iFi Pro iCAN Headphone Amplifier Review

[Biblob]

Point is proven. Time to review spinomara speakers. We know what you have in line.

I find this kind of comment coming across as disrespectfull. Amir is doing the community a service by measuring these devies besides measuring speakers.

 

[Alice of Old Vincennes]

Sorry. Cabin fever.

 

[frogmeat69]

I think we ALL know that.

Read the review again, it doesn't come off as knowing that, @amirm claims there are 2 that are used for balanced with 1/4" plugs only, but that is not completely true. Those are either used as 2 separate 1/4" headphone jacks, or a balanced set up with two 3 pin XLR connectors or 1/4" jacks.

(Edited for my own correction!)

 

[confucius_zero]

Now I'm curious of ASR's review of the SPL Phonitor (any of them) and the Emotiva A100 as headphone amps which are the other amps for power anxious people looking for "headroom" over stuff like jds atom.

 

[maverickronin]

Now I'm curious of ASR's review of the SPL Phonitor (any of them) and the Emotiva A100 as headphone amps which are the other amps for power anxious people looking for "headroom" over stuff like jds atom.

The real draw of the Phonitors are all the crossfeed options, not SINAD or power.

 

[phoenixdogfan]

Point is proven. Time to review spinomara speakers. We know what you have in line.

Would be nice if Dutch & Dutch 8c, Buchardt S400, and Kii 3 were in the queue.

 

[amirm]

Would be nice if Dutch & Dutch 8c, Buchardt S400, and Kii 3 were in the queue.

S400 is here. But not the other two.

 

[bughunt62]

Extremely informative, Amir; many thanks - folks on Amazon sure seemed to like it

 

[thefsb]

Regardless of the performance, the stack with the energizer and dac looks good to me

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Reminds me of those mini component systems from the early 80s

 

[Jinjuku]

I suggest ifi redesign this model, get rid of the tube nonsense, put in proper 1/4 headphone jack, and a wireless remote. Price it well below US $1,000 and there may be a market for it.

Oh, there is already a market for it...

 

[SmackDaddies]

S400 is here. But not the other two.

But readers can send them in...

 

[frogmeat69]

Nice, just the photo, or each logo glows with different hue?

The iCan glows white in solid state, yellowish color in both tube modes, and red if shit goes bad, lol. Never had that happen yet. The iESL is that yellowish color, the DAC I don't have, but my guess is the same as the amp since they both have a tube mode.

 

[DEXCOM7]

Read the review again, it doesn't come off as knowing that, @amirm claims there are 2 that are used for balanced with 1/4" plugs only, but that is not completely true. Those are either used as 2 separate 1/4" headphone jacks, or a balanced set up with two 3 pin XLR connectors or 1/4" jacks.

(Edited for my own correction!)

I read this review and I was stun by this, and was wondering if he knew this ^^ but looks like he did? I am confused... LOL . At any rate, despite the review and comments of others I went an purchased this AMP, Exactly for the reason @amirm complaint about . I want a one go to AMP to serve my needs for all my HP and IEM's.... I have a plethora of closed and open backs and now getting in to IEM's. I really like the iCan SE.... Why not just go for the Grandfather (big difference in price and look) so I did

 

[JohnYang1997]

Yeah you found the Mount Everest in 2020.

 

[DEXCOM7]

Yeah you found the Mount Everest in 2020.

Edit to below reaction:

 

[JohnYang1997]

Oh I meant he.

 

[frogmeat69]

I read this review and I was stun by this, and was wondering if he knew this ^^ but looks he did? I am confused... LOL . At any rate, despite the review and comments of others I went an purchased this AMP, Exactly for the reason @amirm complaint about . I want a one go to AMP to serve my needs for all my HP and IEM's.... I have a plethora of closed and open backs and now getting in to IEM's. I really like the iCan SE.... Why not just go for the Grandfather (big difference in price and look) so I did

I am confused, too, but for me that is a daily thing, not from the review, lol.

 

[Tks]

Been looking at this thing more and more in images. I really love the look and the dial indices of this thing for example. I take back what I said about the face lift. They should keep it, but just update some of the connectors (keep the same amount, I like the symmetry and just all the knobs and shit).

This thing in it's stack looks so nice And looking over some of the features and wealth of connectors - I actually feel like getting one..

 

[DEXCOM7]

Reminds me of those mini component systems from the early 80s

I am not going to lie, I like this stack! lol.
I wish My dad had never sold his audio equipment

 

[thefsb]

I am not going to lie, I like this stack! lol.
I wish My dad had never sold his audio equipment

They were cheap, small, worked well and looked cool.