Category: DACs & Headphone Amplifiers

I remember the exact moment a portable DAC changed how I listen to music. It was on a 6-hour flight to Tokyo, my Sennheiser HD 600s plugged into an iFi hip-dac3 instead of my laptop’s headphone jack. The difference wasn’t subtle — background hiss I’d tolerated for years vanished, the soundstage opened up, and bass…