{"title":"Music Players \u0026 Earphone Amps","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat powers your earphones. Most of you already need one.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStart here: how does your phone handle headphones?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf your phone still has a 3.5mm headphone jack, congrats, you don't need a dongle DAC to power your earphones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf your phone is USB-C only — most Android phones, every recent iPhone via Lightning or USB-C — you need a dongle to plug in a wired earphone at all. The question isn't whether you need one. It's which one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe DAC dongle.\u003c\/strong\u003e A small device, usually €50–€200, that does the same job as a €15 adapter but with better internal parts. Louder, cleaner, drives demanding earphones properly. The upgrade most worth making once you're listening to mid-tier earphones or higher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe DAP (Digital Audio Player).\u003c\/strong\u003e A standalone music player, several hundred euros and up. No phone involved. Better sound, longer battery, no notifications. For people who want music to be its own activity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhich one do you actually need?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you're listening to \u003cstrong\u003eentry-tier earphones\u003c\/strong\u003e, a simple adapter is honestly fine. Save the money. Spend it later when you upgrade the earphones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you're listening to \u003cstrong\u003emid-tier or high-end earphones\u003c\/strong\u003e from your phone, a proper DAC dongle is the single biggest upgrade you can make for the smallest spend. Skip this and you're not hearing what those earphones can do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want \u003cstrong\u003emusic to be its own thing\u003c\/strong\u003e — no notifications, no phone battery anxiety, longer listening — that's a DAP. It's a serious purchase. Most of our customers don't need one.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hiby-r4-dap","title":"Hiby R4 - Digital Audio Player","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis is for when you want your music on its own device, away from notifications and a battery you're already fighting over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe R4 runs full Android, so your streaming apps work exactly as they do on your phone — but with a much better amplifier behind them. It's the first player at this price with a \"Class A\" amp, the kind usually reserved for pricier gear, and it has genuine power on tap. The sound leans warm and easy in normal use, and turns a touch cleaner in its dedicated music mode.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo honest things to know: it runs warm when you push it hard, and the battery is good rather than great. But as a first real player, it punches well above what it costs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hiby","offers":[{"title":"Green","offer_id":54222063370583,"sku":"HIBY-R5","price":249.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Orange","offer_id":54222063337815,"sku":"HIBY-R4","price":249.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"White","offer_id":54222064320855,"sku":"HIBY-R4","price":249.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5221\/2823\/files\/Hiby_R4_back_on_0dca56bd-fcea-4419-8491-da7be98593cc.jpg?v=1786050053"},{"product_id":"hiby-r6-iii-2025-dap","title":"Hiby R6 III 2025 - Digital Audio Player","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe R6 III 2025 is the step up from a first player. Where a budget device gets you loud, this one gets you clean. Four DAC chips and a genuinely quiet, low-noise design give it an unusually black background — silence between the notes, nothing buzzing underneath — which is exactly what the more revealing earphones need to show what they can do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can switch its amp between two modes: one that prioritises the purest sound, one that trades a little of that for longer battery. It runs full Android, so your apps just work, and it has the outputs to connect to almost anything. The sound stays neutral and honest — it doesn't add its own flavour, it lets the earphone speak.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hiby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53573363106135,"sku":"HIBY-R6-III","price":399.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5221\/2823\/files\/Hiby_R6_III_back.jpg?v=1786049766"},{"product_id":"hiby-w4","title":"Hiby W4 - Portable Audio DAC and Amplifier","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eYour phone probably has no headphone jack and not much power behind the one it fakes with a dongle. The W4 fixes both, wirelessly. It receives your music over Bluetooth and drives your earphones from a proper balanced output — while your phone stays in your pocket or bag. It has a small colour touchscreen, so you can actually see your codec, volume, and track instead of guessing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sound is clean and even, not coloured. The honest tradeoff: Bluetooth is never quite as pristine as a wired connection, and the battery is modest — but for the freedom of going wireless, most people won't look back. And when you do want the best quality, you can plug it in over USB and it becomes a wired DAC.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hiby","offers":[{"title":"Light Blue","offer_id":54222092403031,"sku":"HIBY-W4-blue","price":99.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"White","offer_id":54222096695639,"sku":null,"price":99.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Green","offer_id":54222096728407,"sku":null,"price":99.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black","offer_id":54222096761175,"sku":null,"price":99.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5221\/2823\/files\/Hiby_W4_white.jpg?v=1786046546"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5221\/2823\/collections\/HibyR6IIItopmacro.jpg?v=1786048125","url":"https:\/\/vividsound.nl\/collections\/players-amps.oembed","provider":"vividsound","version":"1.0","type":"link"}