ifi Audio GO Bar
Go, Go, GO!
The GO bar is our top-of-the-line ultraportable USB DAC/headphone amp.
Whether you are commuting, working remotely or at your desk or simply travelling for pleasure, the GO bar is the perfectly portable way to make headphones sound heavenly.
Connect to your laptop, MacBook, tablet or smartphone or any other digital device with a USB port for sensational sound at home, in the office, or on the move.
Accessories include a leather travel case and a Lightening to USB-C, no need to buy a Camera Connection Kit, plus a USB-C OTG cable and a USB-C to USB-A adapter.
Small. But mighty.
The DAC section of the GO bar uses a powerful 16-core XMOS micro controller to process the audio data received at the USB input. Our in-house team has programmed the XMOS firmware to optimise sound quality and ensure a perfect partnership with the GO bar‘s 32-bit Cirrus Logic DAC chipset.
A customised digital filter minimises pre-echoes and ringing artefacts. Our GMT (Global Master Timing) precision clock system ensures ultra-low jitter.
Ultra-res PCM up to 32-bit/384kHz via USB ?
Native playback up to DSD256?
2x DXD?
Full MQA decoding
Four bespoke digital filtering options:
Bit Perfect? – no digital filtering, no pre or post ringing?
Standard – modest filtering, modest pre and posting ringing?
Minimum Phase? – slow roll-off, minimum pre and post ringing?
Gibbs Transient Optimised – minimum filtering, no pre-ringing and minimum post ringing?
?Two analogue processing modes:
XBass+ – an analogue bass boost to ‘add back’ lost bass response for more accurate reproduction of the original
XSpace – a holographic sound field to open up your music to give you the spaciousness of a live concert