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At $1,299, the iFi iDSD Diablo 2 is a potent DAC/Amp with good sound, good battery life, and a hedge against obsolescence with support... For under $11,000 build a state-of-the-art headphone system ...

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A proper headphone amplifier seems only reasonable in the circumstances - and so this test is conducted with the GS1000x Statement plugged into an iFi iDSD Diablo, and only then does a laptop get ...

So for the purposes of this test, the GS3000x Statement are plugged into £1000-worth of iFi iDSD Diablo desktop DAC/headphone amp - it’s a deeply capable device, and one that is capable of ...

so as well as connecting the FT1 to my Apple MacBook Pro (both directly and via an iFi iDSD Diablo 2 headphone amp/DAC) I joined them to a FiiO M15S digital audio player via the 4.4mm balanced cable.