[Shane D]

Maybe a good match for my rs2e. Need something warm/mellow. Not to bright

Would you use those a mobile headphone? Or just something to move around the house with?

 

[Stevko]

Would you use those a mobile headphone? Or just something to move around the house with?

around in the house. My tr-amp sounds good. But needs charging

 

[musicday]

Is good to see the dongle industry going at high speed forward. Lotoo and L&P probably want to keep up with this soon.

 

[rodel808]

Looks like the highest power delivery dongle...all the goodies are there...300mW on SE just beat the hip dac.

Price is similar to PAW S2, looks like a great thing done by the iFi.

The Centrance DacPort HD still holds the title at 337mW @ 33ohm measured by a 3rd party. Although Centrance says it does 775mW but doesn't say under what load.

I already have ifi xcan but somehow I want that limited gold bar edition haha.

 

[CANiSLAYu]

Just L&P W2 without display, does it offer anything better?

XBass+, X-space, IEMatch built in. This thing is basically a shrunk down version of the $750 iDSD Micro Signature without the battery and RCA line out. Pretty cool.

Edit: the RCAs are output, not input.

 

[soundblast75]

I don't see this being available from the 20th May anywhere, did they mean next year?

 

[CANiSLAYu]

Bloom Audio has them and also on Amazon sold by ListenUp if you’re in the US. Audio46 was supposed to have theirs but they got held up in Customs, but they’re available for preorder on their site.

 

[soundblast75]

UK where it should be easy lolololol

 

[corgifall]

I’m bummed I don’t see Bluetooth but this is best you can do dongle wise IMO that has all the great hardware based iFfy features. This seems like a good replacement for the hip DAC or for those who are hardcore wired people.

 

[Otto Motor]

Go Bar pricings...

USA: $329 USD

Canada: $480 CAD

Canadian price is about a $57 (CAD) premium at today's exchange rate. Why is ifi Audio gear so expensive in Canada?

 

[NymPHONOmaniac]

Interesting, i would like to compare this dongle to Jcally JM20, which perhaps use same cirrus DAC....but its sure less powerfull.
Right now my fav mid tier dongle is Questyle M15. This is the real beast to beat. Sound benefit wise, it will be a hard task!

 

[peterinvan]

Would be interesting to hear how this compares sound-wise to the Zen DAC, the Hip DAC, Gryphon, and the GO Blu. So many products, hard to know which one is exactly right for me.

Also: Cayin RU6 comparison (another expensive balanced dongle).

 

[zolom]

How does it sound compared with the iFi Go Blu? Using good over ear and in ear?

Thanks

 

[r31ya]

That is a very high power for a dongle that runs off the "external" smartphone battery. For laptop shouldn't be a problem, but not sure if iPhone can handle it when you push the volume higher. Curious to see measurements of current draw when connected to smartphone.

Fiio KA3 which relatively have less power compared to Go Bar already hit powerdraw upper limit from iphone lightning port. So yeah, gimped on iPhone

Apparently there is a work around on android USB-C out.
But yeah, depend on the amp and power efficiency used, it might draw 1000 mAh per hour or more.

To note, Shanling UA5 dongle actually have small battery inside the dongle to get a hybrid mode to have more power efficient high power mode.

 

[AudioAndCoffee]

Will be very glad to buy if the 4.4 does not hiss with campfire.