Can these successfully drive my hifiman edition xs headphones?

its great, can say its best sound ive heard from dx320, was new vsonic

Same (:

I showed that the volume doesn't ever "jump" with the knob here. So worry no more.

I have a Go Blu, the volume knob has clicks so it doesn't spin freely. I haven't accidentally change volume in the 4 weeks I've had it. It is a great device, it runs way longer than the stated 10hrs.

@@ZReviews it’s still the point with the btr5 ^^ i have one too and as long as it work there’s no need for the ifi ^^ Btw, I can’t find the btr anymore… so if my FiiO dies, I have to go for ifi ^^

@@ZReviews Thanks for the replay Z.

Sexy Speaker vs ifi Go Blu, battle of the voices, is something I needs now.

Scrolled down for this. Was not disappointed.

Funny that the sexy speaker got competition in has latest cashies special

I was waiting for it too. So gonna get this bad boy.

And SHANLING UP5!

rating is like this: BTR5>Q5k>UP5>GoBlu in terms of sound quality and to some extend build etc. Ifi go blu has better sound, availability, better stable! firmware, UP5 1.6 firm ver is 1st usable. Still not perfect, no mqa yet and some other functions. Ifi is smaller,lighter & sexier :)

@@aeonikus1 seems like you have tried all of them?

@@aeonikus1 It looks like you are saying GoBlue is less than all of them, yet you seem to praise it the most. Did you mean BTR5

I literally was calling the Earstudio's that because my brain.

@@ZReviews its chill np, but I checked right after I wrote this that they are not really in stock so you'll probably be paying the same as the other BT dongles anyway 😅

Just like MassDrop is now Drop... Sure it is.. SURE

@@ZReviews look on the website

But is it any better than the original? I'm happy with mine as I was able to get it used, but had to sell my motorbike to get it.;))

@@V4zz33 yes the Elite's are better in every way. I thought since they removed the bass bloat from the Empyreans they would lose the lovely warm natural sound. They don't. The tone of them makes them quite addictive to listen to. I also used them out of the GoBlu with the Meze Copper upgrade cables and they are just lovely. Trial them side by side if you can. You can always sell the Empyreans to help fund the Elite's lool. :)

@@Martijn1234 Martijn, thanks very much for the detailed reply! I will look into it in a couple of years as November December costed me 4 grand that which was unexpected. Not happy about it. Enjoy yours!

Honestly if you need eq that badly you bought the wrong headphones.

@@davidjameswales Every headphone can benefit from EQ. I like to adjust some frequencies just a dB or two to get them right. I mean you can get BTR5 or 5K for less money with many more features. iFi didn't even bother to develop an app for any extra function. So with Go BLU you're forced to buy headphones with exactly the tonal balance you prefer with 0 adjustments.

@@davidjameswales Ohh yeah, just keep buying stuff until you find something that works. And if you happens to leave in a country where you barely can re-sell your stuff, fuck you. Nothing is prefect, if it is, probably cost $3000+, everything else needs some level of EQ.

@@AliArghavan the production of any given song is going to dictate how something sounds more than "a few db here and there". Again, if you don't like the sound of your headphones just sell them. This isn't the 1980's there are literally thousands of genuinely great headphones you won't feel like you have to "fix". Maybe you just like playing with EQ as part of the hobby and that's fine. But pretending all headphones need EQ is from experience far from accurate. Also I 100% agree not having features is stupid, even if I consider EQ up there with MQA personally. At least no one is ruining files on a server with EQ.

@@davidjameswales I suppose the flip side of what you're saying is that as it's not the 80s, why not add something that, by now is fairly trivial to apply? I'm not an EQ fundamentalist, but I do have presets for classical, soundtrack, etc. in particular. Not saying you're wrong, by the way; I actually think you're largely on the right track to be honest, but as the vast majority of products are not available to test in person, your method does rely heavily on the availability of postal returns.

Can you connect it to iOS device

@@user-qb7vu4xc6r yes you can

The Go Blu is ridiculous compared to the BTR5, over long gaming sessions i'll charge the BTR5 like 3 times while the Go Blu goes all night, i have it paired with Sure SE 846 (crazy i can actually say that now lol)

Do you connect your phone via cable or Bluetooth for gaming ? If Bluetooth how is the latency?

@@bencherian Bluetooth is excellent no lag and it boosts the sound of your earphones/IEM's, have it paired with my 4K OLED & RTX3080ti

Hi can I connect go blue to apple devices

@@user-qb7vu4xc6r Hi,yes with mac no with old iphone/ipad via lighting camera connection kit neither with recharging port…because ifi go blu needs much power…so only with camera connection kit also without recharging port and hub much powered or plus power bank very powerful…So not real useful mobility at max resolution via usb-c…just bluetooth for your pocket…or ifi hip dac 2 less expensive and perfect for mobility because no needs extra power😉

Jackson Pollock.

@@skrem23 yep you're 100% correct, I said a friggin NFL player lmao

actually agree, apart from the battery life ifi is on steroids

Same here I have both setups

This may be a dumb question but can you plug this into the Zen Dac to give it Bluetooth functionality? I was thinking of getting the Zen Dac and a Zen Blue but was hoping the Go Blue can pull dual functionality using it at my desk setup and also on the go.

