Audial S5b D/A Converter | Easily one of the best

The time has finally come to talk about the Audial S5b! I'm not sure how, but Audial has largely flown under the radar despite being one of the best DAC's I have ever heard at any price point. Let's do this! ================ Gear in this video ================ Audial S4 - https://www.audialonline.com/s4/ Audial S5 (and S5b) - https://www.audialonline.com/s5/ Laiv Harmony DAC - https://www.laiv.audio/harmony-dac Topping E30 - https://a.co/d/dri6kEF ================ Chapters ================ 00:00 - Intro 00:20 - Thank you 903 00:57 - Exterior and Specs 03:17 - Disclaimers 04:05 - 16-bit! 04:44 - How does it sound? 10:41 - XLR vs RCA 11:46 - vs S5 12:30 - i2s input 14:44 - vs S4 15:44 - chip rolling 17:11 - vs LAiV and Topping 19:30 - Measurements are important 20:18 - Conclusions and Outro