iFi Audio hip-dac

hip-dac

Working with your MacBook in Starbucks? Running in the fresh morning air? Snoozing with your smart device on a flight?

Hip, hot and happening

Our miniature DAC/headphone amplifier replaces the inferior DAC and amp in your smart device, PC or Mac. Simply connect the hip-dac via USB, insert headphones and away you go. Relax with your favourite music streamer, Spotify, Apple Music or Tidal as the hip-dac delivers a sound brimming with bold dynamism and fluid refinement.

Small but mighty

Whether you are curling up in Costa or on your commute, our hip-dac delivers hi-res music with flair. Thanks to the Burr Brown chip, audio remains ‘bit-perfect’. Music, just as it should be. The hip-dac supports hi-res PCM up to 384kHz as well as DSD256 and MQA as used by Tidal’s ‘Master’ tier.

• Balanced. Because you’re worth it.
• Balanced audio circuits mean less unwanted noise.
• The hip-dac boasts a balanced, analogue stage to bring you the best musicality for miles around.
• It sports a 4.4mm balanced output for balanced headphone cables/connectors.
• For those ‘hissy’ IEMs, use the 3.5mm S-Balanced.
• Enjoy all the benefits of balanced from your single-ended connection.

Feel the Force…

• Our small but mighty hip-dac sports PowerMatch – switchable gain.
• Even on the go, adjust input sensitivity to match the level of drive to the load of your headphones.
• Leave it off for those those ‘out and about’ IEMs and pop it on for on/over-ear types with relatively low impedance that require more oomph.

It’s still all about the bass…

• xBass – our iFi optional sonic adjustment is still very much in vogue and addresses the lack of bass that’s often apparent with in-ears or open back headphones.
• Boost that bass, and “bring the booty back” to your iEMs with the hip-dac.

Hip and always on trend

• Our in-house team has maxed out the circuitry with bespoke, easy to install firmware to bring you the joyous musicality of hi-res, native audio that suits your priorities and stays cutting-edge.

Long may it last…

• And with extensive battery life, you can take it out with you all day.
• The hip-dac can join you at the gym first thing, take you out for lunch and keep your feet a tapping on your journey home.
• hip-dac. Amazing sound. Stunning looks.

• uDSD256/128/64, Octa/Quad/Double/Single-Speed DSD
• DXD(384/352.8kHz),
• PCM(384/352.8/192/176.4/96/88.2/48/44.1kHz)
• MQA

• USB 3.0 type ’A’
• High-Speed Asynchronous USB 2.0, (32bit/384kHz)

• Balanced 4.4mm
• S-Bal (SE) 3.5mm

• BAL: 400mW@32 Ohm
• S BAL(SE): 280mW@32 Ohm
• BAL: 6.3V@600 Ohm
• S-BAL (SE): 3.2V@600 Ohm