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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- Get iFi Go Bar from E1 Personal Audio at discounted price:
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00:00 Greetings
00:14 Build & Features
03:50 Configuration
08:46 Functions & Controls
10:26 MQA Functions
13:11 xBass+
15:01 xSpace
16:41 Sound Filters
18:55 Sound Impressions
22:30 Synergy & Power
24:54 Comparisons
27:12 Comparison Table
29:45 Conclusions
32:56 Important Notes
Corrections for 27:13 Comparison Table, Questyle M15 has native MQA Suport
The one review i was waiting for since long time the ifi go bar .... From #dongledacmadness i meen everytime i wana know a dongledac i this was my first choice 👍🏻 i am really happy you came back ... And didn't just come back the videos are coming constantly . Great job thankyou... Now i can watch this video after coment 🤣
Very nice review. Well explained 🙌
iFi always the brand I love.
Very functional yet enjoyable and not just audiophile friendly.
One day… one day… ;)
Very nice! Thank you very much! Astell&Kern HC3 is out now, could you add it to the incoming dongles list!
Thanks! HC3 is soon. Please check my primary #donglemadness site for progress of incoming dongles
🔥🔥🔥 Yeah!!!
Great indepth review as always.. seems like DACport is still the king, long live the king!
King Kong, lol
can you review the new ifi uno and ifi Go Link ? they seem interesting, they use ESS chips but so far people say they sound rich and musical.
That's my plan too. Stay tuned!
Great video as always. I've purchased the ifi go bar and I have an issue that the music stops for a split second when opening an app while tidal is playing. I've also had bad screeching sound randomly, however changing tracks will fix the screech for awhile. I've download USBAPP and all the issues have disappeared. Does your music stop for a split second when opening an app? Not sure if I should send this back for a replacement. Using with s21 exynos.
Thanks Rob. I never had that issues on Tidal MQA be in on my Sony Xperia 1 iV or Xiaomi Mi9T, or even on my laptop. You should try your Go Bar on another host to see if the issue is consistent, if yes then you should file a replacement
@AndyAudioVault I really appreciate the reply. I tested it on my samsung tablet and wife's a52 with same results. Windows pc is OK. I'm sending it back for a replacement. Thank again.
Hi Andy thx for great review 👍, how it compares to hiby dc04 pro in sound quality for iems, are they comparable? the difference in price is huge😊
Thanks, if you look at the overall ranking order on my site, you will know which one is superior. DC04Pro I must admit will have slight advantages over iFi GO Bar in terms of resolution and imaging. Otherwise they are both 5 Stars
@@donglemadness thanks Andy👍😀
Can you please review the new iFi GO bar Kensei? Would like to know if the Kensei is any real improvement over the much cheaper original, iFi Go Bar.
It is in my wish list, but no promise when, Kensei cost a fortune just for me to test. Thanks
Hello Andy. Because I can't listen to English, when evaluating each product, can you write more reviews on your website?
Perhaps what I can do, is to enable a more accurate subtitle to my videos which can help with UA-cam translation to other languages. But I will consider your suggestions, I wish to make my contents easy to understand by anyone from anywhere
@@donglemadness Thank you so much.
Hey, do u plan on reviewing the shanling ua3 soon?
Yes. It will be in January 2023. You can keep updated with the incoming dongles progress from my primary #donglemadness site
Hello Andy, would you say that the iFi Go Bar with X-Space enabled can compete with the wide spaciousness of Link2Bal? Thanks!
Yes, and a bit more because depending on what sort of IEMs or Earbuds we talking about, it could also improve the sense of surround spatial imaging
Thank You Sir. Do you know if ifi will run with Poweramp player Android. How does it compare with ibasso dc05 pro, Fiio Q11 and Fiio ka5 pro. Ilike sound of Cirrus logic but my Xiaomi Redmi note 12 with Stylequest M15 out performs my Astell&Kern SR-25 mk2. I appreciate the M15 because of its sound and no fuss, no battery and no volume. I would love to obtain a Cirrus logic dongle to pare or excel the Stylequest. Do you think the Go bar is the as compared aforementioned dongle...price to sound ability. Thank You Sir in advance if You answer and kind regards ❤️
I think it is best not to put it that way that you want to hear Cirrus Logic sound. You see, any DAC can have native sound signature but when it has been implemented by different manufacturer, the tuning itself may sound different. Even Cirrus Logic has two distinctive streams of sound tuning of which it can be analytical, slightly colored Hi-Fi sort of sound, or truthfully neutral flat which is more transparent. In this case, the tuning for iFi GO Bar is favors a more neutral alignment which has organic touch to it. So it would in fact appear not as Hi-Fi sounding as Questyle M15, but it also means that GO Bar will be a bit smoother with timbre temperament as opposed to M15 focus on crisp edges. Ultimately the deciding factor is what will you be using them with?, a DAC/Amp can only be judged with what you connect them to, as they cannot output a sound without a listening device of course, and the end state of a sound is largely controlled by the listening device itself. Synergy plays huge role here, I don't have KA5 yet so I cannot compare. With Q11, GO Bar has a bit more or organic touch to it while Q11 is denser with note weight
Mr. Andi, since you have all these high-end DAC, when you playing hi-res music, do you really feels the difference between 16-bit flac and 24-bit flac and how big the difference is it?
