YinLvMei has launched the W1 Digital Audio Player(DAP) for the price of US$ 2099. The device is said to be the world’s first DAP running on Windows 10 platform. YinLvMei is a Chinese brand that specializes in making Hi-Res Audio equipment like Digital Audio Players and Headphone Amplifiers. Accordingly, it has used high-quality DACs of China’s Asahi Kasei Microdevices(AKM) on the W1 DAP.
Talking about the specs, the device has a
7-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1280×800 pixels. Additionally, it has a
secondary 0.66-inch OLED display at the top. This smaller display shows Volume,
battery, and sound filter status.
Moreover, the device also has Intel’s Atom
X5 Z8350 CPU coupled with 4GB RAM and 128GB storage. However, the highlight of
all is the Windows 10 platform. The company says the device is the world’s
first Hi-Res DAP to run on Windows 10. Hence, the device can run lag-free
multiple audio-playback software. It also uses the ASIO (Audio Stream Input
Output) channels to provide the best quality low-latency output. On the whole,
the audio player seems to be a portable PC focused on hi-res music.
The W1 DAP has a Dual DAC(Digital-Analog
Converter) chipset on the W1 has two flagship AK4499 DACs from AKM. Further,
this is paired with an SA9227 USB asynchronous chip, 8* OPA 1612 I/V
converters, 2* OPA1612 Low-pass filters. Consequently, the company says the
audio on the W1 DAP will be unmatched.
Besides, the W1 DAP also has PGA 2311
volume control circuit that is used only in high-end systems. Hence, the
company assures precise volume adjustments on the DAP. All these help the
device output clean, transparent, and distortion-free sound as per the listing.
On the connectivity side, it has USB-C, 3
microSD cards for expansion up to 1TB, and 2 USB-A ports. It also has 3.5mm
Coaxial, 3.5mm Single-ended LO, 3.5mm Balanced LO, 3.5mm Single-ended PO, 4.4mm
Balanced PO ports. Other features include WiFi(2.4&5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2 for
connectivity.
The YinLvMei W1 has a detachable 7,000mAh
user-replaceable battery. This is a dual-battery where one is used to power
CPU, DAC chips while the other one is for the amplification. It costs US$ 2098 but is available at a discounted price of US$ 1899 on HiFiGo.com.
