FAQs

This 4.4mm output is a balanced line out that allows you to use the iDSD Diablo as a balanced DAC for i.e. active speakers or stereo amplifier.

Our very own OV2028 operational amplifiers inside the iDSD Diablo have THD so vanishingly low (0.00006%) that no volume chip would be able to keep up with them on linearity…

Yes, you can, but for the best sound quality avoid charging at the same time.

The iDSD Diablo’s analogue stage incorporates one global and several local negative feedback loops. All are optimized for their own functions and they complement each other, which impacts on the…

Please turn the iDSD Diablo’s volume knob until a click is heard and you’re good to go.

The iDSD Diablo’s approximate battery running time should be around 6 hours dependent upon listening volume and type of headphones.

The iDSD Diablo was designed as a streamlined purist product with sound quality as its top priority. All functionalities that didn’t contribute to this fundamental task were purposely omitted.

The iDSD Diablo was designed as a purist device stripped from everything other than essentials that contribute to sound quality. It is a fixed line output.

Yes, this socket is only to charge the iDSD Diablo, which takes ~5 hours with high-powered chargers (such as our iPower X) and ~8 hours with regular chargers.

Yes, which means that the iDSD Diablo has what it takes to comfortably handle pretty much everything from very sensitive IEMs to inefficient planar headphones.

Yes, it is. We’re not crazy about digital attenuation and resolution loss that follows.

Yes, the iDSD Diablo is a fair bit above the micro iDSD Signature and also any other of our portable/transportable products or their combination of.