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iFi iDSD Valkyrie DAC & Headphone Amplifier

$3,399.00

The iFi iDSD Valkyrie is not just another portable DAC/Amp—it’s a revolution in personal audio. Designed for audiophiles who crave more than just raw power, the Valkyrie offers unparalleled customisation, allowing users to shape their own unique sound signature. With advanced digital and analogue processing, this flagship device brings professional studio tools straight to your fingertips, all in a sleek, portable form.

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Studio-Grade Remastering at Your Fingertips
At the heart of the Valkyrie lies its DSD1024 Remastering capability, powered by a custom-coded FPGA. Similar to the mastering techniques used in top-tier studios, this feature allows users to enhance any audio file, improving resolution and reducing distortion. Whether you prefer pure DSD playback or want to remaster PCM files into ultra-high-resolution formats, the Valkyrie ensures your music sounds as rich and detailed as a professionally remastered recording.

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Power and Precision with Next-Gen Technology
With its quad-DAC architecture, featuring four Burr-Brown DACs, the Valkyrie delivers an exceptional level of detail and accuracy. The 5,700mW peak output provides enough power to drive even the most demanding headphones, outperforming its predecessor, the iDSD Diablo 2, by 44%. Meanwhile, aptX Lossless and LDAC support guarantee high-fidelity wireless playback, making it a top choice for both wired and wireless audiophiles.

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Immersive Sound Tailored to You
Beyond raw power, the Valkyrie offers a suite of analogue enhancements, including XBassII for deeper bass, XPresence for enhanced vocals, and XSpace for a more expansive soundstage. Unlike traditional DSP-based EQ adjustments, these features use switchable analogue circuitry, preserving the purity of your music. Combined with its 20,000mAh battery, delivering 18 hours of playback, the Valkyrie ensures an unmatched portable listening experience—wherever you go.

Key Features

Remastering content to high resolution DSD has previously only been available to a select few, including the world’s best mastering houses.. The Valkyrie brings this once exclusive processing to the hands of the consumer via a custom-coded FPGA, to transform any file and ultimately make music sound closer to a professionally remastered recording.

K2HD restores rich, natural harmonics to lifeless digital recordings. Its advanced high-frequency extension revives overtones beyond 22kHz, delivering audio quality close to the original master. We worked with JVCKENWOOD for 18 months to develop this product and bring their renowned K2HD Technology back to the forefront.

Powered by quad-stack of Burr Brown DACs, the Valkyrie achieves unmatched linearity and impeccable channel separation – a design legacy from our mastering-grade DAC, the Pro iDSD. Inspired by the legendary Phillips TDA1541A which is hailed as the ‘king of multi-bit DACs’, this quad-core DAC architecture echoes the magic and heritage of the Philips chipset used inside the AMR CD-77. The Valkyrie offers the dynamic punch and slam of the iconic Phillips chip, but with superior low-level linearity for breath-taking detail.

The iDSD Valkyrie boasts an extraordinarily powerful headphone amplifier, capable of delivering up to 5,700mW of maximum peak output, measured our way. For more information on how and why we measured the Valkyrie using our own standards, please refer to https://ifi-audio.com/faqs/how-maximum-power-is-measured/

Become Your Own Remastering Engineer.

The iDSD Valkyrie is for those demanding more than pure power or precision; it’s for those who seek the power to sculpt the feel and emotion of their music. Fusing sonic customisation with cutting-edge technology, the Valkyrie hides thunderous amounts of sonic control, with K2HD Technology, DSD Remastering, six additional digital filters, and our signature analogue processing. Complete with quad-DAC architecture, 5,700mW* peak output, lossless Bluetooth, and 18hours of battery life, it is unmatched by any other portable.

*Peak output measured using iFi’s standards. For more information, please refer to https://ifi-audio.com/faqs/how-maximum-power-is-measured/

iFi iDSD Valkyrie Headphone Amplifier Specifications
Digital
Hi-Res Support PCM 768kHz; DSD512
Bluetooth Formats aptX Lossless, aptX Adaptive, aptX, LDAC, LHDC/HWA, AAC, SBC
Output Power
Headphone Outputs Balanced 4.4mm, S-Bal 3.5mm
Output Impedance ≤0.3Ω via 4.4mm; ≤0.2Ω via 3.5mm
4.4mm (RMS) ≥19.6V / 640mW (@600Ω); >12.0V / 2,250mW (@64Ω)
3.5mm (RMS) >9.8V / 160mW (@600Ω); >8.5V / 2,258mW (@64Ω)
xMEMS >28Vpp (4.4mm output)
Line Output
Output Impedance 205Ω via 4.4mm; 105Ω via 3.5mm/RCA
SNR 116dB(A)
DNR 116dB(A)
THD+N 0.002% (20-20kHz)
General
Power Consumption Nitro 13W; Turbo 6.5W; Normal 3.5W; xMEMS 6.1W
Battery Lithium-polymer 20,000mAh
Charging USB-C – QC3.0 @ 20V; QC2.0 @ 5-12V
Charging Time 2.5 hours @ 20V; 4 hours @ 12V; 5 hours @ 9V; 8 hours @ 5V
Dimensions 172 x 160 x 30mm
Net Weight 882g (1.94 lbs)
Connectivity
Digital Inputs 1x USB-C; 1x S/PDIF (optical/coaxial); Bluetooth 5.4
Analogue Inputs 1x Balanced 4.4mm; 1x 3.5mm
Headphone Outputs 1x Balanced 4.4mm; 1x S-Bal 3.5mm
Line Outputs 1x Balanced 4.4mm; 2x 3.5mm; 1x RCA
Power/Charging 1x USB-C

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