iFi's new portable headphone DAC looks even more like a hip flask, and it'll serve a swift a dram of hi-res audio — but take a shot before you see the price
- iFi unveils the iDSD GR2 at High End Vienna
- New portable DAC, following on from xDSD Gryphon
- Improvements in some departments, including amplification
We're seeing swathes of aspirational new hi-fi kit at High End Vienna 2026, and one such item comes from iFi with the follow-up to its five-star xDSD Gryphon portable DAC. No, that's not a hip flask, but a newer portable DAC.
Meet the iFi iDSD GR2, a name possibly the result of someone having a tot and trying to type something else (struggling to spell 'Gryphon' in full, maybe?). It's a new piece offering that's set to sell for £529 (about $710, AU$1,060) — exact release date TBC. So it's not cheap, but it does undercut the Gryphon by a couple of pennies.
We listed the iFi xDSD Gryphon in our best portable DACs round-up, but as the "best premium portable DAC" (italics my own). So...
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