iFi Audio Hip-dac Portable DAC Headphone Amp Balanced for Android, iPhone

1 Year Warranty by iFi Malaysia
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iFi Audio Hip DAC

Product Highlight:

• PORTABLE DESIGN – Your music will never stop with up to 12 hrs of battery life and a slim, lightweight design perfect for carrying in your pocket wherever life takes you

• HIGH RESOLUTION AUDIO – From Spotify to Tidal MQA to MP3 and beyond, play any high res audio format with native digital to analog conversion so you can listen to any song the way the original recording was intended

• POWERFUL AMPLIFIER – Suited to your style, listen to in ear monitors or drive over the ear headphones with 400 mW max power output from the on-board amplifier

• EASY CONNECTIVITY – Connects directly to your smartphone with the USB Input, and works with balanced 4.4mm or S-Bal 3.5mm headphone plugs for ultimate convenience and versatility

• HIGH TECH – Power Match and XBass offer adjustable analog enhancements to customize your listening experience without compromising the digital conversion

Product Description:

iFi HIP DAC

Smartly dressed in petrol blue with a touch of copper, the go-anywhere hip-dac is designed to slip discretely into a pocket and offers an extensive hi-res specification. The hip-dac replaces the inferior DAC (Digital-to-Analogue Convertor) and amp circuitry in smartphones, tablets, PCs and Macs to vastly improve headphone sound. Its design and performance set it apart from other DAC/headphone amps in its class – connect your playback device via USB, plug in your favourite corded headphones or in-ear monitors and the hip-dac delivers a sound brimming with bold dynamism and fluid refinement, effortlessly engaging the listener with all manner of music. The hip-dac’s 2200mAh battery lasts for around eight to 12 hours of playing time, depending on volume level and how power-hungry the connected headphones are. In the home, in the office, on a train or plane – the hip-dac is the music lover’s inseparable friend.

USB ports

There are two USB ports – Type A for audio data and USB-C for charging. The Type A input features a ‘male’ connector, rather than a typical ‘female’ port. This provides greater mechanical integrity than USB/Micro USB ports.. This is an advantage for iPhone and iPad users, because it accepts Apple’s Lightning to USB Camera Adaptor directly without requiring an additional female-to-male USB adaptor. (The Camera Adapter is required to connect Apple iOS devices to third-party USB devices.)

Why Balanced?

Truly balanced circuits consist of both channels fully separated and mirrored, thus require twice as many parts versus single-ended designs. That’s why balanced solutions are inherently more complex, twice as costly to develop and far more difficult to implement. That’s also the main reason why they normally reserved for the ultra high-end audio components sold for four or five figures.

Switchable Gain

The amp stage features switchable gain, which iFi terms PowerMatch. This matches the level of drive to the load presented by the headphones, by adjusting input sensitivity and thereby signal strength. With high-sensitivity headphone types such as in-ear monitors, leave PowerMatch at its lower setting for ultra-low-noise performance. But if your headphones require more drive – most on/over-ear types, for example – press the PowerMatch button on the front panel to increase gain.

Specifications

• DSD256/128/64, Octa/Quad/Double/Single-Speed DSD DXD(384/352.8kHz),

• PCM(384/352.8/192/176.4/96/88.2/48/44.1kHz)

• MQAFormats supported:

• DSD256/128/64, Octa/Quad/Double/Single-Speed DSD DXD(384/352.8kHz),

• PCM(384/352.8/192/176.4/96/88.2/48/44.1kHz)

• MQA

Digital Inputs:

• USB 3.0 type ’A’

• High-Speed Asynchronous USB 2.0, (32bit/384kHz)

In the box:

1x iFi Audio Hip-dac Portable DAC

1x Type c male cable 

1x USB female cable 

1x USB male cable