Comments on: iFi GO Bar Dongle DAC: On the Road Again…

By: PAUL GITTINS

PAUL GITTINS — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 15:50:19 +0000

I recently bought a GO Bar and although the sound quality is good, I find it impossible to use in a real-life commuting situation. Any pressure on the lightning connector cuts the connection, you can’t bend the cable to hold the phone and GO Bar at the same time without it cutting out or, worse, playing your music to the whole train via your phone speaker. If you’re standing up on a busy tube, trying to get your phone out of your pocket to change track, then it’s game over.
It may be a nice bit of kit if you’re sitting down and can have if laid out on your lap but that isn’t the reality for most people commuting. It’s as if iFi just didn’t bother properly testing it in real situations and most of the reviews I’ve read don’t do that either, they unbox it and listen to it at home. I’d love to see some proper testing of these dongles over a period of time so people could make an informed choice about which is best for them.

By: Ian White

Ian White — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 22:33:08 +0000

In reply to Mongo.

Mongo,

I will be conversing with ORT this week on his first instalments for March. He’s also dealing with a death in the family and we’re being respectful.

Best,

Ian White

By: Mongo

Mongo — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 20:20:25 +0000

In reply to ORT. Moar ORT please! Hey Sheriff Bart, where’s the column we wuz all promised awhile back? Mongo

By: Ian White

Ian White — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:12:10 +0000

In reply to Fielding.

Fielding,

Any relation to Dan?

I will take some IEMs with me on the road and add that to part II.

Best,

Ian White

By: Ian White

Ian White — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:11:24 +0000

In reply to ORT.

ORT,

On the stagecoach to Rockridge and I almost spit my coffee out.

Sheriff Bart

By: Fielding

Fielding — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 08:54:49 +0000

Travel a lot too and would love to hear impressions using high-end earbuds for those of us who don’t want to lug headphones around.

By: ORT

ORT — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 01:45:13 +0000

Hmmmmmm…Dare I say this?

Oooooo…DARE! DARE!

I think that I would make the perfect Brand Lambasstador for MQA.

For those unfamiliar with my phraseology, “Lambasstador” is a portmanteau of “lambast and “Ambassador” so no, I am not intimating that I am a “lame ambassador” and this in spite of me being handicapable!

I am still looking for a portable battery-backed DAC/Amp with an optical input that I can actually afford. It is not the end of the world if I cannot find one as while I possess a rapier-like wit (relax little wokelings, a rapier is a SWORD), I am cursed with the ears of a pauper. I just think such a device would look cool and ultra Pinky Suavo!

ORTson Welles