An Audiophile in Seattle "Smooth Operator, ifi HIP DAC 3!" 

*UPDATE 4/23

I got my hip dac 3 for $135. Loving its performance so far!

Upscaled your PCM to DSD, you will hear the depth with this HD3!

Haven't seen the video yet, but I liked it anyway as I know I will

looks like one of those containers you put alcohol in…

Cost effective and small in size can't beat it !!!

Serafino Generation 2°

It’s very interesting that you mention the timbre comparison. I’m currently on the lookout for a good dac, not necessarily portable but preferably usb powered. I’ve had the Mojo 1 for a long time but it’s conked out recently. I want to mostly use my Beyerdynamic Amiron Home full size headphones, and am more attracted by realistic timbre compared to a technically better resolution. What in your opinion is a good dac purely for realistic/ natural/ lifelike timbre, portable or otherwise but usb powered preferably. Thanks in advance!

How do the ifi hip dac 3 vs the fiio ka 17 ?

The Hi-Res 96 kHz 24 bits Sharkoon Gaming DAC Pro S is prefect for me with a AKG K240 MKII and costs 6x less... While waiting for someone to decide to create a protocol allowing FLAC to be transmitted via Bluetooth 5.x, there is also Sony and its LDAC codec (96 kHz, 990 kbit/s) which works very well with headphones like the WH-1000XM3, plus it works under Linux.

I wonder what you'd think about the Chord Mojo 2? It's supposed to be pretty good...

How is this compered to ifi go bar kensei?

no rain today nice lol 😅

Has anyone here tried the ddhifi USB C to Coax with iPhone?.. if so were you pleased with the results.

Hey Paul! Will definitely be watching out for your Gryphon review 😎

Burn it in?.?