Best reviews of 🎁 Lotoo – PAW S2 😉

Lotoo PAW S2 features the high performance AKM4377 DAC chip and delivers pristine audio. Lotoo’s engineering team has managed to extract every bit of the AKM4377 DAC chip’s capacity, to ensure the highest possible performance. It decodes high-resolution 32-Bit/384kHz PCM as well as DSD128 formats natively with ultra-low distortion and high SNR ratings, ensuring a clean, noise-free sound output. Lotoo designed the PAW S2 as if it were designing a high-end digital audio player system that features Blackfin DSP, advanced 2×8 layers of HDI PCB design. The analogue board employs a low-noise, low-temperature drift metal film resistor of millesimal accuracy, allowing you to listen to your favourite music in a dark, noise-free environment with vivid detail.

Lotoo PAW S2 is capable of acting as a standalone headphone amplifier that provides a powerful output of up to 150mW @ 32Ω through the 4.4mm balanced headphone output. With the 3.5mm single-ended headphone output port, the PAW S2 outputs up to 125mW @ 32Ω of load. The PAW S2 provides ample amplification to drive your headphones and IEM with ease. To drive IEMs, it is sufficient to have only 5mW and so the S2 with its 125mW@32Ω (Per Channel) has abundant power to spare. The Paw S2 has two gain levels, high-gain and low-gain. Users can easily switch between the two gain modes by using the “fn” key on the side. Also, this feature helps to accommodate a wide range of headphones and IEMs.

The Lotoo PAW S2 uses an independent system with a PLL clock system. Lotoo PAW S2 uses AK8142, a programmable clock generator IC with an integrated fractional N PLL. AKM8142 chip supplies correct timebase signals to music data, reducing jitter, increasing the accuracy of digital music reproduction and reducing the effect of phase noise on sound quality. It is a highly accurate jitter clock that effectively reduces USB and SRC interface jitter ensuring a high-end performance with the device. This not only ensures that the audio signal has low distortion but also ensures a very low background music noise.

The Lotoo PAW S2 comes with Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) support, enabling you to hear music exactly as recorded. MQA authentication is a badge of approval and guarantee of players’ master-quality audio output. The device can perform 4x decoding of MQA files to deliver outstanding sound quality. To further enhance the signal path, the Lotoo PAW S2 is equipped with the critically acclaimed PMEQ/ATE feature, unique to Lotoo’s top-of-the-line DAPs. The Lotoo Paw S2 brings additions to the PMEQ and ATE presets, The PMEQ has ACG-1, while ATE has added Vinyl LP and Cassette presets.

Lotoo PAW S2 comes equipped with dual audio output ports, one 3.5mm single-ended port, and one 4.4 mm balanced output port. The single-ended output port has a power rating of up to 125mW/ch @ 32 ohms, while the 4.4mm balanced port gives a power of up to 150mW/ch @ 32 ohms. It provides enough juice to power your headphones and IEM’s with ease. It has Pentaconn 4.4mm balanced connector, which yields better separation and a grander soundstage. This design implementation helps to make this portable DAC stand head and shoulders above the rest.

Lotoo PAW S2 is a portable device with a small footprint, making it easy to carry anywhere with you. Alongside being portable the PAW S2 can also connect to most Android, Windows, macOS and iOS directly via the USB Type-C adapter. The Lotoo PAW S2 offers plug and play support for various devices, all you need to do is connect your headphones and plug them into the Type-C port of any device of your choice. This is truly convenient as the hassle of downloading and installing drivers is reduced and you can focus on truly enjoying music.

Lotoo has included the new OTG cables with the PAW S2. They come in two different lengths, 65mm and 800mm, so that users can use them as per their requirements. The cables are made with high-purity OFC copper with copper shielding net and aluminium foil. They also have black TPE shielding for protection and flexibility. These cables reduce potential interference that could degrade the audio signal purity. Its high tenacity, low resistance, high power output and ability to shield interference signals allows the cable to deliver lower latency and faster dynamic response. There is also a belt clip included for users on the go. The clip features built-in cable winders for cable management and wrapped edges offering protection.

Lotoo PAW S2 is built with precision and keeping durability in mind. The device features a rugged body that is perfectly crafted with media keys and output ports. Lotoo Paw S2 also features a display screen on the front that shows active PCM/DSD format type, volume level, low/high gain mode, and active EQ type. It continues on the lines of the S1 with a display screen. The display screen allows more information to be conveyed, along with easier, smoother and more intuitive operation. This design brings about harmony in terms of form and elevates functionality. Lotoo has featured a new media control key along with the regular volume and fn keys on the side. This key can be used as a remote to play/pause the music as per users requirements.