Oh word? So let's say you have a podcast and some music playing and you want to pause the podcast, everything mutes?

@@oscara.2636 Yeah any application that generates media control events (anything that has the ability to respond to your keyboard's play/pause buttons) will cause the thing to fully mute itself (even if you adjust the volume) until playback resumes or until a different media source gains focus. very annoying if you want to multitask or have ticked the "listen" box on any of your pc's inputs. Seems to be a trend with ifi as their new xdsd also does this :(

@@boltvanderhuge8711 Thanks for the response mate. I'm still interested in getting this but I think I'll hold off just a little longer 'til my B2 Dusks arrive before I pull the trigger. I'll probably be just using it for a mobile way of powering my headphones /IEMs as opposed to hooking it up to a PC but good to know regardless.

It depends on when you're looking tbh I've seen it fluctuate between 120-350

@@jordanweekes8749 I’ve never seen them even close to 200 from a reputable source. Their msrp *from Fiio* is 110 bucks without the apple kit.

To be fair, it's only a matter of time before cases for the blu appear, and they'll definitely have clips

@@saamo1423 Yeah that is true

Bloom Audio sells clips

what the difference in the region?

If you didn't use it forced to 16-bit / 44.1 kHz / 909kbps, you haven't used LDAC at its maximum capability (64% compression ratio, you don't get even close with any other settings).

And an app with much more functionality like autoEQ, and with better price.

@@AliArghavan And a harsher, less warm sound signature because it uses an ESS Sabre DAC. The GoBLU uses a Cirrus Logic chip, which has warmer sound. All of the features in the world don't mean a damn thing if the sound signature doesn't agree with you.

@@kellycny65 DACs doesn't have sound signatures. Literally all modern DACs measure flat in frequency response graph. If you want to change the tonal balance use EQ and don't bother buying another dac..

@@AliArghavan That's untrue. Not all DACs are the same. Different DACs have different characteristics due to different design and circuitry. If you listen to a Burr-Brown DAC in most iFi devices and then listen to a device with an ESS Sabre DAC, like the Qudelix, with the same headphones and can't tell the difference in sound signature, then you're not listening closely enough. I have ear-tested -- not just frequency curves -- numerous portable DACs, and the difference is apparent with critical listening. iFi DAC/amps have a warm "house sound" due to their use of Burr-Brown and Cirrus Logic DAC chips, depending on the model. You must worship at the altar of ASR and Amir, where the numbers from the rig matter more than what your ears hear. I'm not against EQ, but it's not the only answer to changing sound signature. A DAC can do that, in a more general sense with less fine-tuning than EQ, too.

@@AliArghavan There is a MASSIVE MASSIVE difference between dacs and dac chips. For instance the SMSL SU9 has a different sound signature compaired to the Burson Conductor even though they both use the same ESS 9038pro dac chip.

Yea it is I mainly use it in my car or sleeping, my Samsung buds pro are used the most outside or anytime I'm moving.

@Mike Byrne what? You confused me so much. I get the trickle charge thing (which is extremely weird as the charger doesn't really do anything in regards to what it's charging). When you charge anything, the product that's being charged communicates with the charger to send over a certain voltage. That's what happens with all USB quick charging protocols. The trickle charge function you are talking about on Anker power banks is preventing the powerbank itself from turning off automatically for extremely small devices like earbuds that charge below the auto shutdown value of 100ma. It does nothing to prevent a battery from getting overcharged due to zero charging circuitry being built into said device. If the powerbank is giving of 5.1v to the ifi nano BL, it will continue to charge the battery to 4.4v regardless of whether or not you're using trickle charge mode.

@Mike Byrne that's not really the issue. The issue is lack of ANY form of BMS. It shouldn't matter what USB connection you're using. If IFI really cared that much, they'd make sure their products don't turn into bombs because of THEIR lack of product design. Yet they do not. Again the sound was absolutely fine, but the fact they refused to comment on such a big issue is laughable.

@Mike Byrne yeah, absolutely, would be fun if they clarified before using it XD

What is your experience?

I just got a zen dac 2 about a week ago, and an external power supply and iPhone camera cable so I could try my phone with it. After getting that and becoming addicted to listening to my music that way, I was going to get the hip dac 2, but ordered this instead. I’ll try and remember to reply when it gets here next week.

@@cjd82187 Thoughts?

@@tonybowen455 they sound pretty similar to me. The go blu has a wider sound stage option as well as the bass boost which does seem to make a little difference in some music. I’m still new to this so can’t really articulate my thoughts. I haven’t plugged my phone into the zen dac since I’ve gotten the blu if that says anything. Still have the zen dac for my pc audio though.

@@cjd82187 Oh man that's super interesting. I have a btr5 so was leaning towards stationary like zen dac but go blu just seems so good even though it's tiny. Ty.

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@@taranciucgabrielradu No, he was very excited at the start, so was moving about even more than usual :)

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