iEMatch2.5

Love your flagship DAP but want to raise the sound quality to the max?

The iEMatch2.5 will max out music quality on any DAP with a 2.5mm balanced output.

The perfect match 2.5

After we made the original iEMatch for smartphones, computers, DAPs and in-flights systems, we realised that we’d missed a section of you guys out!

And that will not do. So, the iEMatch2.5 is just like the original BUT it’s made for use with hi-res digital audio players, DAPs, sporting a 2.5mm balanced output.

Sensitive soul

Connect the iEMatch2.5 between them and your DAP for reduced background noise and hiss.

Some headphones are more sensitive than others so the iEMatch2.5 has both High and Ultra sensitivity settings to boost your sound. Choose which best suits your headphone.

Bringing your Bits back

It also provides a more open and transparent dynamic range and increases the usable volume range.

This means you can increase the digital volume and get back the resolution you lose by listening at less than full volume.

Rediscover the lost high-pitched note of the E-string or the low rumble of the bass drum.

Travelling companion

Take the iEMatch2.5 with you.

Pop the iEMatch2.5 into its handy velvet pouch with the included memory foam earplugs and aeroplane adapter and take it with you, wherever you go.

The perfect travelling companion.

It uses premium components from 6063-TS aluminium – magnesium alloy through to the signal transfer cable which is a 6N silver copper matrix.

Add in the gold plated TRRS-Balanced connectors and there you have it – game, set and iEMatch.

Did you know you normally lose at least 2 Bits of resolution when listening to your favourite tracks? This is because you can’t listen at full volume.

Using the iEMatch enables you to turn up the digital volume and get those 2 Bits back.

Choose from ultra or high sensistivity to fine tune your tunes!

Read our tech note to discover more.

To build a system around an expensive high-resolution headphone amplifier and then use it at a comfortable (not to mention safe) listening level means you have to turn the volume down to about 60% of its capacity. This will decrease both its dynamic range and audio quality.

It’s like watching HD TV with some of the pixels from the screen missing.

You lose around 2 Bits of resolution.

To hear everything from the high-pitched jingle of a tambourine to the deepest rumble of a kettledrum, you need a wide dynamic range.

With great DACs, DAPs and headphones, the sound of EVERYTHING will be boosted, including the self-noise of the source AND the sound level.

Plus some higher-end headphones and IEMs add to this by being sensitive themselves.

The perfect gold-plated match!

For those with dedicated hi-res digital audio players (DAPs) that offer a 2.5mm balanced output.

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User Manual

FAQs

Tech Lowdown

Ultra (-24dB) & High-Gain (-12dB) sensitivity adjustment
6N silver/copper matrix wiring with FINAL6063-T5 aluminium-magnesium alloy shell
Gold-plated printed circuit board with audiophile components (eg MELF resistors)
Gold-plated 2.5mm male/female connectors
Input Impedance	16 Ohm
Output Impedance	< 2.5 Ohms (High-Sensitivity) < 1.0 Ohms (Ultra-Sensitivity)
Weight	12.2g
Total Length	116mm
Warranty period	12 months

	iEMatch	EarBuddy	iEMatch2.5

Primary use	Sensitive headphones ($150>)	Sensitive headphones (<$150)	Digital Audio Players
3.5mm Balanced	Yes	-	-
3.5mm Single-Ended	Yes	Yes	-
2.5mm Balanced	-	-	Yes
Ultra (-24dB) / High (-12dB) Sensitivity	Yes	-	Yes
High(-16dB) Sensitivity	-	Yes	-
6N silver / copper matrix wiring	Yes	-	Yes
6N copper matrix wiring	-	Yes	-
FINAL 6063-T5 aluminium-magnesium alloy	Yes	-	Yes
Input impedance	>16 Ohm	>16 Ohm	>16 Ohm
Output impedance	< 2.5 Ohms (High-Sensitivity) < 1 Ohms (Ultra-Sensitivity)	< 2.7 Ohms (High-Sensitivity)	< 2.5 Ohms (High-Sensitivity) < 1 Ohms (Ultra-Sensitivity)
Compatibility	16 Ohm to 600 Ohm rated impedance 12.5 Ohm minimum impedance	16 Ohm to 600 Ohm rated impedance 12.5 Ohm minimum impedance	16 Ohm to 600 Ohm rated impedance 12.5 Ohm minimum impedance
Weight	12.2g	6g	12.2g
Total length	116mm	116mm	116mm

These are fantastic !!

These are absolutely fantastic. I have only tested these for the main reason that I purchased them for.. that is when I plug my headphones or earbuds into the roku remote. I need to keep my tv entertainment quiet off and on. I have really had fun trying all my headphones and earbuds out with the tv by plugging them into the roku remote. Generally I use all of them strictly for music with no issues. But plugging into the little dinky roku remote, I found out how bad great audio equipment can sound when hooked up to the wrong thing.

I grabbed this little device, iematch, and my tv listening world dramatically changed. Gone were the extra hiss and pops. No more turning the volume up so high to hear the voices that I felt I was hurting my hearing. I plugged the iematch into the roku remote and my headphones into the iematch .. tada!!! I had a great sound finally with the ability to turn the volume back down and hear the vocals clear as well as the background noise. This little device needs to come standard with the roku devices that have audio ports in the remote.

The iematch is just fantastic. I haven’t tested it in other scenarios, but I imagine I won’t be disappointed. I may have to purchase another so I can leave one with each application use.