I will literlly never own a set this expensive but they are really nice to look at.
UM Mason Le Jardin
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iFi just announced a mobile DAC / Amp they’re calling the Go Bar.
it’s essentially a miniature Zen that connects to your phone via USB-C and gives you both 4.4mm and 3.5mm S-Bal connections, iEMatch, XBass, XSpace, up to DS256 and unfortunately, MQA 
I cannot find it on their website though and I’m seeing CAN and US retailers advertising with it listed as ‘in stock.’
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Is it just a dongle? Because ifi claims 475mW at 32 ohm which probably is the most powerful dongle (except the E1DA dac amps which have more than 500mW)
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I don’t see anything about battery life so must be, looks about the size of a BTR5 so not having the battery would mean more space for POWERRRRR lol
How quickly would all that power kill a phone battery?
Charging more than the Luxury & Precision W2, Lotoo Paw S2, and Moondrop Moonriver 2 is… bold.
But almost all dongles don’t have more than 250mW with balanced, and most have even less. The E1DA DACs are the exception because they use a digital amp.
ifi doesn’t use digital amps so it’s remarkable that they achieve that much power.
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most dongles are also smaller
L&P W2 MK1 could get about 4 hours on my Samsung S10 so probably less than that
paying for those IFI exclusive features
Oof yeah that won’t work for me
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honestly the GO Bar is too big to be a dongle…it’s an adapter, even borderline converter, LoL!
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There are so much dongles that are limited to 250mW that I though it’s due to a USB/phone/android limitation. Let’s wait for the reviews then, well see how ifi managed this prowess.
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interesting.
I’m curious what other kinds of ‘earbud’ there are that they had to specify flathead.
FIIO HEADPHONES AND A SPEAKER!?! 
The speaker part isn’t so surprising, but the headphones are. Am curious what they’ve been cooking. Fingers crossed it’s not another mainstream/commercial cashgrab 
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hope and pray the FIIOO Gods bestow upon us at least a solid first try 
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German Shop lists the FW5 (FD5 shell style TWS with 1 DD + 2 BA), Btr7 (type c or lightning) and the earbud. Not available yet tho.
Built-in independent DAC chip AK4432
High-quality Bluetooth chip QCC5141
Hi-Res Wireless Certification
1 Dynamic
2 BA Driver
10mm Large Size Dynamic Driver
DLC material diaphragm PU edge diaphragm
2 Knowles BA Driver
LHDC/aptX Adaptive supported
22h + comprehensive battery life
Wireless and wired charging solution
Dual Mic cVc noise cancellation
Independent LED indicator
Supports switching between transparent mode and low latency mode
(Kind of disappointing?)
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