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

iFi xDSD Gryphon is one of the best purchases I've made this year. BT mode is excellent and has LDAC + many more. The sound quality is amazing, and when plugged in using USB, it gets even better. This is a slightly warm dac/amp, and has a few different sound effects, each one has its own benefits. It is built strong, feels it's price, but I just really want to talk about why I love it. I tried many iem's and headphones on it, but it took 3 iem's that I liked, but haven't listened to them as each one had 1 or 2 issues, and the gryphon fixed their issues, and they are now used daily. The Fearless Rui S6 lacked bass, and was thin in the midrange, though it had beautiful vocals, great treble extension, and good bass control. When I finally settled on putting it on the XBass+(front) and the switch in the rear on XSpace with the filter GTO, Wow! Instantaneously I fell in love. On all genres. But the vocals are simply divine with great details. Then I tried, LetShuoer EJ07m x Hbb, a great iem, another great balanced iem with a little too much in the upper mids, some female vocals got harsh, and it lacked that sparkle in the treble, though stage was good, bass well controlled. But I found it boring, with the settings set to: XBass+ in front and in the back lifted up to bass+presence with it on GTO. Again, wow, a wonderful balanced with a great sub and midbass, female vocals sound amazing and natural. Treble is slightly lifted giving it sparkle, the mids are delightful. And finally the ibasso IT01s, a single dynamic, that had two issues, the nozzle was too large, that was an easy fix, just unscrewed the nozzle filter and took it off, but it was so perfectly balanced and neutral that it was quite bland/boring. Putting it on the STD effect, using XBass+ front and XBass on back. Cannot believe this is a single dynamic. The details are crisp, great space between instruments (that darkness) imaging is great, bass is impactful, reaches down low with just enough warmth to give the mids richness, vocals are intimate and sweet, treble is right on, sparkle and air. It's the best single DD I've ever heard now, so rich and full sounding like a pair of headphones. I tried about 30 iem's and 6 headphones. But I was looking for something for my iem's. As I wasn't listening too much with them, as I was in headphone land, lol. The gryphon changed that for me. Also on sensitive iem's there is some noise, but there's a switch on the bottom of the unit that you can use to dial down this issue, so it makes it even more appealing to use. What else can I say, it made me start using my iem's again. If I could go back in time, this would be the only portable dac/amp I would need to buy. Worth every penny of it's price

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.

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...

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.

再生環境 iBasso Audio DX260 nubia Z70Ultra この製品はすごい入力端子が豊富。 知識がない初めてのポータブルアンプにも最適です！ 見た目は高級感がある。 出力 32Ω 1000mW（バランス） 音質について 高域 少し控えめ 中域 太くて少し強い 低域 沈み込みが深い 空間表現 縦方向によく広がる（奥行き）でも音は埋もれない。 輪郭もある。、。 全体的にフラット系に近い。 滑らなで温かみを感じる音色だなと感じました。 無線接続 Bluetooth5.1 コーデックaptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX LL, LDAC, HWA, AAC, SBC 思ったより音の劣化はしてない。無線運用でも良い製品。 なんか分からないけどホワイトノイズが乗る時と乗らない時がある。なんでだ？ ってことでレビューを終わりにします。 楽しいポータブルオーデオを満喫しようと思います！！

Excellent dac amp will highly recommended this item.

Ich besitze den XDSD Gryphone nun ca. 6 Monate, habe gleich die neueste Firmware aufgespielt, die von den anderen Rezensenten beschrieben Bugs sind mit der neuen Software nichts mehr vorhanden. (V1.63) Bei der Lieferung waren Kabel für USB C als auch für Lightning vorhanden, man muss also keine Extra Kabel mehr zukaufen. (Siehe Bild) Anschlüsse: Der XDSD Gryphone besitzt nun einen 4.4 mm Pentacom Anschluss sowie wie früher schon eine 3,5 mm Klinke auch die USB Anschlüsse sind nun alle auf USB C gehalten. (siehe Bild) Bedienung: Der ein und Ausschalter ist zwar immer noch ein Multifunktionsknopf, hat aber weniger Funktionen. Das wechseln der Anschlussmodi ist nun über einen separaten Knopf geregelt. Wer den Vorgänger kennt weis von was ich rede… (Siehe Bild) Es kann nun ebenfalls die Lautstärke am Gryphone auch über das Telefon oder den PC geregelt werden. Einstellungen: Es sind verschiedene digitale Filter wählbar, STD, Bit Perfect oder GTO. Klanglich unterscheiden diese sich zwar durch die Räumlichkeit von der Klangkurve aber nahezu identisch.(siehe messdiagramm) XBASS: Diese Einstellung greift nun stärker ein als beim Vorgänger und zeigt eine deutlichere Wirkung. (Siehe Bild) XSpace: Ich merke hie bei offenen Kopfhörern nur einen geringen Einfluss, bei geschlossenen Kopfhörern etwas mehr. Aber kein wirklicher „Wow“ Effekt finde ich, die Filter bewirken wesentlich mehr. IE-Match: Dieser Schalter befindet sich auf der Rückseite des Gehäuses und kann für 3,5 oder 4,4mm jeweils ausgewählt werden. Batterie: Dieser hält bei mittlerer Lautstärke ca. 6 Stunden mit Overears durch. Klang: Der Klang ist sehr ausgewogen und neutral, mit X-Bass gibt es den nötigen Punch. Egal ob Magnetostat, Standard KH oder InEar KH alle werden mit ausreichend Power betreiben. Fazit: Wer den Vorgänger schon besessen hat, kann ruhigen Gewissens den XDSD Grypohen kaufen man macht nichts falsch und wird mit Klang und besser Bedienerfreundlichkeit mehr als belohnt. Ich bin absolut zufrieden mit diesem DAC. Testkopfhörer: Hifiman Ananda, Sennheiser HD660 S2, Beyerdynamic DT700 ProX, Hifiman R9, Sondmagic E8 Wenn euch die Rezension geholfen hat, freue ich mich natürlich über ein gefällt mir.