Review: IFI Go Link Max is one of the best ways to get a high -resolution sound from your phone

I admire the IFI Audio quality devices at reasonable prices. IFI Go New Link Max continues this tradition by presenting a wireless DAC, one of the best ways to produce high -resolution sound from your phone and in your dome without a cost that gives your mind. The sound profile is slightly different this time, making it a great alternative to the Go link but not a substitute.

Price, availability and specifications

IFI Go Link Max is currently available on the company’s website and Amazon for $ 79. I have also seen that they are sold in retailers like Target, Walmart and B&H Photo at the same price. This pricing should remain largely stable because the link of the previous generation IFI has not seen much sales cuts.

What I like about ify Go Link Max

Double your happiness, double your pleasure

IFI Go Max is the next generation of IFI Go link. On IFI, you will see the address, “Our smaller Dac gets the biggest upgrade to it”, and this is often true. Let’s start with these promotions!

Although the Go link contained only 3.5 mm, it was designed using a balanced S-balance technology, which provides balanced wires for one headphone. Go Max depends on this by a balanced output of 3.5 mm and 4.4 mm, and you can know the difference between the two. More about it in a moment.

These outputs are on the main body of Go Link Max, which is longer, heavier and significantly heavier than the Go link, but not in a bad way. It is strong! It is a more stable feeling on hand. More essential, wandering at the point of its small price as Audiophile products are related.

On the other end, the small USB-C side is connected by a 6 cm cable in the composition of the “twisted pair”, which says IFI should reduce the electromagnetic interference. However, I wonder if this setting is a recipe for the failure of the parts. It is supposed to travel well, will this cable will be discovered on something in my bag, and I pulled it to find the separate parties? It is not convincing like the miracle of “What if …”, but it is something that I thought about.

To be fair, I did not face this problem with the previous generation link.

Inspiration and finish with the maximum excellent. The top of the main body contains LED that tells you to coordinate your content and the frequency of samples. Color scheme shakes this:

• PCM Green 44.1/48/88.2/96 kHz

• PCM Yellow 176.4/192/352.8/384 kHz

• CYAN DSD 64/128

• Blue DSD 256

There is no support from MQA with Go Link Max, but this is not an issue, as MQA files that were officially delivered in 2024 were delivered. In addition, MQA was not always a bit controversial in the Audiophile community anyway, with PCM and DSD support, did not miss. To ensure enjoying you Boom door! In the way that suits your setting, you can get a USB-A converter and lightning adapter in the box.

This time, you can get DAC DACT SABER ES9219 chips with strong 241 megawatts of balanced output, and it is a pleasure to even exercise with flat -related magnetic headphones. The great thing is that even the 3.5 mm output in Go MAX is treated with the flat Hifiman He-4xx headphones, and the noble hybrid driver (Fokus Apollo has a level from the inside) with APLIB.

With the technical conversation coverage, let’s get to Sonics. I want to focus here on how to “Sounds” Max Link Max and will keep comparisons with the previous Go link for the next section. At $ 79, IFI Go Link Max is one of the best investments that you can do towards enjoying the Hi -res sound. “Headphones first” is always a logo, but after you bought a strong pair of headphones or IEMS, the presence of Dac is good is the next if you listen mainly from a laptop or laptop.

For my test, I played with FLAC, PCM and DSD files. I even hit some low -resolution Spotify currents, everything was joyful. Go Link Max is the most impressive feature, exceeding sound quality. I couldn’t have increased the sound level of anything I listened to.

She played “Sonic Sommeier” and has linked Go Link Max to operating sources that included Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, Pixel 9IPhone 16 Pro Max, 2016 15 “MacBook Pro. Listen to the excellent Sennheiser IE900 IEMS, IEMS Audio Mammoth, Fokus Apollo noble, and Hifiman He-4xx mentioned above.

From my portable devices, this amplification was very appreciated and really helped me in the dynamic domain improvement technology test, making my music look nice and full of low levels of size. Listen to Beastie Boys’ Bass Banger, “Brass Monkey”, the mutation was satisfactory regardless of the output of the size.

Charles Mingos was a good detail, as he listened to both directors, but the output 4.4 mm really shines here. These straight lines in Mingos Rumb and add depth to the good layers that become completely bright when the pods are noisy. Stereo separation with the Go Max and Fokus Apollo link is delicious. You can feel that the players were applied all over the room.

The extension is shown in the full -time and sub -blossom with Go Link Max and balanced output, listening to “Mumbai Power” from Skrillex without sacrificing the brighter elements of the seismic path.

Listen to PCM files via a 3.5 mm port on my MacBook Pro, then compare it with what Link Max offers MAX – not even a little. Both power output, dynamics, and indulgence were much better using the guaranteed USB-A converter and communicating with Fokus Apollo through the maximum. PCM files of “Human Nature” of Michael Jackson, “PYT” and “Rain Purple Rain” were Prince, and they were ready to get out of my seat.

What I did not like about ify Go Link Max

The whole thing is about options

As much as I enjoyed all the tests, I reached one conclusion very quickly: Go brighter than Link Max. The devices like that in the Mingus track, or singing in “Starchild” from Jamiroquai are more attractive with the old Go. Sennheiser IE900 has explained this, and it is not intended to pun. Lon Link Max is definitely warmer, instead of more Neutral, analytical one.

The difference in brightness and clarity in the two devices affects the layers of sound and layers, but I do not think this is negative. If you are aware of the IFI collection, you know that it offers a lot of different DACS for the various “listening boards”.

I recommend a Goo link to the listeners who yearn for the brighter side of Sonic cloning, while Go Link Max is intended for those hungry for Grunt and Herls of warmer music like Dubstep or Big Band Jazz, for example. Both are solid in the middle and higher, but the Go link contains more brilliance, and I know that some people prefer it. In the future repetition of Go Link Max, I would like to see more focus on achieving this level of brightness. After that, I would like to call it the perfect comprehensive package for a $ 100 sub -product.

Do you have to buy ify Go Max?

It depends on your needs

If you need to take out 4.4 mm out, or try the Go link and want more main space, Lonk Max is “without my thinking”. Buying it! However, if you use 3.5 mm connections and do not plan to upgrade to the most powerful standard 4.4 mm, you will be fine with the Go $ 59 link and save some money.

In the end, you cannot make mistakes in any IFI product. Everything will reach what you need, what “flavor” of the sound that tickles your imagination, and the equipment you use. I will add another qualification: resistance to the future. The presence of a device that contains 4.4 mm outputs in your tool box as a listener to expand its horizons is never bad.