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It absolutely nails everything you want a DAP to be, and even manages to look great while doing it! With no meaningful faults, I absolutely recommend this player. Me as a listener: I am not a pro by any stretch of the imagination. I have always enjoyed my music, and my tastes are pretty broad.
I go to live music ranging from rock and pop concerts to orchestra and opera. I would not describe myself as having a trained ear, but I am attentive and my ears are in pretty good nick for a 34 year old my hearing cuts off around My tastes: neutral to warm, but I do like good punchy bass and I love to hear decent instrument separation.
Test tracks: I've tried to keep it broad and I have cited my music sources below, so where possible people can download the tracks themselves. I love gadgets. There, I said it; I suspect I am not the only frequenter of these forums with that confession to make but nevertheless, it is pertinent in the context of this review which is written following my review of the Hidizs AP here and real disappointment in a gadget which promised so much, was a lovely thing to behold, but sadly, for me, terminally flawed.
The AP is not the first gadget I have purchased which filled me with buyer's remorse — my drawers are full of them an iPhone 5 projector I have barely ever used, a remote control light bulb that is too dim to be useful, a cycle computer that is so fiendishly complicated it is unusable, the list goes on. From that, you may draw the fair conclusion that I don't really learn my lesson So, I plod on, make and occasionally repeat my mistakes and try to learn from them.
I bought the XDPr as a direct replacement for the AP to serve as my main mobile listening source. The lesson I learnt from the AP was that the key things I need from a DAP are: 1 sound quality; 2 ease of use drop in a pocket, on shuffle and never touch again ; and 3 battery life. I realise that, at my price point, I genuinely can't have it all, so the list above summarises what I really need a DAP to do well. Finally, back in the late noughties, I was quite into my car audio and for any Brits who fancy a chuckle at my expense, I put a dual voice coil JL audio sub-woofer into a first generation Ford KA, and popped the back windscreen out!
I had a couple of Pioneer head units including one which took mini discs, remember them?! I therefore had some high expectations for the XDPr. So, on to the main event. The XDPr sits on a flimsy, white, cheap feeling plastic tray, with a usb a to micro cable and a few manuals underneath. Practicalities Ignoring the various notches, by my measurements, the unit is 62mm x 94 mm x 13mm.
So it is small — about the size of a deck of cards - and therefore properly pocket portable. Indeed, thin enough to carry in a breast pocket without spoiling the line of your suit. On the bottom is a micro usb port. To the right a very tactile volume control that rolls in reassuring steps and a hold switch.
On the top, the power button, a 3. Pictured below next to a Samsung S8 to give a feel for size. Battery life is pretty impressive too. My last, non-audio comment is on the screen. It is low resolution esp. The screen is completely clear, easy to read, simply organised and easy to understand.
I suspect this also helps with the excellent battery life. Customised android implementation is hard to get right, and can create a complicated device. Pioneer's own OS for the XDPr means that there are no redundant or hard to understand menu options — everything in its place and a place for everything.
In short, it should have the beans to push most cans reasonably comfortably. I did not notice any hiss from the XDPr on any gain setting in either port with any of my iems. The Sound I have stuck with the tried and tested format of highs, mids, lows and soundstage. I will also focus a little on separation, as it is something I enjoy hearing. They are clearly presented, with that upper end "tingle" noticeable, and never recessed. This said, I do feel that the XDPr does not have the same attack at the high end compared with some of my other sources.
Percussion in particular, is not the tightest, with less pronounced staccato at the front and rear edges of the sound. To exemplify, the harpsichords in the Brandenberg Concerto track above are delivered with clarity and sparkle, never lost in the busy mids and high mids from the strings.
Conversely, the percussion in Hilltops Hoods' I l Love It does not stop and start with absolute impact, flowing and "bleeding" together, rather than having a clearly delineated beginning and end. What this means, and whether this constitutes a criticism is a matter of personal taste. For me, it creates a unit whose sound I can listen to hours on the trot, with absolutely zero fatigue. I suspect the relaxed presentation up top is not going to be a treblehead's dream, but for everyone else I think you will find the XDPr delivers clarity in treble, without overpowering.
Mids Mids are forwards and clean on the XDPr, with no sense of veiling or lack of clarity. On the KEF Ms, which are mid and bass heavy, the strings are section clear i. From other sources esp. Female vocals too, are well provided for, with Norah Jones sounding velvet smooth through the HDs. Lows Lows are an interesting bag on the XDPr, and I think consistent with the sound signature evident in the highs. On a consistent bass line Wiz Khalifa's On My Level for example , the bass is clean, with suitable impact right down at the bottom.
