Questyle - M15i

Flagship Portable DAC & Amp

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Why Questyle is Special

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Designed in China

Young Maverick Brand

New on the scene, but bringing seasoned expertise!


This headphone or gear might come from a fresh, up-and-coming brand, but it boasts the quality and innovation of a well-established name.


If you see a product marked as "🥊 Young Maverick Brand”, it means you're getting cutting-edge technology and top-notch performance from a brand that's already making waves in the industry.

Specialist

A masterpiece from the experts who know audio inside and out!


This headphone or gear is crafted by specialists who know their stuff, ensuring every detail is perfect.


If you see a product marked as “🌟 Specialist”, it means you're choosing a device designed by experts who specialize in creating this specific category of device.

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Boutique Brand

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Born in 2012

Why we love this DAC/Amp

Premium Economy

Sensible spending and class above in quality. 


This headphone or gear offers top-notch sound and performance without much impact on your pocket, promising a delightful experience that exceeds your expectations at an economical price point.


If you see a product marked as “💎 Premium Economy," it indicates that you're getting a high-quality audio product with exceptional sound clarity and reliable performance, all at a budget-friendly price.

Serious Audiophiles Only

Diving deeper into exploring the hobby is never enough.


If you're an audiophile on a hunt for a device that meets your high standards, this is one such headphone or gear designed for discerning audiophiles like you in mind.


If you see a product marked with “🦈 Serious Audiophiles Only" we assure you that this device can match your depth of knowledge and expertise to take your passion for audio to the next level.

Incredibly Popular

Some things deserve all the attention.


This headphone or gear is a crowd favourite, winning over fans everywhere with its undeniable audio quality.


If you see products marked as “🥇 Incredibly Popular”, you’re opting for a tried-and-true choice that’s loved by many, ensuring you're getting something that’s proven to be awesome and widely acclaimed.

For Audiophiles On-the-Go

Are you an audiophile looking to carry your music with you wherever you go?


This headphone or gear is portable and is designed to deliver top-notch audio quality on the move, ensuring your favourite tracks sound their best no matter where you are.


If you see a product marked "🛺 For Audiophiles On-the-Go", it means this product is perfectly portable, turning every journey into a musical adventure with studio-quality sound!

Works Great with Type-C

Don’t have a 3.5mm headphone jack on your phone? Don’t worry we got you covered.


This headphone or gear is fully compatible with Type-C USB connectors. Not only do they seamlessly connect to your device without needing an additonal dongle or adapter and ensures optimal performance without any hassle.


If you see a product marked as “📱 Works Great with Type-C”, you can be confident that you'll experience seamless connectivity with a universal connection standard that simplifies your audio setup.

Built like a Tank

No need to worry about durability.


If you're seeking a headphone or gear with a strong, rugged build, this snapshot indicates that this is the one for you.


If you see a product marked with “🪖 Built like a Tank", it means this product is crafted with metal in its design, ensuring exceptional robustness and durability.

Why it Sounds Amazing

DAC Chip

Know the secret to your pristine audio.


This headphone or gear reveals the secret sauce behind superior audio quality, highlighting the presence of a high-performance DAC chip for pristine sound reproduction.


If you see products marked as “⚙️ DAC Chip”, expect to experience your music with unparalleled clarity, detail, and fidelity, ensuring that every note and nuance is faithfully reproduced for your listening pleasure.

Power Output

When you need that juice to get the best out of your products.


This headphone or gear packs a punch, revealing the product's impressive power output capabilities, ensuring it can handle even the most demanding products with ease.


If you see products marked as “🚀 Power Output”, you're in for a treat with robust performance for driving high-fidelity products without breaking a sweat.

Balanced Output

Upgrading from single-ended to balanced can be the easiest way to improve your sound.


This DAC, Amp or Hi-Res player offers a balanced output, ensuring pristine audio quality with minimised interference and enhanced clarity for your listening pleasure.


If you see a product marked as "⚖️ Balanced Output”, get ready for a symphony of crystal-clear tunes, free from any unwanted noise drama!

