THE HIP DAC 3

The 135g heavy flask like aluminum enclosure of the hip dac 3 measures 102mm in length, 70mm in width and 14mm in thickness.

Left to right at the front of the hip dac 3 we find the PowerMatch and XBass buttons and LEDs, analogue volume control knob (audio format and battery LEDs are placed left and right), 4.4mm balanced output (400mW at 32Ω) and the 3.5mm output (280mW at 32Ω).

iFi audio has printed their logo at the top of the enclosure.

Moving at the rear we find the USB-C data input, 2D barcode, Hi-Res logo and the USB-C 5V charging input.

Looking at the other side we see that all ports and buttons are tagged and of course we also find the IEMatch switch.

As with past models the hip dac 3 has a single firmware file available online inside which iFi audio has placed 3 different versions (7.4 with MQA support, 7.4b without MQA support and 7.4c with MQA support and GTO filter).