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expired Posted by iconian | Staff • Last Friday
Jun 6, 2025 11:02 PM
iFi micro iDSD Signature Finale Portable Headphone Amp & DAC
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A few things to note:
1. You will need a USB A Male to female cable to connect it to your pc. The device out is usb A male. Most female A cable ends will fit
2. While it is battery powered, you will want to power it for desktop use. It does not power from the data connection, there is a separate usb C port for that. Whatever you have lying around will work, it's robust enough to take just about any usb C power.
3. It only accepts 6.3mm and 4.4 mm headphone cables, but it does include an adapter so you can use a 3.5mm with the 6.3 jack.
4. It's not going to work with a gaming head*set*. It does not have throughput for a mic. If you use headphones, and a separate mic, this will work. Otherwise it will not fit your needs. Additionaly.... even if you're using hyperx's or something and you use a separate mic... you aren't probably going to see a lot of improvement over motherboard audio with less resolving headphone drivers.
Other thoughts: It probably won't be ideal for consoles either. The 3D plus setting acts like a crossover in hifi or car audio terms... but it's not appropriate for gaming. While it does make the soundstage "wider" it will cause some inaccuracies to imaging.
TU to OP, this is an insane deal on a 10/10 dacamp.
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I think of where we are now vs 10 y ago... you could pair this with a Fiio FT1 or Senn HD6XX and have a ~$350 setup that can do 95% of multi-gigabuck endgame setups. There was nothing like this in reach back then.
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These units measure very well so they must be onto something. Oh wait they're just doing what everyone does lol. Any *decent* amp will have a completely separate power and audio circuit with plenty of shielding between them. Keep chirping though I guess, you seem intent upon having a say while saying nothing at all.
While I'm here... do you even have one of these units? It seems like you came in here preloaded with negative opinions based on conjecture because... reasons?
MDR-Z1R, IER-Z1R, MDR-MV1, MDR-Z7M2, Fiio FT1, DT770,Focal Clear MG, HD600, HD6XX, HE560v1, Sundara, Dunu Falcon Ultra, Moondrop Dusk, Koss KPH40, Dan Clark Noire to name a few... It powers everything I've thrown at it optimally. It does lean a bit warm (because of the multibit dac), but I haven't found anything that pair poorly with it.
Basically whatever you have around should be fine as long as it's an actual headphone or iem. Whether you think that something pairs well with it for you is going to be down to personal preference and probably going to be determined by your basis for comparison. If you are a treble head with a Topping stack at your desk connected to a pair of dt1990 pros at your desk, you may find that you get more coloration than you'd like.
These units measure very well so they must be onto something. Oh wait they're just doing what everyone does lol. Any *decent* amp will have a completely separate power and audio circuit with plenty of shielding between them. Keep chirping though I guess, you seem intent upon having a say while saying nothing at all.
While I'm here... do you even have one of these units? It seems like you came in here preloaded with negative opinions based on conjecture because... reasons?
Anything really. I have used it to power:
MDR-Z1R, IER-Z1R, MDR-MV1, MDR-Z7M2, Fiio FT1, DT770,Focal Clear MG, HD600, HD6XX, HE560v1, Sundara, Dunu Falcon Ultra, Moondrop Dusk, Koss KPH40, Dan Clark Noire to name a few... It powers everything I've thrown at it optimally. It does lean a bit warm (because of the multibit dac), but I haven't found anything that pair poorly with it.
Basically whatever you have around should be fine as long as it's an actual headphone or iem. Whether you think that something pairs well with it for you is going to be down to personal preference and probably going to be determined by your basis for comparison. If you are a treble head with a Topping stack at your desk connected to a pair of dt1990 pros at your desk, you may find that you get more coloration than you'd like.