This device is super easy to use, basically just plug and play. It comes with adapters for lightning and USB A and you plug in your 3.5mm jack into it and enjoy the better sound quality.The first thing you notice is how much louder your audio device gets. For me, I used a couple iems to test it and I had to turn down my volume to half what I'm used to. The sound definitely feels more crisp and detailed. I ended up turning up the sound quality in Windows and noticed the led light on the device change color to represent the quality.

The iFi Go Link provides improved sound for very little money. The braided wire seems fragile so be careful. So far, I'm enjoying it.Update: I was listening to some lossless rips of CDs I own and found one just didn't sound good. It sounded like a noisy recording so I decided to to a head-to-head comparison. I'm playing Taylor Guitar's Wood & Steel collection of artists playing beautifully recorded music. I ripped the CD into lossless FLAC files played through my Chromebook. My headphones are Sennheiser HD599. I plug the headphone jack into the analog jack of the Chromebook. The iFi GO Link goes into the USB 3 port. The difference isn't big but the iFi Go Link provides a clearer sound, a cleaner background, better stereo separation, cleaner details, and a more open sound; less tiring. The analog connection just doesn't sound as open. Does it make enough of a difference? I say yes.. For this price, I'm happy.Should you purchase the iFi Go Link? There are more important elements in the chain that should attend to first.1. Make sure you have a good lossless recording or are listening to a CD directly. It can't get better than your source material.2. The best headphones you want to purchase. I don't feel the need to purchase $600 headphones but these Sennheiser's are working for me. You can enter the discussion about in-ear vs headphones, over the ear vs around the ear, open back vs closed back, wireless vs wired, noise cancelling vs not, balanced vs unbalanced cables, and planar magnetic vs dynamic technology. There are pros and cons to each. This is where you should spend the most money and research time aside from the cost of the music itself.3. The digital to analog converter (DAC)/amplifier hardware. You can spend a lot of money here but for my usage the iFi Go Link hit the right price point for my first foray into DACs. I think this matches what my headphones and ear send to my brain.4. What's fourth? I guess it's your ear and your environment. Right now, while I'm listening I can still hear my air conditioner. As far as my ear, I've lost some upper midrange but the high end is still pretty good (audiologist tested). I'm experienced musically so I know what to listen for. Of course, you mileage will vary.I think that my audio chain is pretty well matched. If I chose a more expensive DAC/amp I might need better headphones and a better listening room. I don't feel tempted by the $200 DAC/amps out there.

Sounds nearly as good as my soIfi air DAC yet it's portable. Pure win.

The iFi GO Link is a pretty little dongle. The cable feels rather thin and possible breaking point. I'll need to be careful with it.The sound from the iFi GO Link is immediately noticeable with my Sennheiser headphones. The sound is quite airy, with very crisp and separated highs. The mids are very present. The low end is a bit lacking. There is no "Punch." The soundstage is slightly narrower than I had hoped. The overall sound was rather quiet, I had to nearly maximize the volume control to have it where I wanted it.I hooked up my iFi Nano BL to my phone with my Sennheisers, and heard the sound I've grown to love. Less than 50% audio dial settings sound amazingly full, crisp, and punchy. It made me realize this little dongle isn't going to be a replacement, but something useful in certain cases, like my car. With my Sennheiser's, the sound wasn't anything to write home about. It's nothing I'd want to rush and show my friends. The Nano BL is far superior in that accent.I noticed the dongle did get rather warm after about 30 minutes of music listening.When I hooked this up to my PC, I will say the audio it produced was very nice through my surround sound speakers. The airy nature and tightness of the sound was perfect for the surround set up. I assume in my car, this will have the same experience. I would be 100% satisfied with this sound improvement over my PC 3.5mm jack. I will update if I find issues in my car or later on, but until now, I'm happy with my purchase.

Just spent a few hours searching the internet regarding this device not outputing sound when connected to a Galaxy S23 phone. No solutions are available. THis unit is not compatible. It does work with my friends iphone. They need to put into fine print that this device is for iphones only. Very annoyed I have to go to UPS to return this.

ligero, practico, materiales de muy buena calidad, robusto, preciso, y donde destaca es en su sonido, este DAC da un sonido cálido con muy buen balance en frecuencias, su chip da muy buena calidad de sonido, realmente escuchas la diferencia al usarlo. Excelente calidad-precio.

