xDSD Gryphon - Ultra-Res Portable Balanced DAC & Headphone Amplifier - INPUTS: Bluetooth 5.1 / USB-C/S-PDIF / 3.5mm SE / 4.4mm Bal

I love this portable DAC/Amp! The Gryphon keeps surprising me with its capabilities. What I enjoy most about the Gryphon, which is made possible by its amazing DAC is the amplifier filters: XBass & XSpace. There are some albums that I tried to listen to for the past two years but I couldn't enjoy them due to the way they were mastered. Not really done well. With the Gryphon you can make analog corrections. Need more bass, no problem. Need mids to be more forward, no problem! Need some more instrument separation, you got it (albeit you'll really only notice the impact with intimate headphones, like the Focal Clears). It is super clear, natural sounding, and musical! I so enjoy listening to it on its own, whether it's classical, new age, contemporary jazz, it's so much fun. It is also powerful enough to drive my Hifiman Arya SE with no issue and plenty of headroom, using the 4.4mm balanced jack, which I recommend. But their single-ended 3.8mm jack is also very good, shockingly good. It is also able to be used as a preamp to power speakers or feed into another amplifier. This pairs very well with a tube amplifier. I'm currently doing a 3.8mm line out from the Gryphon into my WA7 Fireflies 3rd gen (RCA input) and it sounds amazing!!! With XBass turned on for albums that need it, it's a godsend. Lastly, another favorite feature is desktop mode. You can have it run off of usb charging cable and stop charging the battery. This is my primary use case until I need to travel and need to bring my music experience with me. The Gryphon makes it super easy. Whether I'm at the hotel or visiting friends/family, for a long stay, the Gryphon is a fabulous on-the-go solution. Do yourself a favor, if you are on the fence, just buy it and try it out for 30 days. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

The IFI xDSD Gryphon is far the best portable DAC that I have owned. I've been using this DAC mostly with my Westone Audio Mach80s. While listening to music I find myself smiling due to the the great quality of the sound. I also find that it pairs well with my Beyerdyanmics Tp5s which draws one even more into the sound. I will not use any adjective to describe the sound I hear and feel, because music is felt differently, heard and is dependent on you spirit and ears. I would recommend these to anyone that has high quality headphone/IEMs. It is like having the iFi xDSD signature on the road. Pros: Sound Quality. Battery life. Inputs and output. Ease of use. Cons: A bit expensive. Size is a bit large, but this is due to the battery which give you hours of enjoyment. It's a trade off in the pro/con. What I would have liked to see on this unit would to be for it to display the Track info instead of the format/quality which is displayed by the color the LEDs on the unit even though you can see track information from the source. The fact that it streams nicely via the LDAC Bluetooth source, I would like to see the track information if my source is not near me physically. All in all it is a great unit and I would highly recommend anyone looking to purchase a new portable DAC!

I have both the ifi Gryphon and the ifi hip dac3. On paper, the Gryphon should be the clear winner , given its more powerful amp and more features such as an xbass switch for both midrange and bass ,as well as Bluetooth connectivity. The gryphon also features a nice Lighted display for indicating streaming quality. However, in practice I prefer the warmer sound of the hip dac3 which is considerably less expensive but without as many features. I principally use both for streaming Apple Music from my iPhone. The typical headphones I use are Meze109pro, sennheiser HD660s2, or 7hz timeless IEMs. The gryphon lacks the hip dac3’s power match switch which in its absence limits the headphone volume, negating the advantage of a more powerful amp. On its own, the Gryphon is an ok product,albeit kind of expensive, and outperformed by its less expensive sibling. My 2 cents….(pictured next to hipdac3 stealth)

Not as portable as Qudelix 5k, but definetely a sonical upgrade. It`s just pity iFi do not offer any serious Android/Apple app to control this device. UPDATE AFTER MONTH USE Display is made of plastic which scratch very easily. As there is no case included (just bag), in a short time Gryphon do not look just good as you want...

音の明瞭さがGo barと比べて段違いでした。 Gryphonを使って音楽を聴くと、眠れない時でも2,30分で確実に眠ってしまいます…！ 高価な買い物でしたが後悔はなく、むしろ買って良かったと自信を持って言える製品です！

I own two iFi Hip-DAC 2 in addition to the recent addition of the XDSD Gryphon. I use these DACs to drive a pair of Sennheiser HD660S and a pair of Focal Clear MG headphones. Both headphones have balanced connections to the DACs and both DACs are driven using USB cables. The sound from the XDSD Gryphon feels more sonically accurate to my ears and they seem to drive both sets of headphones very well. As the XDSD Gryphon is USB C connected, it's unnecessary to use an USB OTG cable if both ends of the audio chain connect with USB C - this simplifies connection to phones. The display simplifies understanding the format and bitrate of the audio that's currently playing (something that I appreciate even more as Tidal is switching it's catalogue to hi-res FLAC from MQA. I have not used Optical or line-in for the Gryphon so I can't comment on how those perform. All in all I consider this to be a great purchase.

Me ha Encantado. Tiene varios Filtros Digital. En lo personal me gusta en GTO-Bass-USB- Edifier S3000pro. Y en las S3000pro el modo Dynamico. El conjunto me Dá una Calidad increíble. Me ha llevado varias semanas de estar escuchando y buscándole hasta encontrar la configuración perfecta para lo que tengo. No Dudo que pueda sacar el Mejor sonido a las bocinas que ya tienen en casa. 100% recomendable.

Excellent dac amp will highly recommended this item.