iFi is back with yet another DAC. 2023 saw the release of a glut its portable DACs, including the five-star iFi Go Link, the excellent iFi hip-dac 3 and the high-end iFi iDSD Diablo 2 headphone amp/DAC combo. Despite its latest rather crowded stable of portable units, the British-based company has revealed another in 2024: the iFi Go Bar Kensei.
iFi bills the Kensei as the "world's first ultraportable DAC with K2HD technology". K2HD is essentially a protocol developed to boost sonic performance, and works "to restore music to the same quality as the original master, reviving it with the rich, natural harmonics lost during digitalisation". This ensures, says iFi, that "every note resonates with depth and clarity".
