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In Reply to: RE: ifi Go Link DAC posted by svisner on April 02, 2025 at 11:32:31
I happen to be traveling with wifey on one of her business trips and am listening to Qobuz in the Sky Club during our layover.
I'm an iPhone guy and use their DAC adapter with Shure se535s. $60 isn't much but wonder about differences given the modest source and comparatively high ambient noise levels especiially while aloft.
Thx!
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I generally don't use in-ear devices. I just can't seat them well enough to be my satisfactory sound. YMMV. So, I can't make a direct comparison with the FiiO FT1 headphones which are closed-back devices. However, some observations:
The iIf DAC has enough output for these headphones, and probably most others. (Maybe not planars.)
I don't find the iFi bright; sound seems to me well balanced.
The devices works with iPhone, PC, Chromebook, and even Linux with the use of external drivers. It comes with plus/adaptors for USB, USB C, and Lightning. That's pretty cool, as long as I don't lose them!
Really a bargain, and I look forward to traveling in style when next I fly. BTW - I sometimes take a JBL Go bluetooth speaker for hotel rooms. While not "audiophile," it sure allows me to have acceptable audio when I'm away from my various home systems. So, the audio bug must really have bitten me.
I just can't seat them well enough to be my satisfactory sound. YMMV.
My solution was custom fitted sleeves for them. Isolation on lawn tractor is better than noise canceling Air Pods!
To be honest the first moment I heard Go link I was disappointed. iFi is a good company. I have their other products.
If I remember correctly. Go link is brighter than LG V40 which is brighter than V60.
Not sure brighter is what I seek. :)
I don't like bright either.
I've gone to great expense with component and network isolation, improved power supplies and various cabling choices to minimize brightness in my systems. Mind you, I'm not talking about equalization.
I find that eliminating noise results in a darker, more natural response revealing true inner detail. :)
FACT.
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The Mind has No Firewall~ U.S. Army War College.
many folks like the false brightness caused by untrapped RFiI, cheap switchers, et. al.
I suspect they are unfamiliar with the sound of non-electronic instruments.
Using a good filter to remove anything above 20kHz also results in a clean, more extended and analog treble.
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