Uno: Great Sound For Everyone

Are you dissatisfied with the audio quality from your digital devices when enjoying music, watching movies, or playing games? Enter the iFi Audio Uno, the ultimate sound enhancer that elevates your audio experience to new heights, delivering more power, intricate details, and realism. Uno is conveniently compact, fitting in the palm of your hand. Its charming, curved case is crafted from durable, mineral-filled polymer and houses advanced DAC and headphone amplifier technology, revolutionizing the audio capabilities of various digital devices.

Uno effortlessly connects via USB-C to Windows PCs, Apple Macs, and a wide range of smartphones and tablets. What sets it apart is its ability to draw both power and audio data from the connected device, eliminating the need for a separate power source. Uno ensures you receive a flawlessly processed, optimally amplified analog audio signal, enhancing the quality of your headphones, powered speakers, or an amplifier with separate speakers for a truly remarkable entertainment experience.

DAC’s the ticket

The iFi Audio Uno draws from the experience iFi has gained in developing a range of multi-award-winning DACs at a wide spread of prices, from under £200 to over £3000. At its heart lies a power-efficient, high-performance DAC chip from ESS Technology’s Sabre HiFi series – the ES9219MQ/Q – benefiting from 32-bit HyperStream III architecture. This combines with Quad DAC+ and Time Domain Jitter Eliminator technologies, plus iFi’s dedicated clock circuitry utilising a specialised crystal oscillator, to deliver ultra-low distortion, excellent clarity and impressive dynamic range.

A volume knob sits fron and center, delivering high quality analogue adjustment in the DAC itself rather than relying on the software driven volume controls in connected digital devices. Next to this is the PowerMatch button, which adjuts gain by 6dB to match the connected headphones.

Hi-Res Audio

The Uno’s hi-res audio credentials are highly impressive given its diminutive price. PCM audio data is supported to 32-bit/384kHz, alongside DSD up to 11.2MHz (DSD256), and MQA – the hi-res streaming technology used by Tidal’s ‘HiFi Plus’ tier. An illuminated ring behind the volume control changes color to indicate the format and sample rate of the incoming digital signal.

Another proprietary circuit provides three specially tuned EQ modes – one for music, another for movies, and the third for games. These are analogue processing modes rather than DSP (Digital Signal Processing), engineered to maintain sonic fidelity whilst precisely adjusting the frequency balance. Music mode delivers a detailed and engaging sound with all types of music; Movie mode enhances dialogue clarity with films, TV shows and other audio/video content; and Game mode makes low-level sound effects crystal-clear, so you always hear your enemies coming. A button at the front cycles through the three settings, with illuminated logos on top of the Uno indicating the current mode.

Key Features

• Unlock bigger, bolder, more detailed sound to enhance your digital entertainment experience
• USB-C Input: Connect Windows PCs, Apple Macs and all manner of tables and smartphones
• Sophisticated D/A Conversion and amplification elevates audio 
• 3.5mm headphoen output, plus stereo RCA to connect to an amp or powered speakers
• 32-bit ES9219 Sabre DAC Chip with HyperStream III achitecture Quad DAC+ Technology
• Supports Hi-Res Audio up to 32-bit/384kHz PCM, DSD256, & MQA
• Advanced featues include Dynamic Range Enhancement and Dedicated Clock Circuitry
• High Quality volume control and switchable gain
• Music, Movie, and Game EQ Modes
• Mineral Filled Polymer Shell with Aluminum Front Plate
• Dimensions: 88x26x61mm

iFi Audio Uno User Manual