Taking the award-winning GO link, to the Max.
This Digital to Analogue Converter (DAC) unlocks the true potential of your playlist, now boasting a 4.4mm headphone output, innovative new features and 10x the power of your iPhone.
The GO link Max provides concert-like realism and immersion, with obvious positioning of instruments and vocals. Its dual ESS DAC setup guarantees incredible separation between the left and right headphone channels – measuring >118dB.
It is a superior method to the traditional single-ended circuit approach. Balanced circuits reduce noise and crosstalk. Less Interference – clearer sound.
You normally find this set-up in products at the higher end of the price spectrum such as the Pro iCAN Signature but iFi is now using this across its range to produce the best quality audio for all our customers.
Hi-Res True Native® playback of all music formats from MP3 to DSD256, PCM384 and DXD384.
In music production, dynamic range means the difference between the loudest and quietest sounds. It’s measured in decibels, or dB for short. In a single audio track, dynamic range means the dB difference between the loudest and quietest moment in the audio file.
You can think of the dynamic range in a system as the space between the noise floor and the clipping point. When a sound goes below the noise floor you won’t be able to tell the difference between the signal and the system noise of the medium. When a sound goes above the clipping point, the tops of its waveform will get abruptly cut off, causing harshness and distortion.
Hi-Res audio is now within reach for everyone, with streaming services delivering high-quality sound to a wider audience. The GO link Max is the ultimate portable solution for both newcomers exploring the richness of Hi-Res music and audiophiles seeking simplicity and performance on the go. Featuring a balanced 4.4mm output and award-winning design, it combines plug-and-play ease with exceptional audio quality, making it perfect for any music lover.
The GO link’s hi-res audio credentials are highly impressive given its diminutive size and price tag.
An LED changes colour to indicate the incoming audio format – PCM, DSD or MQA – and the PCM/DSD sample rate.
The GO link’s headphone amp feeds a gold-plated 3.5mm socket, incorporating our S-Balanced configuration to reduce noise and crosstalk.
It delivers a power output of 70mW into 32 ohms, and a voltage output of 2.05V into 600 ohms. This gives it plenty of oomph to drive the kind of headphones and earphones likely to be used with the GO link Max and easily outclasses the headphone outputs built into smart devices and computers.
Extensive jitter-eradication technologies are applied to the digital stage, including our GMT (Global Master Timing) femto-precision clock and intelligent memory buffer. This represents a total ‘out-of-the-box’ systematic digital solution that solves jitter once and for all.
Hi-Res True Native® playback of all music formats from MP3 to DSD256, PCM384 and DXD384.
Discrete ESS Sabre Hyperstream DAC chipset with time domain jitter eliminator, discrete oscillator and 112dB dynamic range for discerning listeners.
In music production, dynamic range means the difference between the loudest and quietest sounds. It’s measured in decibels, or dB for short.In a single audio track, dynamic range means the dB difference between the loudest and quietest moment in the audio file.
You can think of the dynamic range in a system as the space between the noise floor and the clipping point.When a sound goes below the noise floor you won’t be able to tell the difference between the signal and the system noise of the medium.When a sound goes above the clipping point, the tops of its waveform will get abruptly cut off, causing harshness and distortion.
iFi’s proprietary technology extends the Dynamic Range by 6 dB or more, for an improved listening experience.
iFi’s exclusive S-Balanced® circuit delivers maximum performance from single-ended and balanced headphones alike.
See ourTech Note to dig deeper.
TDK C0G (Class 1 ceramic) capacitors offer high stability and low losses for resonant circuit applications.
Getting ever closer to the theoretical ideal of pure, frequency-constant capacitance, these capacitors reduce capacitor-induced distortion to vanishingly low levels.
They are pricey but are a perfect addition to our products.
muRata control-type, low-ESR high-Q multi-layer capacitors. The ‘ESR control’ aspect of the Murata is something special. Their noise suppression abilities are impressive.
| Input | USB-C | |
| Formats | DSD 256 / 11.3MHz DXD 384kHz PCM 384kHz MQA | |
| DAC | Bit-Perfect DSD & DXD DAC by ESS | |
| Headphone | 3.5mm | |
| Output Power (RMS) | ≥1.5V/70mW @ 32Ω; 2V/14mW @ 300Ω | |
| Output Impedance | <0.4Ω | |
| SNR | 25dBA (2.05V) | |
| DNR | ≥122dB(A) @ 0dBFS | |
| THD+N | ≤0.004% (1.27V @ 32Ω) | |
| Frequency response | 10-80kHz(-0.5dB) | |
| Power consumption | No Signal ~0.2W Max Signal ~1W | |
| Dimensions | 135 x 12.6 x 7.6 mm | |
| Cable length | 60mm | |
| Net weight | 11g |