Not sure what you mean...I went back and watched this video and fell asleep after 2 minutes. 😪😂

It's hard to do a bad review on this when you have a device this good, lol!

@@gearupaaron And the complements keep coming ❤ Thank you!

How long have you had your OG model? Wish they made the blue available on the newer one.

@@gearupaaron over a year, I bought it on sale at Amazon when both were available. It was about $25 less than the v2 Orange version

You still like yours, I take it?

@@gearupaaron yeah it is great, battery life is still strong, sound is awesome and it powers most everything I travel around with. I have the ifi gryphon and a small schiit magni/modi for use at home - one on my over-crowded desk and one at my listening station.

@@christiharris292 That's a pretty tight setup 👍

Lol, thanks for watching, Christopher!

@@gearupaaron I'm pretty anxious to wait to test this on my beyerdynamic DT770 pro and Sony MDR 1am2, sometime next year I'll be purchasing a HiFiman headphone as well 😁

iFi is sending one over as we speak, so stay tuned!

Amen to that. What do you use your Hip DAC with?

@@gearupaaron When Im at the desk I am currently driving some Theaudio Ghost headphones but on the move I use the LETSHUOER S12 & KZ PR1 at the moment.

Great tip, Scott! It would nonetheless be nice if iFi included iPhone adapters as well.

@@gearupaaron I ended up returning my Hip Dac v2 and getting the XCan instead, it suited my needs a lot better, using either 3.5" or balanced, and the Bluetooth built-in is useful.

Did you get your XCan for cheap? Sounds like a good setup, though!

Massive thanks for watching and the props as well, Andrzej! 👍✌️

Thanks for watching, Scott! Come on back for new content every week 😁

Thanks for watching, Joseph! ✌️

Shouldn't be a problem! Pardon the late response.

No noob questions here 😁 Yes, you can as long as you have the same outputs as your hi-fi or use appropriate adapters.

Depending on where you live, Black Friday/Christmas sales are just around the corner! Still, thank you for checking out my content - hope you keep dropping by for more 😁

I came from Philippines and all of my 4 yt acc. are subs to your channel

Well, kumusta to you! ✌️👍

Sure, there are smaller DAC-amps, but for the capability, not really.

It's definitely able to drive it and wake it up some. And yes, this Hip Dac 2 is fantastic - simple, yet noticeably effective. I'm guessing higher-end cans will need something more powerful, but for most, this is more than sufficient (especially for the price).

@@gearupaaron thank you! I guess I've got my first DAC/AMP chosen 🙂

Well, let us know what you think of it when you get it!

@@gearupaaron I will! Keep up the great work!

I'll try! Keep sharing GearUP with people you know, so we can grow this community!

Any very good headphone amp should give you at least some improvement in quality and also power, of course, and clean power, hopefully. From what I hear these can drive almost any headphones, even up to 300 ohm highly inefficient phones or IEMs. I just ordered the hip DAC to upgrade from some Fiio amps I've been using for the past six years; they are both fantastic, (sorry one is the new FosiAudio one) but I'm confident this will be an even bigger upgrade in quality.

P.S. Another thing I've learned is your results are dependent on the ENTIRE chain: amp, phones, and source(s). You are going to get better results, also, out of a wired rig. BT and wireless is ok, but you're better off going wired if you can. But this will work for phones too, so that's fine.

Guilty as charged, lol! Hope you enjoy it 👍

Aside from the Chord being in a totally different price category? Just saw the MSRP of them... 💰💰

In terms of reverb?

Nice! 👍

Bummer about the cable and CS experience. iFi, you seeing this? @ifiaudiochannel