“I have a lot of respect for the iFi products, based on my previous reviews, so when I was offered the chance to test out some of their more recent offerings, I jumped at the chance. The first of those products is the iPurifier2, an accessory to enhance the digital signal and power supply coming from a computer to a USB DAC or converter……My first impressions of the iPurifier2 were favourable. Like all iFi offerings, it comes nicely packaged, both in terms of aesthetics, and protection, as you can see from the pictures. Sliding the inner carton from the sleeve, I found the iPurifier2, a USB adapter, and the warranty card…..It seems amazing that the iPurifier2 can do all what it does in such a tiny piece of equipment!……I am fortunate to have not one, but four systems in which I could test the iPurifier2……The overall impression is one of more clarity, despite my systems producing more than acceptable clarity without the iPurifier2. But it is easy to detect, from the top end to the bass, everything sounds better defined, and more focussed. The better focus is particularly noticeable with instruments like cymbals. In fact, on one track that I listened to, I realised that a tiny sound that I had always heard before, but not really thought about, was clearly finger cymbals. Guitar strings, that I thought already sounded ‘clean’ were even more so, and bass lines were also better defined……In short, I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending the iFi iPurifier2 to anybody using a USB DAC or converter to supply the music signal to their hi-fi system.”
Thank you Nick Whetstone and TNT-Audio!
http://www.tnt-audio.com/sorgenti/ifi_ipurifier2_e.html
