tout se fait vraiment très bien, seul petit bémol, cest que quand le h2 se met en veille et bien les boutons du h2 sont verrouillés mais ceux de mon hp aussi ce qui veut dire que pour augmenter le son par exemple je dois obligatoirement déverrouillé mon h2 ca c’est vraiment dommage mais la non plus il n’ya pas mort d’homme, ce n’est qu’une habitude à prendre.Par contre grosse grosse surprise au niveau son, waouwwww rien a redire ça envoie du lourd même avec du mp3.Je retrouve mes titres avec plus de dynamique au niveau son c’est franchement terrible.Les écouteurs fournis sont de bonne facture aussi au niveau sonore, mais le câble semble assez fragile.Pour l’autonomie, je n’ai pas encore assez de recul pour en parler.Conclusion, pour 170€ (110€ pour le h2 et 60€ la carte sd) je me retrouve avec un très bon lecteur audiophile et encore plein de place pour de nouveaux albums, un son terrible, et un appareil assez agréable dans l’ensemble.Certe il y’a toujours mieux me direz-vous mais si vous voulez un bon lecteur sans nécessairement casser votre tirelire, foncez je ne peux que vous conseiller cet article même si tout n’est pas parfait et même si une mise à jour du firmware est a faire.

8. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   G. Braicks – 29 July 2023

   Big value affordable DAP
   I think there three good reasons to buy this device for your pleasure. The performance on each of these matters is very good thought of.1. Value for money2. Simplicity3. Step up in audio quality1. Value for moneyThe main reason for many of us to buy this device is the attractive price tag. It’s roughly over $ 100 and therefore the entry level of Digital Audio Players. Most recommended DAP’s from respectable brands will set you back at several times this money. Easily going up to 4 digit numbers. The reason you are reading this review is because you are looking for much value for little money. This DAP is exactly that. It obviously has its quirks but the pro’s do prevail over the cons, I promise you that.The build quality is great. It’s mostly made of metal with sturdy physical knobs, and a non-touchscreen interface. It’s surprisingly heavy, so I wouldn’t take it on a run. It’s best use is on a desk or in your pocket. The screen does not scratch easily as long as you transport it in the supplied pouch. The back of the H2 does but that doesn’t bother me. The H2 will enhance your audio hobby with multiple functions under 1 hood. It’s a digital audio player, a DAC, a headphone amp and a Bluetooth send/receiver. Each of this functions could cost you the price of the H2, and the H2 does all of that at the same time without blinking an eye.2. SimplicityI think one of the great reasons to use a DAP instead of your smartphone is lack of distraction. No WhatsApp noises, no incoming mail, no Instagram sounds, just music. Right now I am writing this review listening to the H2 with no distractions from the OS. The interface matches this philosophy. It’s rather simple and to the point. No flashy animations, only text and simple graphical elements. It is sufficient to do what it does best: play great music. It has never bugged me once and is rock solid in stability.The H2 chose for a jog dial wheel and physical knobs, like the early iPod did. That means you don’t get to touch your screen. You use only knobs. That’s weird at first after years of use of smartphones. It works fine! The interface is neither deep (no unnecessary menu-diving) nor complex. All functions reside behind a few menu options and are relatively fast accessible. The physical knobs are: rotating wheel, volume up/down, skip forward/back, play/pause/select, return, menu and power. I encountered only one flaw in the OS. The skip- and volumebuttons do not work when the screen is in power save mode. To use these buttons one has to press power once. There is no such thing as a perfect OS…All music is stored on the supplied removable micro-SD card, my H2 came with a 64GB card. You can put in the number of GB’s to your need. I just copied my collection (mostly Apple Music AAC) from my computer to the card, keeping the original directory layout. I suggest you do metadata management on your computer before putting music on your H2. The H2 scans your collection and uses this meta-data to build a database. After scanning you can browse your collection by artist, album, song etc. Nothing special but it works like a charm. You are able to mark your favorite tracks but there is no function to build custom playlists.3. Step up in audio qualityWell how does it sound? I compared it to my iPhone using an inexpensive Bluetooth receiver and my Mac Mini using a Sabaj D5 DAC/Amp. The IEM’s of choice were Tinhifi T2, Etymotic ER3SE and KZ PR1. The DAC of the H2 sounds bright, a bit analytical and spacious. Compared to my other equipment I find it a very attractive sound palette. Especially music with electronic and organic instruments, like the French electronica band ‘Air’, have a great separation between the sounds. The sounds are greatly distinct, very clear and spacious. Vocals are not buried in the mix but sound forward and close. Sounds which are panned to the sides really sound far outside your head. A very detailed description of the bass, mids and treble you will have to look for elsewhere. I experienced no problems in this area. To me the sound is clean, evenly distributed and tight. I am able to get more out of my IEM’s than with my other equipment. Not only the timbre of the sound is important. Sometimes devices have only so many steps to control the volume. Sometimes the volume increase in 1 step is just too big to set a comfortable volume. The H2 has 100 volume steps which is a bliss. Depending which IEM you are using, you always are able to create a comfortable listening environment.The H2 has a 10 band equalizer with the usual presets like pop, classic, blues etc. I couldn’t tell you if the presets are any good because I do not not use them. It is possible to create one custom EQ. That comes in handy to correct for example a treble spike or to add some warmth to a cold IEM. The H2 lowers the overall volume of the music in relation to your increase of DB’s in EQ to prevent distortion. Nice. I would have favored to have more custom EQ settings but the supplied EQ is fine. The H2 has more than enough juice to drive all my IEM’s and it handles high and medium sensitive over-ear headphones as well. I would not feed your lowest sensitive 4-digit planar headphones to the H2, but that is obvious.