It uses an included external low-noise iPowerX AC/DC power supply. (It is not a headphone amp.) Neo comes in an attractive silver-coloured aluminum finish. Functions (volume, settings) are controlled on the front by a large knob and a tiny menu/output selector button. It even has a small retina-grade TFT (thin-film-transistor) display on the front which shows (in vivid colour) album covers, the digital file type/specs, and more. In a nutshell, the iFi Neo Stream (Neo) is a sleek and modern-looking bold, visionary unit that serves as a streamer, preamplifier, and DAC-all at once. Special thanks to Ricardo Anton, Online Marketing Specialist/iFi Audio USA, for sending me a review unit and always being available for questions. It is a welcome addition to their Home Audio collection, with a modest price range between the higher-end flagship Pro iDSD Signature ($3,249) and the Zen Stream ($399). That brings us to the new iFi Neo Stream ( $1299), the focus of this review. Even if you don't need any such thing, something in their extensive inventory will undoubtedly pique your curiosity iFi Audio certainly has that effect on me. The odd oval-like futuristic shapes and tiny sizes of some grab your attention. They even have colours to match, such as Sunset Orange and the "fiery red finish" for the iDSD DIABLO ("The Devil in the Detail."). Trendy and catchy names used for their products include Zen DAC, hip-dac2 ("our hip-dac just got hipper!"), uno, Go bar and Go blu. The range of products offers flexibility, convenience, and new evolving technologies. In addition to digital media devices (streamers, DACs, DAC/headphone amps), they also offer small amplifiers and phono stages such as the iFi iPhono3 Black Label. Headquartered in the UK with its distribution center in the USA, iFi Audio has been producing various small, innovative, relatively inexpensive, and lightweight home and portable audio devices since 2012.
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