The award winning iFi Hip DAC is a stylish, portable Headphone Amp/DAC with built in rechargeable battery. On display on in your pocket, the Hip DAC will play your music as intended. Capable of Tidal MQA playback, your working from home environment never sounded so good. Yet portable enough to take it with you on your travels.
Styled in a petrol blue colour with copper detailing and only £149.
| Formats 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) |
| Headphone Outputs |
Balanced 4.4mm S-Bal (SE) 3.5mm |
| Power Output (@1% THD) |
BAL: 400mW@32 Ohm ; S-BAL(SE): 280mW@32 Ohm BAL: 6.3V@600 Ohm ; S-BAL (SE): 3.2V@600 Ohm |
| Battery |
Lithium-polymer 2200mAh |
| Power System |
Charging via USB-C, BC V1.2 compliant up to 1000mA charging current |
| Power (max) |
<2W idle, 4W max |
| Dimensions |
102(l) x 70(w) x 14(h) mm |
| Weight |
125g (0.28 lbs) |
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
