The hip-dac2 in vibrant orange is colorful, technically sophisticated, and a true sound professional. The hip-dac2 bypasses the DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter) and amplifier circuits in your smartphone, tablet, laptop, PC, or Mac, significantly enhancing headphone sound quality. Connect your playback device via USB to the hip-dac2, plug in your favorite headphones or in-ear monitors, and the hip-dac2 delivers sound that bursts with dynamics and richness of detail. The integrated Burr-Brown DAC chip was chosen for its natural, highly musical sound quality. Along with the circuits developed by iFi, the hip-dac2 provides excellent sound quality for all digital audio formats, including bit-perfect PCM, native DSD, and MQA. The 16-core XMOS chip processes data over USB, offering a high clock rate and ample memory. This enhances the overall performance of the hip-dac2, allowing it to handle full MQA decoding. A high-quality quartz clock also contributes to an exceptionally pure, clear sound. Whether you're working in your favorite café or relaxing on your daily commute, at sunrise or sunset, you'll definitely want to have the hip-dac2 with you. The amplifier stage can output 400 mW of power, ensuring compatibility with a variety of headphone types without sacrificing quality. Even high-impedance headphones are easily driven thanks to an output voltage of 6.3 V at 600 ohms (via the balanced output). With the PowerMatch feature, the gain level can be adjusted to match the load of the connected headphones, perfectly tuning the input sensitivity and thus the signal strength for your headphones.