Within the limit of my own listening ability, I cannot differentiate between 16 or 24bit lossless FLAC, I can't speak for others as they may have better sensitivity to sonic resonances. IMO, it also depends on the source, the majority of my music was designated for CD 44/16 format and encoding it to anything higher than 16bit wouldn't make any difference. However I admit that Audiophile specific mastered records which were intended for Hi-Fi listening may contain more micro dynamics which could benefit from higher resolution. That's my 2 cents
@@donglemadness i got it.
I just read an article about MQA files: "Rather than being a new file type to sit alongside FLAC, WAV et al, MQA files can instead be packaged inside any lossless container such as FLAC, WAV or Apple Lossless.".
So i just downloaded some Master labelled music from Tidal, i guess the files are packaged with MQA codec inside, altough the format name still seen as FLAC.
My question is, what will i lose if i play it with DAC non-MQA support such as iBasso DC-03 pro?
will it become pure flac format sound or maybe ends up like playing ordinary lossy mp3 file or even worse?
@@roleasahuman I have played Tidal MQA Masters many times with non MQA dongles, they are played as would be expected of FLAC level of quality, which means the decoding is still dependent on how competent the DAC renders the source. I believe the true benefit of MQA Masters, to contain any micro dynamics that could exist in the original Master sources which would normally be limited by CD format. My point is, you would still find a basic FLAC will sound as good as most MQA tracks, especially if they were originally mastered for CD format. MQA will truly be superior if it is used as a vessel to ship anything extra in the recordings that consumer CD resolution can't
@@roleasahuman I do not think this article description is correct and seems to be marketing type. MQA is a lossy format. Unless you subscribe to Tidal there is no reason to listen to lossy formats today. Goldensound video 480k views: ua-cam.com/video/pRjsu9-Vznc/v-deo.html
@@iamgrootreal not marketing at all.
he said that even a basic FLAC format will sound as good as the so called MQA files. This alone already answered my question as i also didn't expecting him to bashing MQA capability here.
Now i already have some good flac files of my fav musics & decent iem, now i'm searching for a decent DAC to deliver good, smooth and clean signal to my earphone. No, i'm not expecting it to delivers the sound that i've never heard before lol, but i expecting it to give me a lovely sound that give us emotional impact when listening to the song, If there's any budget DAC for this. As we know, android phone audio chip is just..
Do you recommend this over the Questyle M15? DMS thought the M15 is a "one and done" for mobile and desktop, Go Bar has more power and I'm looking to drive Drop + Dan Clark Audio Aeon Closed X via both desktop and mobile. Good to go with iFi Go Bar or spend less and go for iBasso DC04Pro?
another subject: Do you recommend any bluetooth dongles like the iFi Go blu?
Moving from M15 to GO Bar is like a lateral move, not up nor down. They are both 5 stars rated dongles and the one that separates them would be the extra features GO Bar offers, do you need them? M15 already have the ability to drive very stubborn Fostex T40RP MK3, I can't imagine Closed X to be harder. On the other hand, for most usage I will also recommend iBasso DC04Pro as it offers the most value out of them all at such insane low price
@@donglemadness Thank you so much for the quick reply. Trying not to spend too much as my older TempoTec Sonata HD PRO doesn't get to the volume I desire.
The DC04Pro may just be the answer at half the price. May look pre-owned for the GO Bar, would like the features you've pointed out and not look back, is it significantly superior?
@@kontrolenthusiast1099 Feature wise, yes iFi Go Bar is the king, the ability to tune the sound can be really useful. Significantly superior? no. At this level of quality, for the most part the differences between top dongles are marginal at best, we are talking about the rule of diminishing returns here, just like many other hobbies
How does Jcally JM10 compare with Ifi Go? Which has more punch and power?
iFi Go Bar has denser note weight and resolution compared against JM10, but really close. If you looking for punch, iBasso DC03Pro and Tempotec E44 has them in spades, even more with A&K PEE51
@@donglemadness Thanks The DCO3Pro is tempting
I have learned that this dongle needs high host power?
Can I use it with my PC?
Processor: Intel I5 11th gen(11500)
Mo-bo: Gigabyte B560M DS3H V2
Yes. What it need is in fact a stable USB3.0. And I actually use Go Bar mostly on my Android phone with USB 3.0 running USB Exclusive mode. On PC definitely not an issue at all
@@donglemadness I had another question in my mind.
I do enjoy listening to Rock and metal music sometimes. Is IFI GO BAR the appropriate dongle for it?
@@mohammadratul7921 Yes absolutely. I listens to Metal music 80% of the time
Hip dac 3 vs go bar?
I would not know how they compare as I haven't tried Hip DAC 3 yet
M15 supports MQA
Thanks, I forgot about it since I use M15 all the time with HiBy FLAC local files
I hope you don't mind, dan dengan segala rasa hormat, bass Is pronounced like base, if you pronounce like 'bahs' the way you do, it's like, macem ikan air tawar.. Sorry, English is a stupid language. 😂🙏
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Looks like an expensive version of the Lotoo PAW S1.