A dinky $79 DAC from iFi? Don't mind if we do
Touted as a"first-rung audio upgrade" for those making their first, tentative steps into the realms of taking sound quality seriously, the Uno boasts a budget price of £79 / $79 .a digital to analog converter
basically translates a digital audio signal into an analog one, so that your headphones or speakers can provide a sound. All smartphones, tablets and computers will have one, but chances are it’s not the best, with poor filtering and shielding making its output noisy and distorted, while it may also be incapable of providing high-bitrate listening, which is where a dedicated unit such as the Uno comes in.
iFi claims that the tiny 8.8 x 2.6 x 8.1cm unit provides a more"thrilling" listening experience, with the device packing in its Quad DAC+ and Time Domain Jitter Eliminator tech, both of which feature on the company’s more expensive models such as the excellentThis uncomplicated unit has a USB-C input allowing it to connect to Windows PCs and Apple Macs as well as smartphones and tablets, with the connection doubling up as the device’s power source, handily meaning no extra cables.
There’s a 3.5mm headphone jack which includes a switchable 6dB gain stage to match your headphones too, plus RCA stereo outputs allowing you to connect the Uno to an amplifier or powered speakers. There’s also pretty comprehensive high-resolution audio support, with the Uno capable of file playback up to 32-bit/384kHz, plus out of the box compatibility with PCM, DSD256 and MQA files from Tidal. An illuminated ring surrounding the volume dial meanwhile changes color according to the input format and sample rate.The Uno is set to be
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