INTRODUCING THE QUESTYLE M15i - A PORTABLE DAC & AMP FOR IOS DEVICES

The all-new M15i from Questyle is a flagship portable DAC & Amp notably designed for iPhone or iPad users. It is developed in collaboration with ESS SABRE, incorporating the M15i with the ES9281AC chipset, SABRE HiFi and SABRE 32 Reference DAC technology. The portable Questyle M15i further features dual current mode patent amplification modules, ensuring optimal performance and compatibility with a wide range of IEMS and headphones. It equips dual ports, featuring a 3.5mm and 4.4mm port and offers a manual gain adjustment option, catering to your preferences. It delivers remarkable audio performance with ultra-low noise and pure sound quality. The Questyle M15i is designed with a durable and sleek aesthetic build and aims to provide an immersive on-the-go music listening experience for discerning audiophiles.

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FEATURING ESS SABRE'S FLAGSHIP USB DAC CHIPSET FOR ACCURATE SOUND DELIVERY

The Questyle M15i aspires to break technological barriers with its advanced features, developed through a successful collaboration between Questyle and ESS. This portable decoding headphone DAC & Amp exceeds expectations. It utilizes the latest ESS flagship USB DAC chip, the ES9281AC, enabling high-resolution audio decoding up to PCM768 and DSD512, outperforming its predecessor, the M15, which supports up to PCM384 and DSD256. This improvement ensures superior audio quality with upgraded distortion performance and increased output power. The M15i aims to deliver an unmatched listening experience, with support for the highest decoding capabilities, driven by innovation and collaboration in audio technology.
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EQUIPPED WITH DUAL CURRENT MODE PATENT AMPLIFICATION MODULES FOR POWER DELIVERY

The Questyle M15i features two independent SiP Current Mode Patent Amplification Modules, it's their in-house developed technology with four current mode amplification engines. Questyle M15i is equipped with this technology to provide better and more precise sound reproduction and ultra-low distortion in your music listening experience. These innovative modules that operate in the current mode allow a bandwidth of up to 1MHz and minimal distortion of just 0.0003%. It aims to capture even the minute details in music, enabling the M15i to offer ultra-large dynamics, making it capable of operating at high volume for extended duration without interruption. Along with this, the M15i boasts minimal risk of overheating or disruptions with the TOREX efficient power management system and low-power consumption during extended listening sessions, providing uninterrupted enjoyment for music enthusiasts.

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VERSATILE WIRED CONNECTIVITY WITH DUAL HEADPHONE OUTPUT PORTS

The Questyle M15i offers versatile connectivity with its 3.5mm single-ended and 4.4mm fully balanced output ports, which effortlessly drive various headphones and IEMs. When paired with the feature of manual gain adjustment, you can customize the sound based on your preferences. The Questyle M15i underwent meticulous lab testing to ensure compatibility with your smartphone, tablets, and operating systems like iOS, HarmonyOS and Android. It also seamlessly pairs with Windows 10 (driver-free) and Mac OS systems for PC users. The M15i delivers pure sound quality, with an ultra-low noise floor of -130dB, allowing you to enjoy high-fidelity audio anytime and anywhere with the portable M15i.

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MFI CERTIFIED FOR IOS USERS AND SHOWCASES AN AESTHETIC DESIGN

The "i" in the name of M15i indicates that Questyle M15i is an Apple MFi-certified device, ensuring seamless compatibility with the iPhone, iPad, and the broader Apple ecosystem. This certification ensures commitment to Apple's uncompromising standards for power consumption and compatibility, reducing the risk of damage from improper USB connections. Additionally, the design of Questyle M15i features a dynamic sampling rate display, providing users with real-time feedback on the quality of their audio playback. When your music is playing, the indicator lights up, with a single red light indicating PCM data up to 48kHz and dual red lights signifying high-sampling-rate PCM data or DSD audio data. Its build is crafted of CNC anodized aluminium alloy, and the Questyle M15i combines durability with sleek aesthetics, offering an elevated listening experience for Apple device users.
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NOTE: When connecting to Lightning interface devices, you can purchase an additional Questyle LTC02 Lightning to Type-C adapter that has been officially certified by Apple MFi.

