My pleasure, you're welcome. Glad you found the review helpful.

My pleasure, you're welcome. Glad you found the review helpful.

Eating it up from the phone.. and if one wants to connect to usb camera adapter so charger can be connected.. it does NOT work. Idiotic device.

Thanks for the impressions.

Except Go Bar doesn’t like to work with iPhones. It drains battery like crazy and can’t be used with the apple usb camera adapter that would allow us to keep the phone connected to charger cable. Idiotic lack of support for one of the largest platforms.

@@morespinach9832 I’ve never had a battery issue with my 14Pro although the Apple camera adapter didn’t work at all. Works fine with included cable so no problem

@@hartgemini007 doesn’t work with any apple device - iPhone 11 Pro for me and two macs, one from 2020 and the other from 2021. The firmware update needs an older USB, and both my macs have USB-C. On iPhone it doesn’t work with camera adapter so it absolutely eats up battery and I have no choice to keep my phone charged while listening on this dac. Most importantly on iPhone it’ll stop working from time to time and the only thing that’ll work is to restart the phone, detach the cable, reattach it.. hardware is crap. Sound is lovely.

Hefty price tAg for a dongle for sure. I will see if one is available for review. Thanks for the suggestion.

Really want to know if it could substitute for a mid-fi desktop away from home? If my desktop system caught fire and was destroyed, would this get me by? @@TheHonestAudiophile

Symbio - extremely uncomfortable ear tips. The Dac you use it also going to colour sound. I guess you like a Beats type of accentuated sound.

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I agree the ifi Go Blu is epic for its price and the ease of the bluetooth connection is great. I have it paired with Tidal and a set of Letshoure S12; with the eq on the go blu, it offers plenty of tonal variety for different generes and is mega protable. Music happiness :))

@@edhumm simple perfection happiness 😋

@@edhumm S12 is hardly “epic”. That’s coloured Chinese house sound. With all that money get yourself proper earphones.

@@morespinach9832 thank you for your reply and kind words. Unfortunately you may have misread the post; I mentioned that the ifi go blu was epic and made no reference to the S12's in that remark. I did mention that I had paired the ifi with the S12's which was a very handy portable system when linked with Tidal on my phone. Having worked as a sound engineer since the early eighties, I can assure you that I have enjoyed the pleasures of many wonderful headphones over the years and hope to enjoy a few more yet. Listening to music is a very subjective thing, this is why we have so many different genres and styles of musicians and producers. It is this very diversity that unifies us all in a common pleasure of sharing with each other in our musical enjoyment. What brings joy to one may not to another. This does not make either right or wrong, but hopefully just happy in the commonality of enjoying in the music. I hope you find many pleasures and joyful moments in your listening, no matter the genre or the equipment you choose to use. 🕉💖🎶😊

Yeah I'd pick the FC4 over the GO Bar unless I wanted all the extra functions.Glad you enjoy the FC4, excellent choice.

@@TheHonestAudiophile As in the olden days, wired still works best, IMO. Bluetooth is nice but unless I'm in a doctor's office or hairdresser, I rarely need it.❤

100009000990099999990% agree

They look like they use nicer parts inside like the decent size ps res cap better gp boards. Small things but made right you might hear that extra smoothness.And it might make it run a bit better with my compromised sources. I would love the gold one.

Hiby FC4 and Periodic Audio Rhodium are my go to dongles. Thank you for the kind words, glad you enjoy the channel and videos.

Thank you

Any impressions?

@@TheHonestAudiophile great office and commute dongle.

@@boudewijndekemp3162 glad you enjoy it. What IEM do you have paired with it?

​@@TheHonestAudiophileThieaudio Monarch Mk3

Cool. I've not heard it, hope to at some point.

Yes that is correct

@@TheHonestAudiophile Got it, thanks for your honest review. I don't think the Go Bar is for me, I thought the Gryphon was a bit too smooth, much prefered iFi's older sound. Will you be reviewing BTR7?

If a BTR7 is provided or the funds become available, I will do a video. Not really my preference of gear.

@@TheHonestAudiophile by preference, do you mean that you don't like using Bluetooth DACs or Fiio BTR range of products in general?

I'm not a Bluetooth user

Interesting. Thank you for the impressions.

Hi there! Would you say the M15 sounds more dynamic, exciting but also more detailed compared to the Go Bar?

Yes the balanced output will drive the 660s. I prefer the 660s on a desktop setup but the iFi Go Bar is sufficient for a portable setup.

I use this little USB Hub. AmazonBasics 7 Port USB 3.0 Hub... www.amazon.com/dp/B00E6GX4BG?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share No idea about charging at same time for a dongle.

I've had a long lasting relationship with iFi Audio. I'm not afraid of voicing an honest opinion.

@@TheHonestAudiophile Dave, keep doing what you are doing. Just wanted you to be aware of this. Was not part of what ever happened between the two, was it an Ifi issue, reviewer issue or somewhere in-between. ( my money is on the in-between)

Yes, it can get the HD600, Sundara and 660s to louder volume, it might not be to their fullest sonic abilities though.

@@TheHonestAudiophile any advice for a desktop or portable dac.amp that.can get those to fullest sonic ability? Please m

iFi Audio Gryphon

To be honest, I'm not sure. But it has a lot of power on balanced output.

It isn't that good with higher impedance gear.

Sorry haven't heard the Questyle M15

It should work with a PC USB output

​@@TheHonestAudiophile my motherboard has a usb c port.

Is it that much better than the ifi go bar in terms of sq? I know the ifi has good power and customization.

@@dbean5174having spent some time with it, I have this to say: M15 is best for sheer detail retrieval. Is it my favorite dongle? Nope, not by a long shot. The best dongle is the xDuoo Link2Bal because of its amazingly wide and spacious sound stage. M15 is plain boring by comparison. It's great to use with active speakers though.

@@dbean5174 iFi Go Bar is very good, but still ranked behind the Link2Bal. iFi Go Bar is very slightly more detailed but has worse stage, even with Xspace on.

My experience with the Hip DAC was mixed, here is a link to the review: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g5mFl66n277VZpc.html To be honest, I don't recall a whole lot from review as it has been quite a while since it was in house and I don't remember enough to give a honest comparison or recommendation.

Sorry haven't heard the iBasso DC6

Muddy. Drains too much battery. This is in a different league.

As mentioned in the video, one of biggest issues is the price.

Cool 😎

Having had all 3 Audioquest Dragonfly’s & recently tried the Hidizs S9Pro which was highly reviewed by a number of people, personally I wouldn’t pay £30 for -it was dreadful . The Go Bar is light years ahead of all the Dragonflies, the Go Blu is also very good for the money but like all things hi fi you generally get what you pay for. I personally think the Go Bar considering it’s only slightly more than the Cobalt is a steal for its performance. I’m using it with Sennheiser IE800’s and Snug custom ear mouldings which are a must in my opinion for sound quality.

@@hartgemini007 Hi, have you tried chord mojo? How’s the comparison between mojo, dragonfly and ifi?

Sorry haven't had the opportunity to hear the Tone 2 Pro.

@@TheHonestAudiophile thanks

not even half the power

Sorry I didn't mention about the IOS flaws BUT I am an Android and PC user. I do not even own an Apple product. Thank you for the information about the IOS issues.

@@TheHonestAudiophile sure. Thanks. This is made for android and Windows. IFI can’t seem to get iPhone right for any of their products.

That is sad. Sorry to hear that.