Very happy with this dac from iFi, below you can see my review on head-fi.org:Pros:- Clear sound!!!- Well balanced sound output with a good soundstage and instruments separation.- High built quality, metal case and good quality components.- Decent price - $89 cad + tax, on Amazon Canada.- Very small and light, really feels like a dongle and not an actual DAC + AMP.- Powerful enough to drive all my headphones: Shure SE535, Audiofly AF180 Mk2, and the large Audeze LCD 3.- Comes with all adapters you need - including Lighting and the full size USB-A.- Firmware that can be updated - very important to improve over time.- Despite of having a large USB-C plug, it fits well all my phone cases - I was worried about this until it arrived today.- Large USB-C makes it easy to plug or un-plug it.- Cool ifi logo sticker - Thank you! :darthsmile:Cons:- The cable between the usb-c plug and the actual dac/amp is very thin, and feel very low quality - see photos compared with my headphones cables.- The USB-C plug is huge, it better have a small board in it for that size :p- The LED Light is too bright - can I turn it off? :thinking:- The included manual has a font so small that I had a hard time reading it even with a magnifier - in fact I looked for the pdf version which I couldn't find online :ok_woman: .- In the box there's a paper "Note for Charging - where applicable" - Does this device has a battery? Is it applicable for the Go Link or not? - I'm confused!- The Volume Control is not the same across apps, devices, platforms. On my Pixel 7 Pro, on YouTube, a decent volume is at about 60% of the volume bar. Same phone, the Neutron Music Player has the same audio output at about 10% of the volume bar. But on Windows 10 the same volume I get at about 30%. On top of everything the first start had the volume at about 70% - which I found way too loud, luckily headphones were on the table and didn't burn. :scream:- Updating the firmware is somehow confusing. The attached pdf, doesn't guide you how to install the firmware, or how to find what firmware is your device at, but how to install apps if the system doesn't allow 3rd party apps to be installed.- No mobile App, to easily adjust a Master Volume, set a safe maximum as well to update firmware or check device current fw version.- Firmware Update PDF document doesn't include what's new in the update.- Firmware Updates are available only for Windows users, even if this device is built with Mobile users in mind.Recommendations for ifi Go Link 2:- Detachable cable - so it can be replaced if the usb-c plug goes bad.- If not detachable, the cable should be thick, even wire breaded to make it last longer - it will be sad to throw it away because of a broken cable or usb c plug, it feels flimsy and cheap made.- Make the LED turn off after 5 seconds. Turn it on again for another 5 sec if the user change the volume. It doesn't have to stay lit in my pocket for 7h- The included manual to have a QR Code link for the Digital PDF manual - easy to zoom in without glasses on my phone :wink:- Update the manual, on the box or in the included pamphlet the LED color meaning and how to change them.- Move the Firmware Update through a Mobile App - you build this device for Smartphone users, not the Windows users!- The same Mobile App to offer some settings like an option to set an output safe limit, apply filters, an Eq may be nice, or other cool stats and options.-------

pas beaucoup de points de comparaison mais la qualité audio est au rendez-vous (Qobuz + Casque B&W filaire)

Works very well with Oppo Find android phone with USB-C connection and Sony noise reduction full-ear headphones used for flights. Very good volume, excellent sound quality,, can't detect any noise or distortion. No noticeble impact on phone battery life. Very small and light. All good,

La verdad es que era algo (bastante) escéptico al respecto de que fuera a valer la pena algo tan pequeño, para alguien que, cómo es mi caso, nunca he sido un audiófilo. Evidentemente, cómo a todo el mundo, me gusta escuchar la música con la mejor calidad posible. Pero me refiero a que, con una calidad decente, como los archivos que puedes comprar en iTunes, o la música en la máxima calidad de Spotify, pues ya me daba por satisfecho.Tengo unos auriculares que admiten alta resolución, tanto por bluetooth como por cable, pero que no son, ni de lejos, auriculares premium (son unos 1more sonoflow). Venía pensando (todavía no lo he descartado), en comprarme unos auriculares de mayor calidad (todavía ando dándole una vuelta a la idea), pero quería probar antes que tal iría uno de estos DAC (es el primero que pruebo en mi vida), porque si bien me gustaría que fueran inalámbricos por la comodidad, también tengo claro que deberán admitir conexión por cable, para cuando me apetezca disfrutar de mayor calidad, ya sea en casa o cuando salga a darme alguna larga caminata.El caso es que me he llevado una sorpresa mayúscula. Más que de servicios de suscripción, siempre he sido de ir comprando canciones (gran parte de mi biblioteca, son de los CDs que he ido comprando durante años), y más recientemente, de unos años a esta parte, de las que he ido comprando en iTunes. Viendo reviews de posibles auriculares, descubrí hace poco un servicio de música, Qobuz, que desconocía, y que permite comprar música en hi-res y las que no están en alta resolución, en calidad cd. Alguna vez compré canciones en hi-res en Tidal, pero esa opción de compra, salvo que la hayan vuelto a incorporar, la quitaron hace años.Pues bien, compré algunas canciones en hi-res en Qobuz, otras en calidad cd, para probar este cacharrito y, como decía en el título de la reseña, la noche se hizo día. Sin ser audiófilo, y con unos auriculares que no son nada espectacular (principalmente en materiales, porque si dan muy buena calidad de sonido, contextualizando con el precio), se nota muchísimo la diferencia. Y se nota en todo...en la ampliación de la señal (si los pruebas por primera vez, recuerda bajar el volumen, antes de poner la música para evitar disgustos), en la claridad, en los matices....en todo.... Evidentemente, para apreciarlo en todo su esplendor, tienes que tener archivos de música (ya sea comprados o por un servicio que admita la calidad de los flac de Qobuz, por ejemplo), y unos auriculares mínimamente decentes (los que yo tengo no pasan de 100 euros, pero ya dan de si).Tampoco tengo un reproductor de música de fiio ni nada por el estilo. Tengo un móvil Android de gama media, y con este cacharrito, la música cobra vida. Son una maravilla. Lo único que cambiaría es el tema del cablecito, que transmite apariencia de fragilidad. Pero bueno, cuidando las cosas, no creo que haya problema.Totalmente recomendable, incluso para los escépticos como yo.