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iFi Small Little Wonder

            What can I say, the nano iONE, it was love on the first sight...

Connected to iONE to my Harman Kardon GLA 55 and my MacBook 12 and it was a marriage made in heaven.

Computer integrated audio is poor and has been neglected for many years, so a DAC “digital audio converter” is a no brainer for any serious music lover, pair it with a good set of speakers and you will know what you have been loosing all those years.
The nano iOne is not on a parr with my iDSD but overall the sonic presentation is close enough. It is a tiny little impressive good looking piece of hardware, and has Bluetooth audio that transforms any set of speakers in great sounding wireless speakers, works very well with mobile devices, android or iOS. With a simple pairing process you are streaming audio to your wi-fi system and for this feature alone it is a win.

But when you connect this little thing by USB, as I did to my Mac Pro and Focal Solo 6 BE , this was when the iONE really impressed me, using Audirvana playing some high definition tracks made me say uau!!!. This is a very small box, the sound of the iONE made my speakers float at the first notes it produced, when I was listening to music I couldn’t stop thinking that my expectations were exceeded, this little thing does DSD256 and PCM 384, that’s very high resolution formats.

I could easily live with this iFi nano iONE as my main DAC, and the most and more loving option is that it gives a new life to my GLA 55 again, with wireless streaming music from my phones and iPad, also  it is so small that I can take it with me and my MacBook everywhere I go if needed.
 
I can not recommend it more, and if you have or buy one, please let me know your thoughts.

Taken on: November 17, 2017

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