Accessories Reviews

iFi’s second-gen, hip flask-shaped DAC promises even better performance and full MQA decoding, but does it still serve up a sound to savour?

iFi’s diminutive portable DAC/headphone amp gleans better quality wireless music from your phone and extends the firm’s stone-cold hit parade.

Cambridge’s top-of-the-line DAC is a superb performer with plenty of features.

THX’s first consumer electronics product is an ambitious portable USB-C DAC with a neat design and vast file support.

Astell & Kern’s portable DAC has a simple purpose: to improve the sound quality between your source and wired headphones.

Metrum’s entry-level Flint DAC is something of a technical maverick that delivers an entertaining sound for the money.

The Marantz HD-DAC1 offers great quality sound for all your digital audio needs, and it does so in a classy box at a low price.

The dCS Bartók is a hugely capable music streamer, DAC and headphone amp, but why does it cost so much?

It looks like an adaptor bundled with your smartphone, but this DAC makes a big difference to your sound.

Shaped like a hipflask, iFi’s hip-dac digital-to-analogue converter delivers a hit of high-quality sound on the move.