THX Onyx is an MQA-supporting USB DAC promising quality music on the go

[What Hi-Fi?]

The Onyx portable DAC with MQA support marks THX's entrance into the consumer electronics market.

THX Onyx is an MQA-supporting USB DAC promising quality music on the go : Read more

 

[NHL99]

Ordered one five minutes ago. Will take a week of shipping before it will arrive.

 

[NHL99]

THX Onyx Review (headphone adapter)

This is a review and detailed measurements of the THX Onyx MQA DAC and Headphone Adapter. Company was kind enough to send me one prior to its announcement today. The Onyx costs US $200. There are a lot of "dongles" out there but the Onyx is the first one to bring good bit of class to the...

www.audiosciencereview.com

 

[BrianRostron]

I used to think that THX were a fairly foo free type of company, but seeing the above they have lost all credibility for me.

 

[NHL99]

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I used to think that THX were a fairly foo free type of company, but seeing the above they have lost all credibility for me.

Marketing department interfering, not from the engineering team.

 

[BrianRostron]

Marketing department interfering, not from the engineering team.

Yes, I suspect you are correct. That said, when you consider that the primary function of THX is as a quality assurance service for audio equipment, it is not a good look.

None of this has any implications for the quality of actual product itself of course.

 

[NHL99]

Using Audirvana with Qobuz to listen. The warning high volume is for real. Do not, repeat do not, put on the headphones and then start the music. Your eardrums will not survive!

The difficult part of some source material is dissected by the DAC/amp into what was recorded, I guess high quality can be said also. Fun factor is available when listening, definitely better than the DragonFly Red, now sold, which I couldn't separate from the MacBook built-in DAC.

Spotify isn't ideal for the DAC/amp, elevated low frequencies and one can hear that the streaming quality isn't top notch. CD-quality is necessary, however, then it sings!

Works with Raspberry Pi also, using it as DAC streamer. Compared to the hideous prices for some of the alternatives, this is a bargain.