Review of the Ifi xDSD Gryphon Portable DAC

Review of the Ifi xDSD Gryphon Portable DAC.

[msteele]

At home I have multiple Topping flagship units that I enjoy. At work, the Gryphon has been perfect. I love it.

[Thevikingcam]

Iw had it now for a month. It make difference that you use it at MAX LDAC bitrate 990kbs. Its easy to make out MP3 to LDAC. But the real star is USB connection. With UAPP you get full MQA decoding and even tho MQA is bit "gimmicky" but it truly sound extremely nice. The best portable iw had heard. I got also monoprice portable THX but this thing take the cake.

[untitledwebm]

Hey, I currently have BTR5 2021 and does the gryphon sound 3x better than that, ?

[jotarokujo-xnxx]

How to hook it up as only a bluetooth dac without the amp for my car speakers?

[artyboy]

The irony is its below the Signature and Diablo in hierarchy yet it looks the best with and comes with an OLED display to boot. I use my Gryphon for my IEMs and the Signature for my full sized planar cans.

[greenlandbuzz]

Thank you for a great review. I have a question; can I play Tidal lossless audio files from my MacBook Pro through the USB-C to the Gryphon?

[BudgieFan]

When I connect my Dan Clarks Aeon into the ifi Gryphon via 4.4 Balanced, I always get distortion. Whats going wrong. Also, is there any DAC / Amp better for those Headphones? Thanks

[neomnk]

Great review but seriously, using that background audio at 5:34 on a review for people who are into audio is just mean, lol. I kinda missed it transitioning in and I kept hunting for the static, I even changed my Bathy's off BT to DAC.

[Desanusor]

Hey thanks for the review!
compared to xduo XD05 pro how thos it compete ? ifi without eq settings is more linear ?

[IntenseIGFX]

I have a pair of Shure SE846’s. Would the 3.5mm jack supply ample power to drive or do I need to go for the larger one?

[dakzer]

Notice you have ChiFi in the background. The Sivga SV023, I liked them but not the price

[christiharris]

i've had the gryphon for about 8 months and it is a great device. I have limited space on my desk and have used it as my "desktop" setup with my HD6xx, Focal Radiance, DT 770 (80ohm) and all my iems (planar included). Your review was spot on!

[KA-zqyp]

Thanks for that. I'm looking at buying the andromedas and we looking for a portable amp so this was perfect. Is there any other portable amp you would suggest? mainly to feed it off my PC or iPhone.

Cheers

[alessandrotesser]

For Sundara headphone would you prefer this or Diablo? I am not interested in BT. Will I miss Xbass and Xspace feature with Diablo?

[longzie]

Hi and thanks for the review, it's very informative. Have you listened to the Chord Mojo 2, and if so which one do you prefer, sound wise?

[KYoung]

will these power the shure se846 gen 2?

[andertube]

I can see you also have Moondrop Variarions. Do you think it pairs well with Gryphon? 4.4 works best with this IEM?

[SpykerSpeed]

What's the noise floor on this like for IEMs? Do you hear much hiss? I have the Anole VX and I'm hoping to find a good portable DAC+Amp to drive them.

[ErgoBoom]

Your reviews are good, but you say everything 2-3 times... Its not really respectful to your audience. Learn to edit