[qsk78]

From ifi-audio.com:
"For those ‘hissy’ IEMs, use the 3.5mm S-Balanced. Enjoy all the benefits of balanced from your single-ended connection."

Thanks. I have one 3.5 mm 4 pole TRRS jack somewhere...will put it on

 

[qsk78]

Yes, that helped. 3.5 mm TRRS is almost 0 hissing at low gain. Nice!

 

[Ynot1]

Interesting as I made a couple of single ended earphones with mics to 3.5mm balance by tweaking the mic wiring on the right side. If the mic is on the left side then this is not possible; and if the mic enclosure is glued in then it's more work than reward in my opinion.

So the Hip Dac has single ended, 3.5mm balanced, and 4.4mm pentacon supported. I think it's the only one that does that.

Edit: I confirmed the 3.5mm in single ended and balance is supported.
Correction: on left side mic, if you use a ctia converter then it may be possible.

 

[qsk78]

Do you guys know if you can keep Hip DAC connected to the power supply for a long period of time? Will it go into "desktop" mode like his elder brothers?
For the next two weeks I will be far from my desktop system, so Hip Dac will be the only DAC with me. Don't want to kill the battery.

@iFi audio could you please clarify? Thanks.

 

[Gamerlingual]

Do you guys know if you can keep Hip DAC connected to the power supply for a long period of time? Will it go into "desktop" mode like his elder brothers?
For the next two weeks I will be far from my desktop system, so Hip Dac will be the only DAC with me. Don't want to kill the battery.

@iFi audio could you please clarify? Thanks.

Battery will be killed. But I’m sure you can use it for a long time for sure

 

[qsk78]

Well, we need ifi audio to clarify.
Their other devices like micro idsd bl, xDSD have a desktop mode when they keep the battery charged around 80% (if I'm not mistaking) all the time when connected to Power supply.

 

[Luke Skywalker]

Anyone find a good 2.5f to 4.4m adapter to use with this?

Are you sure you don't mean 2.5f to 3.5m male? I use one of those to connect my JH Lola's 2.5m balanced male cable to the 3.5m balanced on the xDSD https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0828KB38L/

*edit* whoops - I see that you're talking just about the Hip-Dac, not the xDSD. Brain is on Friday mode already...

 

[Ynot1]

I used this one, and the connection is not the most secure but got the job done. It was the cheapest I could find. There are more expensive ones out there.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32991201529.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.48794c4dSjKvNh

I'm wondering if the cabled one would be better giving some forgiveness to the jack on the Hip Dac.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/330...8#3325#10_668#2846#8114#717_668#2717#7567#903

 

[iFi audio]

Well, we need ifi audio to clarify.
Their other devices like micro idsd bl, xDSD have a desktop mode when they keep the battery charged around 80% (if I'm not mistaking) all the time when connected to Power supply.

In case of hip-dac, it doesn't matter whether it's powered on before or after connecting to a PC. hip-dac was designed to run exclusively on its battery.

 

[Gamerlingual]

In case of hip-dac, it doesn't matter whether it's powered on before or after connecting to a PC. hip-dac was designed to run exclusively on its battery.

Seems counterproductive to not be able to use it while charging when the battery is low, especially with the battery not working as advertised with half of it being eaten up. I just feel like I got screwed with false advertising and does nothing to rectify the LOW battery issues it outputs

 

[iFi audio]

Seems counterproductive to not be able to use it while charging when the battery is low

Have you tried charging and using it at the same time?

 

[Poganin]

Have you tried charging and using it at the same time?

Is it allowed? I've seen your posts here on multiple occasions saying that it's not something that should be done, but you have never explained the reason why you discourage such use of the hip-dac.

 

[iFi audio]

Is it allowed? I've seen your posts here on multiple occasions saying that it's not something that should be done, but you have never explained the reason why you discourage such use of the hip-dac.

During charging you might get some background noise, which is why it's best to charge and not listen at the same time, but this won't damage hip-dac.

 

[Gamerlingual]

During charging you might get some background noise, which is why it's best to charge and not listen at the same time, but this won't damage hip-dac.

I'll have it on low gain if that's the case. Don't mind a couple of minor compromises as long as I can listen and charge. I'll check back later.

 

[Gamerlingual]

During charging you might get some background noise, which is why it's best to charge and not listen at the same time, but this won't damage hip-dac.

Ok. I CAN confirm that the ifi HIP DAC is able to charge AND be played at the same time. I am using my Sony IER-Z1R earphones and detect no background noise using the 4.4mm balanced cable in both low and high Gain modes. So at least with these earphones I CAN confirm there is no problem and no detriment to the listening experience. That makes me glad that this can become my keeper and my mini desktop amp, period, if the Sony TA-ZH1ES one doesn't carry through. This puts a smile on my face and it sounds REAL good. Ok, so despite the short battery, I can enjoy this fully in any capacity. So I suggest others try and use whatever cans, IEM's you have. Cheers!