[Gamerlingual]

Get the hip dac. Less money and you still get solid performance for $200+ less

 

[Death_Block]

Had the ifi OG hip DAC for a month now. For music and gamesl from ROG laptop. With the HD700 it's turned games into a new level of immersion. Stepped up from just stock laptop sound. And now the Mrs can watch TV uninterrupted.
The hip DAC is very very impressive down low, the grumble in games now ads alot. Music wise, it's quite a warm sound from it, pairs excellent with the senns. All for £130. I see no need for upgrade. It's velcro to the laptop lid. Perfect.

 

[iFi audio]

Had the ifi OG hip DAC for a month now. For music and gamesl from ROG laptop. With the HD700 it's turned games into a new level of immersion. Stepped up from just stock laptop sound. And now the Mrs can watch TV uninterrupted.
The hip DAC is very very impressive down low, the grumble in games now ads alot. Music wise, it's quite a warm sound from it, pairs excellent with the senns. All for £130. I see no need for upgrade. It's velcro to the laptop lid. Perfect.

Awesome, thank you and enjoy!

I’m thinking of picking up the GO Bar. I do like my xDSD but I’m not a huge fan of the socket USB connector and my HiBy FC5 doesn’t enough power to drive my Audeze LCD-2s

In your case GO Bar is a nice detour if you can live with a portable yet powerful device that takes juice from your smartphone

 

[KeyboardCowboy]

Hi,

I am considering picking up a hip-dac 2 for mobile device/laptop usage, but have a question regarding the balanced output. I have a pair of V-MODA M-200 that came with a 3.5mm single sided balanced cable. I'm wondering how I can use it with the hip-dac 2 balanced output. I see ifi has an adapter that's 3.5mm to 4.4 but that looks like it's so you can use regular single ended headphones with the balanced output. Does that adapter also work with a 3.5mm single sided balanced connection? If not, does anyone know of an adapter that would actually be balanced and not convert to single ended?

Thanks

 

[Death_Block]

If the cable isn't balanced, the adapter is futile. Does that help?
Ps, the hip DAC is fantastic to stick to the lid of a laptop. I do the same. I use small velcro stripe.

 

[Deleeh]

Hello,
Unfortunately not.
I asked Ify at the time and they said you still get the power from the 3.5 mm output.
The adapter is good if you have to convert, if the socket is defective or if you want to be a bit more flexible.

You need a cable for the VModa that connects to the headphones on top and the Pentacon plug to connect to the Hip Dac.
Only then do you have the full power from the symmetrical range.

 

[iFi audio]

The adapter is good if you have to convert, if the socket is defective or if you want to be a bit more flexible.

That's a spot on, thanks!

 

[Luke Skywalker]

I just received my Gryphon and I am completely blown away. It brings out sound in my Audeze LCD-2 that I've never heard even after owning them for years. I recently picked up the Monarch Mk2 and felt like they were average. "Child in Me" by Lisa Simone and "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce (Tidal Master) sound incredible.

 

[iFi audio]

I just received my Gryphon and I am completely blown away. It brings out sound in my Audeze LCD-2 that I've never heard even after owning them for years. I recently picked up the Monarch Mk2 and felt like they were average. "Child in Me" by Lisa Simone and "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce (Tidal Master) sound incredible.

Thanks, xDSD Gryphon is something special indeed

 

[YAK22]

Has anyone come up with a more graceful way to plug their Hip Dac 2 into an iphone with a lightning port aside from the CCK? (camera connection kit)

The issue I have is that I often try to slide the phone and hip dac into my pocket with the volume pot upward. But the CCK "loop" (from phone to dac) sticks out and prevents the devices from really sitting in my pocket very well, plus the CCK sure seems to take a lot of the stress when using it this way. I was hoping to find something better suited to this use. I cant seem to figure out any viable options for this. TIA!

 

[FatihEnes]

Has anyone come up with a more graceful way to plug their Hip Dac 2 into an iphone with a lightning port aside from the CCK? (camera connection kit)

The issue I have is that I often try to slide the phone and hip dac into my pocket with the volume pot upward. But the CCK "loop" (from phone to dac) sticks out and prevents the devices from really sitting in my pocket very well, plus the CCK sure seems to take a lot of the stress when using it this way. I was hoping to find something better suited to this use. I cant seem to figure out any viable options for this. TIA!

I don’t have one, but je ddHifi MFi06F cable looks good. Maybe give it a try?

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[jeejack]

Has anyone come up with a more graceful way to plug their Hip Dac 2 into an iphone with a lightning port aside from the CCK? (camera connection kit)

The issue I have is that I often try to slide the phone and hip dac into my pocket with the volume pot upward. But the CCK "loop" (from phone to dac) sticks out and prevents the devices from really sitting in my pocket very well, plus the CCK sure seems to take a lot of the stress when using it this way. I was hoping to find something better suited to this use. I cant seem to figure out any viable options for this. TIA!

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[YAK22]

I don’t have one, but je ddHifi MFi06F cable looks good. Maybe give it a try?

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That appears to be too similar to the Apple version and will have the same issues. Thanks for the suggestion though!

 

[YAK22]

https://a.aliexpress.com/_EuPC5vn

This link didnt work, can you provide the info a different way? It came up as a page not found.

 

[jeejack]

This link didnt work, can you provide the info a different way? It came up as a page not found.

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