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ENJOY LOSSLESS MUSIC WITH A WIDE RANGE OF DEVICES

The Questyle M15i is designed to work seamlessly with a variety of devices, including smartphones, tablets, PCs, Mac and iOS devices. It's compatible with iOS, HarmonyOS and Android devices running version 5.1 and above, allowing you to enjoy lossless audio from streaming services without quality loss. Additionally, it supports compatibility with Windows 10 (version 18.3 and above) and Mac OS without requiring additional drivers, making it easy for you to connect and experience high-fidelity sound. This broad compatibility ensures that you can enjoy your favourite music in true lossless quality across different platforms and devices.

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1 Year Warranty

Don't sweat it, this Questyle - M15i comes with a 1 Year warranty from Questyle that covers manufacturing defects. All products featured on Headphone Zone are backed by an original manufacturer's warranty.

Read more about Questyle's warranty in India.


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Customer Reviews

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Milindraj Chauhan (Dehradun)
This DAC is a rockstar.

I have recently got into the audiophile world and thanks to the guidance from headphone zone and online reviews i landed on this DAC. This really changed my listening experience for the classical rock music of which i am a fan, the first song i listened on using this DAC and ThieAudio Hype4 was Alive - Pearl Jam and i fell in love with that song again. The technicalities i cannot explain as i am pretty new to this hobby but i can vouch that this will tourn outa good purchase for anyone into classical rock music.

Thanks a lot for your detailed and genuine feedback, we're glad that you have such positive thoughts about the product.

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Vikrant (New Delhi)
Excellent Dongle DAC and priced right

Lets get the ordering experience out of the way first, I ordered this on 1st of April with an initial delivery timeline of 4-6 weeks. I got a call from HPZ a couple of weeks later that they will be placing the order in the next week and it should take further 2-3 weeks for delivery. I was fine with this. I then called them back asking for an update after 2 weeks and I was told they will update me on the order. The next day I got a call that this hasnt been ordered yet as they were waiting for a few more orders to come in so that the order can be combined. This is what got me annoyed - 2 months back I had requested them to add to the order for another product that I wanted but they declined this request and that my order will be fulfilled in the next cycle. Anyway after exactly 8 weeks I received this today. My suggestion to everyone looking to buy a product in pre-order stage then to wait till it comes in stock, no need to block your money for 2 months.
Now to the product itself, the Questyle M15 has been very hyped and many reviewers called it the best dongle DAC in the market today. Also there arent many reviews on the updated M15i DAC on the internet (the only difference that I could figure out between M15 and M15i is that M15i is MFi certified, making it fully compatible with the Apple ecosystem). The DAC is beautiful and the build quality is exceptional. It comes in a matte black aluminium housing with a glass window showing the internal circuitry. It has a low and high gain switch and both balanced and single ended outputs and you can check the status of the device through the glass window (Has 2 LED lights). I got a red leather case for it from another audio website and with it on it looks even classier and doesnt get too warm (very different to another dongle DAC that I own the iFi go bar Kensei which becomes too hot to touch).
As far as sound goes it sounds great so far I have tried it with all of my IEMs (64 Audio Volur; Sennheiser IE900; Meze Audio Advar, Dita Audio Project M, Dunu Falcon Ultra, and Oriveti OD200). Both Dita Audio Project M (my favorite IEMs at the moment - not sure why no one is talking about these) and 64 Audio Volur sounded very very good while using this DAC. I listen to all kinds of music EDM, Rock, Metal. I use Tidal as my primary music delivery platform and have been listening to my playlists for a couple of hours. I know the review period for these so far has been quite short but compared to other more expensive Dongle DACs I own this sounds and looks great. If you need a plug and play no fuss device for HiFi lossless on the go and in a tiny form factor then look no further. I also feel that its priced right. I would give this 5 stars.

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with the Questyle M15i. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we strive to provide the best service possible. We are glad to hear that the product has met your expectations and that you are satisfied with its design and performance.