Schiit Fulla E Headphone DAC/Amp with Mic Input for Gaming and Communications

It works, has plenty of power to drive my HD 6XXs to a point it hurts to listen. No buzz or hiss as far as I can hear but im also not driving iems with it.

Audio quality wise keeps up with my $280 full set up (Schiit Modi 3+ and Schiit Vali 2+). The quality is deep, rich, wide and crystal clear! Power wise, it can’t push my Sennheisers 6XXHD as hard but my IEMs all day. Doesn’t do RCA for speakers, and can’t push as hard so the price is justified. Sounds amazing, has a mic input which my $280 setup doesn’t have. All and all for me using this at work it’s gonna be amazing.

The Fulla E replaced the (problematic) Fulla 4 which replaced the Fulla 3. I have a Fulla 3 and while it was okay, it seemed to have a slightly narrower soundstage than nicer DAC/amps, a bit less clarity and detail on the treble side of things, and a bit of a compressed sound in some cases. The Fulla E fixes all of that and sounds every bit as good as nicer devices. It also works with Switch and PS4/PS5 now, which is neat, and has an optical input for other consoles and devices that support that. There isn't much else to say about the sound quality except that it is great, doesn't seem to color the sound in any particular way, and has no real negatives. The mic input is... fine, I guess. It seems to be the same as what was on the Fulla 3, which is to say that it isn't the greatest but neither is it particularly bad. The biggest problem there is that they still insist on putting this awful, overly-aggressive limiter on it instead of just trusting users with a gain control. If you really want a good-sounding mic input for your headset, get something else. If you just want people to be able to hear you on calls, this will do that. I wish they had stuck with a 3.5 mm output for the headphones, but they do at least include an adapter, so it's not the end of the world. And I guess I'd rather have to adapt to 1/4" instead of adapting down to 3.5 mm, so it's fine. They were never going to please everyone regardless of the size they went with, so whatever. And finally, even though the power output is technically less than the Fulla 3, it's still way more than anyone really has need for. With my HD560s, I can set Windows volume to 50% and I still wouldn't turn the volume knob on the device above half. If I had some really inefficient headphones, I could see the extra power being useful, but this is a device aimed at gamers who will mostly have efficient, low impedance headphones and IEMs, so this amount of power is mostly just annoying. I can't go above like 8 o'clock with my IE 300 IEMs (and that's with Windows at 50%), so there's still very little in the way of actual usable volume range there. Schiit has always had a thing for more power and it's a bit frustrating when this could have half as much and still be more than enough. The good news is that it's a 32-bit device, so lowering the Windows volume shouldn't noticeably reduce dynamic range, so at least there are options. All in all, for the price, it's probably the best way to get a nice DAC and amp all in one package. Couple that with support for Switch, PlayStation, and anything with an optical output and it's truly a great bargain.

Was trying to find a reasonably priced USB powered amp for my headphones; currently using Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pros (250 ohms). Originally used the Focusrite scarlett solo for a while, worked very well and produced clean sound. However, they were not rated for 250 ohm headphones. I had to turn the dial all the way up and sound was usually not loud enough for some applications; even when turning windows to max volume. The Schiit Fulla E easily uses USB-C to my computer and produces clean sound. Additionally, it produces a great amount of sound that I was originally looking for. Both pair very nicely. Amazing sound and build quality for the price.

I have been in the market for a DAC/AMP for my desktop setup, and Schiit has a strong reputation for quality gear. I know that my Sennheiser HD 300 Pro’s are very efficient and don’t need a ton of amplification to get the best out of them, so the Fulla E was the perfect pairing for them. I love that Schiit has a pretty solid product stack at many different budget areas for consumers. The Fulla E is easily powered by my desktop motherboard, has the option for additional usb power if I needed to power less efficient headphones, and the sound is noticeably better.

Nice while it lasted. ADC, Mic input is nothing but noise now. Unplug plug back in, no noise but lopsidded mic audio, minutes later, the noise is back. You can't find a review online reviewing the mic input on a device with a mic input. They only review one side of the device. If all I wanted is the headphone amp dac, I'd use my Topping DX3 Pro+! This device is now trash and I'm grateful it broken within the return period. From the online results, Schitt isn't the greatest at customer service, so I won't bother getting it replaced only for it to break outside of return and deal with them for warranty.

I am very happy with this DAC. I currently have it paired with a HD6xx and I couldn't be happier. The HD6xx isn't hard to drive but the onboard DAC for my laptop was really just not very good. To the point where I was getting a lot of popping and static from the audio. I just wanted something simple and fairly inexpensive. This fits the bill! It takes up very little space and the knob on top makes it easy to adjust volume easily. While I don't use it, I do also like that it has a mic input as well. I'd buy this again. I don't expect I'll have to since it seems pretty bullet proof!

I got the product and it sounded great but there was no directional audio. It was built solid and was at a great price. I like how compact it is. I would have sent it back and got another one but after some research I realized the directional audio not working was not as rare as I thought it would be. That’s why I decided to go in a different route with my audio.

10/10

Replaced an Astro A40 base station, doesn’t have the mixer slide like the Astro, but the new headset needed more umph so to speak, very nice construction, would buy again.