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It’s a touch warm-sounding, typical of iFi gear, but it gained a natural character that is not as coarse-sounding as the previous model.

To me, the best part of the iFi audio GR 2 is the DAC section, I have to say. It’s not just the fact that you get K2HD plus all the other goodies like XBass and XSpace through that line out, but the DAC is very sweet-sounding, revealing, and produces lots of nuanced detail.

The DAC is highly neutral without any of the coloration tools, although I wouldn’t consider the K2HD feature a coloration feature. It tends to produce a higher level of realism and body, especially in the vocal range.

Combine that with an amplifier stage that is now more undressed, or should I say more unveiled, and combined with the DAC, it makes a fun-sounding combo that is musical-sounding and less inhibited than the previous model.