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iFi hip-dac

DAC | £149

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KEY FEATURES

Battery powered

32-bit/384kHz PCM

Weight 125g

iFi looks determined to dominate the affordable digital-to-analogue converter market. For the hip-dac, iFi has taken the guts of the excellent, desktop-based Zen DAC and crammed them into a smaller, battery-powered form. The name comes from its resemblance to a hip flask.

The hip-dac is a nicely made unit with an extruded petrol blue aluminium case that’s about the size of a pack of cards. The finish is neat and the metal volume control

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