Fosi Audio SK02 Dac Amp
The Fosi Audio SK02 Dac Amp the latest in Fosi's SK line, it uses the Sabre ES9038Q2M dac chip and SGM8262 opamp same as what FIIO uses on the powerful KA13 dongle and supports up to PCM 384khz, DSD 256 and with an ouput power of 280mw @ 32ohms on 3.5 single ended and 1100mw on 4.4 balance.
It has the same design and built quality of Fosi SK01 amp basically bullet proof metal brick and probably will outlast all my audio gears, on the faceplate it sports 2 buttons for gain and mode usb, optical and below it are the led indicator lights and the solid metal knob with infinite rotation with tactile clicks you can feel when turning the knobs, push the knob once to play/pause push twice to mute/unmute and long press to power on/off, at the back you see 3 inputs, usb type c for input and power since the sk02 in usb powered, there is also 1 optical input and the 3.5 doubles as a analog output and optical out.
Fosi audio did a great job on the implementation of the ES9038Q2M dac chip, its not too warm analog sounding not also cold too bright and technical sterile sound its somewhere inbetween, like they hit the sweet spot. it has a natural neutral clean tone that you get to capture micro macro details in all musical genre you put it through without sounding too digital and a well defined accurate bass though on some tracks i tested it sometimes lean a little bit on the brighter side which also gives the sk02 good details and resolution. with an output of 1100mw on balance it can open up most hard to drive over-ear planar headphones as well as iems. you certainly get more than you paid for sure. Great job Fosi Audio, looking forward to SK03... perhaps making future models more portable and power efficient. SK02 is a fun dac that delivers and performs more that its worth.
True to their word ''HiFi Made Fun''!
Iems i used for testing : Tanchjim Zero, Simgot ea500, Hidizs mp145, ARTTI T10.
Over-ear headphones : Hifiman HE400se.
https://fosiaudio.com/pages/desktop..._xGjSAjHvSJmmFvZ0UGbXyoF5SJUjRb9DPsDhPxkBBCQ4
It has the same design and built quality of Fosi SK01 amp basically bullet proof metal brick and probably will outlast all my audio gears, on the faceplate it sports 2 buttons for gain and mode usb, optical and below it are the led indicator lights and the solid metal knob with infinite rotation with tactile clicks you can feel when turning the knobs, push the knob once to play/pause push twice to mute/unmute and long press to power on/off, at the back you see 3 inputs, usb type c for input and power since the sk02 in usb powered, there is also 1 optical input and the 3.5 doubles as a analog output and optical out.
Fosi audio did a great job on the implementation of the ES9038Q2M dac chip, its not too warm analog sounding not also cold too bright and technical sterile sound its somewhere inbetween, like they hit the sweet spot. it has a natural neutral clean tone that you get to capture micro macro details in all musical genre you put it through without sounding too digital and a well defined accurate bass though on some tracks i tested it sometimes lean a little bit on the brighter side which also gives the sk02 good details and resolution. with an output of 1100mw on balance it can open up most hard to drive over-ear planar headphones as well as iems. you certainly get more than you paid for sure. Great job Fosi Audio, looking forward to SK03... perhaps making future models more portable and power efficient. SK02 is a fun dac that delivers and performs more that its worth.
True to their word ''HiFi Made Fun''!
Iems i used for testing : Tanchjim Zero, Simgot ea500, Hidizs mp145, ARTTI T10.
Over-ear headphones : Hifiman HE400se.
https://fosiaudio.com/pages/desktop..._xGjSAjHvSJmmFvZ0UGbXyoF5SJUjRb9DPsDhPxkBBCQ4
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