[Tano]

I think theres some confussion here.
About the the xbass 2 it says that one is for bass and the "presence" is for upper midrange, which makes no sense at all for a bass boost, plus I the official website this mornig said that it was for low and midbass, which would be more logical.
It would be nice if Ifi could clarify this. Thanks.

Heres a screenshot of it before they changed it.

 

[asifur]

Wow, beautiful device

looking forward to your review

 

[Sebastien Chiu]

Can we use Gryphon as a DAC only? the line-out spec says 3.7V variable. Is it fine to just max it out or we need to set it to 2V somehow?

Let me double check this for you.

I think theres some confussion here.
About the the xbass 2 it says that one is for bass and the "presence" is for upper midrange, which makes no sense at all for a bass boost, plus I the official website this mornig said that it was for low and midbass, which would be more logical.
It would be nice if Ifi could clarify this. Thanks.

Heres a screenshot of it before they changed it.

Correct, it is for low and midbass and not midrange. That would have been a typo on our part as xBass does not affect anything else other than low frequencies.

 

[InvisibleInk]

I think theres some confussion here.
About the the xbass 2 it says that one is for bass and the "presence" is for upper midrange, which makes no sense at all for a bass boost, plus I the official website this mornig said that it was for low and midbass, which would be more logical.
It would be nice if Ifi could clarify this. Thanks.

Heres a screenshot of it before they changed it.

This is what the xBass does to the frequency response on the xCan. Bass in blue. Midrange "presence" in red. Black is off for both.

Source: https://www.hifinews.com/content/ifi-audio-xcan-portable-headphone-amp-sidebar-bigger-bass

 

[Arghavan]

This is what the xBass does to the frequency response on the xCan. Bass in blue. Midrange "presence" in red. Black is off for both.



Source: https://www.hifinews.com/content/ifi-audio-xcan-portable-headphone-amp-sidebar-bigger-bass

I'll definitely consider that "presence" midrange then. I wish the peak was somewhere near 100~200 range

 

[Tano]

This is what the xBass does to the frequency response on the xCan. Bass in blue. Midrange "presence" in red. Black is off for both.



Source: https://www.hifinews.com/content/ifi-audio-xcan-portable-headphone-amp-sidebar-bigger-bass

Thanks! Ifi manager just said its not for the midrange. More confussion haha.

 

[sneill321]

@ Sebastian,

Your website listing for this product advises "iFi’s ‘Bluetooth engine’ can also be updated over-the-air, so future codecs may be added "

Question - Can the Qualcomm QCC5100 chip support aptX Lossless?

I don't see it mentioned in this Qualcomm link: Qualcomm QC5*** link or perhaps i missed it?

Thanks in advance, looks like a really nice portable amp/dac btw.

 

[killaHz]

What specs are you looking for?
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You know, I was wrong. Although iFi doesn't typically post noise and distortion numbers, the website does list a .005 THD/N number for the Gryphon.

I'm too much of a clean signal fetishist for that to work for me, but at least they're trying.

 

[Pcppps]

I want to use it for desktop use sometimes but going to use it for Bluetooth for most of the time. So this one uses the same blue tooth arrangement as go blu?

 

[AlwaysForward]

Dang this thing looks like they're gonna need to make a lot of 'em

 

[gto88]

Nice, l like the display on it.

 

[HansBarbarossa]

looking forward to your review

Thanks my friend. Just looking forward to meeting this hand some

 

[koinmove]

hi, no 4.4 and 3.5 lineout?

 

[MarkParity]

hi, no 4.4 and 3.5 lineout?

Literally on the same page, read the thread.

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/xdsd-gryphon-birth-of-a-‘head-fi’-legend.960502/post-16646537

 

[ClieOS]

@ Sebastian,

Your website listing for this product advises "iFi’s ‘Bluetooth engine’ can also be updated over-the-air, so future codecs may be added "

Question - Can the Qualcomm QCC5100 chip support aptX Lossless?

I don't see it mentioned in this Qualcomm link: Qualcomm QC5*** link or perhaps i missed it?

Thanks in advance, looks like a really nice portable amp/dac btw.

Technically aptx Lossless is built upon the same codec as aptx Adaptive, thus any Qualcomm SoC that support aptx Adaptive should be able to support aptX Lossless. Then again, I think it also largely depends on Qualcomm to release the firmware to make sure this will work 100%. Don't think iFi can do much about that.