Qualcomm chips are different: QCC5144 (iFi) vs QCC5141 (Fiio)
DAC is Cirrus Logic (iFi) vs AK4332 (Fiio)
Amp puts out 120mW @ 32Ohm (iFi) vs 33mW @32Ohm (Fiio)
Battery difference is pretty big: 35 total hours with 7 hours per charge (iFi) vs 30 total hours and 3-4 hours per charge (Fiio)
Now imo idk if that is worth over double the price but the GO pod seems to be all around better spec wise
EDIT: I forgot to add the GO pod has a really cool feature where the connectors are interchangeable so you can just buy the MMCX, Pentaconn, 2 pin, etc. pieces and keep the base. This is huge for people with multiple IEMs
Interesting about BT 5.2 as Fiio advertises that it has 5.2… Also that ANC feature is nice in a device like this. Im wondering if iFi will have it as its not in their marketing. I figured the 5144 was more power hungry so Im also surprised iFi is saying they will get 7 hours on a charge vs the 3-4 on the Fiio. The battery in the units must be a lot bigger for the GO pod.
What, what, what is that meant to mean? Sounds like a condescending “audio” excuse for whatever blatantly business driven motivations they have for this… but what a way to casually insult customer’s ability to make good decisions in the process
I keep laughing at how they phrased it. “Rather than doing what anyone would normally do, and most people would expect and prefer” … while making it sound like they’ve averted some great disaster or lazy option or who knows how they’re trying to frame something normal as a negative, infomercial-like
Hope they learned from the Go Blu and fixed the bad range and hiss / noise on the GO pod. What So far no one mentioned, iFi typical no app. So no built in EQ like with the Fiio adapters.
so they drop xBass, the most revered bass boost tech on the market? boo!
and by definition, isn’t the left channel mono, cause it’s not going to the right channel? or did you mean they can set left or right channel and it will go to both driers?
The “Mj ölnir Thor’s Mystery” engineering machine, replaced with a brand new motherboard, should be the last confirmed version.
Super specifications Hi-end integrated playback system,
Full playback function and output terminal,
And full drive with AKM4499 DAC,
The output terminal has 3.5mm, 4.4mm, 6.5mm, 4pin XLR, analog output supports RCA, XLR, digital output has fiber, coaxial, AES, and it can also be wirelessly connected via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
Mj ölnir’s headphone output drive parameters, according to the current data is 2500mW, signal-to-noise ratio is 130 dB.
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