New school Dap Hiby R6 iii and old school iem Sony XBA-N3 which I consider to be still very relevant for top sound quality today, in fact it is these iem's that led me to my preferred iem tuning, I also have 7Hz Zero 2's and Symphonium Meteor iem's and all three measure very close together but all have different ways of delivering that audio to my eardrum.
Here’s what precogvision had to say about the XBA-N3 : Sinfully addictive tuning hampered only by a slight lack of detail and imaging performance
Finalised portable lineup. A lot easier than having 8 or so little DAP's in rotation.
Hiby RS2, ACMEE MF02s, Shanling M5s, Shanling M0 Pro, Topping NX7, KAEI TAP-2.
EDIT: LOL the pic got squished. What the eff head-fi...
https://ifi-audio.com/products/go-blu/ GO blu Weights 26 grams. SBC, AAC, aptX and low latency aptX, LDAC and HWA/LDAC, aptX Adaptive and apex HD. Priced at $199.00
https://ifi-audio.com/products/go-bar/ GO bar has PCM up to 32-bit/384kHz via USB, native playback up to DSD256, 2DXD, Full MQA decoding. Priced at $329.00
The $59.00 GO link went ahead to solidify what I was beginning to think was the ifi sound. Basically smooth as butter. Nice low-end here, and even slightly more density than the GO blu in Bluetooth mode. Yet that’s the thing……….the GO blu is used two ways……one a USB TypeC DAC wired (with all the sound density provided by wired) and a Bluetooth Amplifier that basically plays every codec. In Bluetooth mode it was easy to sync-up to your phone and away you go. Seemingly almost weighing nothing at 26 grams, it goes in your shirt pocket and offers a louder than heck amp for full-size headphones or IEMs. Probably the one difference with using it in Bluetooth mode was you lost that final end frequency of sub bass, but the stage and clarity was wonderful, still continuing to broadcast the ifi signature sound and stage. Such a sound is on the warmer side of the street, yet has clarity due to resolution. And finally the GO bar a Dongle that takes the place at the top of all Dongles, both in price and power.
Where still I found familiarity amongst the three and could totally hear how they are made by the same company.
Here the GO link with Apple IOS Adapter
As you can see there is considerable size differences.
Even with its smaller size the GO link powers full-size headphones. And while adequate and full sounding, not super super loud, but in a quality way.
What was really special here today was the over all tone of the GO blu and the fact that it on the other hand (than the GO link) gets insanely loud with full-size headphones. The GO blu has its own battery offering up to 10 hours of playback and a 40 minute charge time. The best was that you could place it in your front pocket and travel about, especially with IEMs, the cable coming out of the GO blu pouch and controlling everything with your phone.
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