iFi Audio xDSD Portable Headphone Amp & DAC Type C

Excellent product. Super-quick delivery from Audiologica.

Buy this!

I have spent 5x this on portable D\A units that do less than this including the Chord Mojo and Poly and the Hugo. This beats them both hands down in every way. Its small easy to use and does a great job driving both my Bose earbuds and Focal Utopia headphones.

Good, not great.

I recommend it as a very good sounding DAC for use with a computer and Tidal. I'm not sure its worth $400. I have a Meridian Explorer2 that cost $150 and sounds just as good when connected to a computer and listening to MQA files on Tidal.

My first portable dac/amp and LOVE IT!

This is my first portable DAC/AMP. I am super pleased with the sound quality and the power output. My Fostex TX-00 Ebony's sound absolutely fantastic with this unit! The bluetooth feature is the best. Especially with the new integrated MQA components. This is easy to use and connects to my smartphone rather quickly. Great purchase. Thanks!!

a cracking little DAc/Amp (better than the MOJO by miles)

Although the case and form factor is a little unorthodox, the actual DAC and its performance are 1st class. For me this beats the Mojo hands down for headphone performance, its much livlier and snappier. connections are aplenty and although some say you can connect this to a source and headphones vis bluetooth, ive found that you can only connect to a source (phone digital player) it simply wont connect to bluetooth headphones. it charges very quickly and battery life is reasonable. it does have this annoying habit of enabling the bass boost when switched on, even if you have previously switched it off. On that subject the bass boost isnt bad if needed, but dont bother with the 3d sound setting.. its just weird. as a headphone dac ive yet to find anything to beat it ... MoreAlthough the case and form factor is a little unorthodox, the actual DAC and its performance are 1st class. For me this beats the Mojo hands down for headphone performance, its much livlier and snappier. connections are aplenty and although some say you can connect this to a source and headphones vis bluetooth, ive found that you can only connect to a source (phone digital player) it simply wont connect to bluetooth headphones. it charges very quickly and battery life is reasonable. it does have this annoying habit of enabling the bass boost when switched on, even if you have previously switched it off. On that subject the bass boost isnt bad if needed, but dont bother with the 3d sound setting.. its just weird. as a headphone dac ive yet to find anything to beat it ( ive tried the mojo/oppo ha2se/creative x5/ Schiit) as a system dac its less obvious, but it still performs well enough for me.

xDSD rocks with HiFiman headphones

Purchased to play high quality audio through HiFiman headphones sourced from a Pioneer DAP, this open box sale item performs flawlessly with 16/44 through 24/192 audio tracks. It excels with the challenging impedance load of the headphones. Source applications were the Pioneer supplied app and Roon app. The Roon app wouldnt play higher sample rates than 24/48 on Android, but played everything when used on an iPad Pro with the xDSD (it just plugs in with the Apple USB-C camera adaptor kit). Brilliant piece of kit, highly recommended!