Thanks for the great review! I currently own the hip dac 1 and I love the warm sound compared to my Qudelix 5K which I use for my wireless needs. Would you recommend upgrading the hip dac 1 to 3?
It’s silly that a device this large and expensive has no BT when their cheaper GoBlu has it. So much of that case must be dead space with such a short battery life. Qudelix 5k is half the price and 1/4 the size with more features. Womp womp iFi.
Bluetooth kinda defeats the purpose of a dac. Digital to Analog Converter. So you want to convert the digital signal to analog and then convert it back to digital? 🤔
no... the analogue output is the amp.. the bluetooth signal, tho compromised is still digital - I stream from my phone to the dac via bt - then it is converted to analogue for th iem's/headphones@@Denvercoder
I don't care that Bluetooth is lossy... it's very convenient to connect my iPhone to my Centrance M8 headphone amp with plenty good fidelity with a range of both closed back headphones and passive noise isolating iem's@@MarkJT1000
MrAyrit
Thank you for posting.
Thanks for the great review!
I currently own the hip dac 1 and I love the warm sound compared to my Qudelix 5K which I use for my wireless needs. Would you recommend upgrading the hip dac 1 to 3?
I probably would.
They must have updated the contents peeps as it deff comes with a lightning cable if that’s something important to you 😊
Don't think those lightning cables in your link will work with the Hip Dac. They need to be OTG cables.
I’ll take a look. Thanks.
I'm surprised there's no Lightening adapter since iFi includes one with the $60 Go Link.
Less is more. Just lile caveat. You get hundreds of it compared to only one food!
It comes with a lightning cable.
Even if it doesn't, it's not really a big deal since Apple is moving to USB C
Mine I just got today came with a USBC to Lightning cable. 🤷♂️
got both lightning to usb c and c to c with my hip dac 3 as well
It’s silly that a device this large and expensive has no BT when their cheaper GoBlu has it. So much of that case must be dead space with such a short battery life. Qudelix 5k is half the price and 1/4 the size with more features. Womp womp iFi.
wow... no bluetooth - immediate pass for me. as I walk around town. thx
Bluetooth kinda defeats the purpose of a dac.
Digital to Analog Converter.
So you want to convert the digital signal to analog and then convert it back to digital? 🤔
no... the analogue output is the amp.. the bluetooth signal, tho compromised is still digital - I stream from my phone to the dac via bt - then it is converted to analogue for th iem's/headphones@@Denvercoder
@@vaneast411 Look up the max bandwidth on bluetooth and airplay.
You want a DAC for lossless / Hi-res audio. As soon as you introduce Bluetooth into the equation its all back to lossy audio.
I don't care that Bluetooth is lossy... it's very convenient to connect my iPhone to my Centrance M8 headphone amp with plenty good fidelity with a range of both closed back headphones and passive noise isolating iem's@@MarkJT1000
Naa... Stick with my extincted old skol Q5S TC..cuz it WAY better untill this days.. . Peace!