Indeed, the XDPr creates a sense of real rumbling bass through the Ms and HDs, and even creates good bass impact with the SEs which I can find a bit bass light through unamped sources. Where you have a thumping bass line I appreciate not in the track list above, but a good example is the early part of Rudimental's I've Been Waiting All Night where the bass starts to kick in the XDPr does not deliver each thump with the impact of other sources the Nano BL being a notable example. As with the treble, this makes the XDPr a little more laid back and relaxed, but on balance, I would prefer more impact and definition both in the lows and highs.
Separation is good, especially with busy orchestral tracks and layering. Ed Sheeran's Castle on the Hill in particular, lacking the "compressed" sound I sometimes hear from other sources when the layering has really built.
Comparisons I struggled to describe the XDPr without making some comparisons which you will see above. I do though, think that this means the XDPr is much better set up as an everyday listening device rather than being used for highly critical listening.
Other thoughts The wedge shaping and choice of materials brushed aluminium with a tactile matt plastic rear mean the XDPr is a real joy to hold. As said before, it is properly pocket portable with the notches making it much more ergonomically successful. The decision to place the headphone ports at the top was also, to my mind, sensible — any straight jacks such as on my cheap Fiio 2.
Pioneer have really thought about the user experience of the XDPr and it shows, as it is a joy to hold and simple to use in one hand. Pioneer have taken a slightly different approach to a number of other DAPs which sit in this sort of price point. Rather than running a customised version of Android, they have instead opted to utilise their own operating system. This was a brilliant decision and is part of what makes the XDPr so good at what it does.
The small touchscreen is super-responsive, with no noticeable delay. Track skipping, including between tracks with different bit depths and sampling rates which would cause freezing on my old AP and can even sometimes make my Samsung Note 8 and Galaxy S8 have a bit of a paddy is seamless.
I have not yet had the device crash once, and I have been using it for a couple of weeks now. The process for this was dead easy hook up to wifi, say yes when asked, unit does the rest and as you can see from the below, it recognises and plays MQA files. Shown below playing MQA. Niggles and Solutions Literally none — from the moment I took it out of the box it has worked perfectly.
You may be wondering if a portable audio player is still useful in times of well-equipped smartphones. Pioneer answers that question with the XDPR, which focuses on providing the best possible sound quality. High-resolution streaming in the MQA format is to be supported in due course. The XDPR comes with a conventional 3. Here, the plus and minus phases of both stereo channels are routed via separate wires, which improves the channel separation and reduces sensitivity to interference.
The player works with a volume limitation and adjustment for low-impedance headphones. By menu setting, it can also be operated with line level and can thus address high-impedance headphones with volume control or a hi-fi system with a fixed output level. An adjustment of the filtering after the DA stage in three stages can also be performed.
Additionally, you can shape the sound with a deactivatable band equalizer. The lightweight, black compact housing is partly made of aluminium and is equally robust and decorative. A further operation is straightforward via a touchscreen but when compared to current smartphones not quite as efficient, due to the display resolution of x pixels. However, the app does not handle more than track control and the display of some device information. Unfortunately, the iOS app counterpart did not work in the test.
The player can be charged via the included USB cable, which also serves as a means to transfer data to the device. Playback time of up to 15 hours is promised. In addition, users can take advantage of the free Onkyo X-DAP Link software for data transfer; it lets you create playlists on PC and Mac, access an existing iTunes library and back up your data.
Sound wise, the XDPR plays at a high level and is clearly superior to a smartphone in terms of sound and converter quality, format compatibility and connectivity. Listeners are rewarded by a clean and transparent stereo image, a fast response, catchy instrument and voice mapping and clean dynamics. Instead of the multi-functionality of a smartphone, everything here is all about high-quality audio sound reproduction in mobile or stationary use.
In addition to the transducer quality, of course, the headset or speaker is responsible for the sound. In the process, the powerful headphone amplifier fully exploits its power through the variable adaptation to different output devices. These are connected via a 1. It uses the aforementioned symmetrical 2.
The plugs are designed as angled in-ear fittings, which can be passed over the ear and thus provide strain relief, reduction of structure-borne noise and a secure fit.
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