Fiio Mage Hi-Fi USB-C gaming sound card arrives with classic controller vibes
Fiio has unveiled the Mage USB-C gaming sound card, a petite DAC that delivers high-resolution audio from phones and gaming consoles like the Nintendo Switch, with native decoding of 32-bit, 384 kHz PCM and DSD256 high-resolution audio streams. The Mage looks like a retro game controller, making it a talking point among gamers who might wonder what it is.
The petite Mage has two USB-C ports, enabling 60-watt pass-through PD fast charging when connected to any audio source. While playing music, its D-pad is used to control the volume and change tracks. One of the two buttons is used to play or pause music playback with a short press, or activate 7.1 virtual surround sound with a double press.
When connected to a console for gaming, a long press of the mode button switches the DAC from music to game mode, while the other button is used to mute the microphone plugged into its 3.5 mm mic input jack. AI microphone background noise reduction is built-in to help keep in-game chats audible. Two additional 3.5 mm jacks support a headset and headphones.
The Hi-Res Audio DAC can be used with the Fiio Control app to adjust its 10-band audio equalizer, and the game mode can be toggled among four genre-optimized sound settings—FPS, MOBA, RPG, and MUG.
The Fiio Mage comes in transparent black, transparent green, and grey for $32.29 from the Fiio store on Aliexpress or $21.99 from Amazon.
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