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.