Questyle M12

An affordable hi-fi DAC and headphone amplifier designed to connect to your laptop, tablet, or smartphone.

$179

  • Buy it today! Normally in stock for purchase.

  • Available to audition at Creative Audio in Winnipeg.

“At the forefront of current amping technologies, the M12 is a unique proposition putting together competitive, smoothly articulated output in an extremely compact design.” - Headfonics review

Compact

The Questyle M12 is easy to take with you anywhere. It can be connected to your smartphone, tablet, or laptop computer for an instant and significant upgrade in headphone sound quality.

Simple

Truly plug and play, the Questyle M12 automatically senses the headphone type and adjusts its gain accordingly. Digital to analog conversion via the ESB DAC will handle PCM signals up to 384 kHz/2 bit and DSD256.

Hi-res

With built-in support for MQA, as well as DSD and hi-res DSD, the Questyle M12 is ready to deliver a new level of on-the-go audio performance.

The Creative Audio Review

All too often we see the potential of headphones squandered when listeners rely on the headphone jacks of their portable devices. A dedicated DAC and headphone amp will deliver an astounding improvement in sound quality. The Questyle M12 proves that even when the budget is tight there are easy performance gains to be had. When listening to the M12 there’s a sensation of breaking free from a restrained performance; the soundstage opens up and the bass gains texture and depth while the vocals lose any sense of artifice making the whole experience sound oh so much better. There’s nothing not to like here.

Specifications

Dimensions (LxWxD):
51mm x 16.5mm x 8.1mm

Supported Platforms:
Android 5.0 and above
Windows 10 1803 and above
macOS
iOS (requires OTG Lightning - USB-C adapter cable)

DAC:
ESS ES9281AC

Supported Audio Formats:
PCM: 32 kHz - 384 kHz (16/24/32 bit)
DSD: DSD64 (1 Bit 2.8 MHz), DSD128 (1 Bit, 5.6 MHz), DSD256 (1 Bit, 11.2 MHz)
MQA

Output Power:
(Self-adjusting power output to suit impedance of connected headphones.)
16 ohm: 46.11 mW
32 ohm: 26.71 mW
300 ohm: 12.26 mW

Frequency Response:
20 Hz - 20 kHz (+/- 0.1 dB)

THD+N:
0.0003%

Included accessories:
USB-A - USB-C connector cable
USB-C - USB-C connector cable