The Ether C's and Andromeda's were my next favorite pairings, but the HE1000 came across as a little bright sounding to me with the iDSD, just wasn't a great pairing IMO, but it certainly had the power to drive them adequately, I would just say it's a sound signature preference. I admit to using the bass boost with it quite a bit too, was just so fun sounding and really got me into the music. In terms of headphone pairings, my guilty pleasure, and the one that's got me thinking about buying the iDSD BL was the LCD-3F pairing. Normally stuff like this is very gimmicky and doesn't sound good, so I really wasn't even planning to try them but luckily I gave them a chance because I actually had a lot of fun using them! They are very subtle effects, nothing like I've been used to before, and they allow you to modify the sound very slightly which I found helpful for dealing with tracks that were either too closed in sounding and could use a little more air (mostly newer recordings), or other recordings that could stand for a little more bass. It can literally plan any file type, on any headphone and it sounded great doing so.Īnother thing I really liked about it was the bass/treble boost switches. That was my biggest takeaway from my week with the iDSD BL too, is how versatile it was. No other device I've got can achieve that feat of being able to drive anything you throw at it. As I began using it with my different headphones I found out it was pretty damn versatile too, it could go from driving my Campfire Audio Andromeda's (which are very sensitive) on the IEM setting, all the way up to my HE1000's, which needed the Turbo setting to really shine.
Considering it comes in at what I would consider a budget gear range, I was very impressed because it had the build quality of more expensive gear. The next thing that stands out is how well it seems to be built. The first thing you'll notice when you open the box is that they've included just about every adapter or accessory you can think of (except an OTG cable apparently), so right out of the gate you'll pretty much be ready to use this device with whatever gear you've got. The headphones I used for my review included an HE1000, LCD-3F, Ether C and a pair of Andromeda IEM's. I was lucky enough to get to demo the iFi Audio iDSD Black Label for about a week thanks to the good folks at iFi and I just wanted to share my experience with this great little piece of equipment.
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