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iFi Audio iDSD Diablo 2 Portable DAC/Headphone Amplifier - Red
£1,299.00
£1,299.00
Delivery usually 2 to 3 days
The iDSD Diablo 2, with its sleek design and fiery red finish, sits proudly at the top of iFi's range of portable/transportable DAC/amps.
Peter Tyson Warranty Information
All the information below is valid for purchases made on or after 01/01/2022. For purchases made before this date, the warranty details will be provided on your sales receipt or can be obtained by getting in touch with our Customer Service Department.
Please note: Our free extended warranties are only available for brand new products purchased directly from our website. Any purchase made through any other selling platforms will be subject to the Standard Warranty Period only.
The list below indicates the standard warranty period supplied by each manufacturer along with which products are covered by our free 5 Year extended warranty. In the event of a claim, Peter Tyson provides and administers the extended warranty. This extended warranty is on the same basis and terms as the manufacturer’s original warranty, where possible using the same official service providers, giving you total peace of mind for the extended warranty period. In the event of a claim, please contact Peter Tyson in the first instance. Claims for work done by others won't be accepted unless previously agreed.
Please note: We may run promotions and offer longer warranties than advertised below. These will be detailed on the individual product pages and will also be visible on your order invoice.
Should you wish to contact the manufacturer direct for any reason, we have also provided this information within the associated brand sections.
Any extended warranties offered by Peter Tyson are free. We do not include any form of insurance terms such as accidental damage or loan equipment cover.
Warranties can only be fulfilled to goods purchased and delivered within the UK. In order for us to conduct a Warranty claim for goods taken outside of the UK, the goods will have to be returned at your own expense. Alternatively, you can make the goods available for collection at a UK address. This also applies to goods delivered to shipping companies. Subsequent to a successful warranty claim, goods can only be re-delivered to a UK address.
Free warranties provided for TVs, are provided by the Manufacturer/Supplier, and are bound by their own individual terms and conditions. If you need further clarification, please contact us.
All Peter Tyson Extended Warranties are only valid for the original purchaser and are not transferable.
If you have a fault with a product, please click here to see our Service and Returns Policy or click here to contact our Customer Service Department.
Delivery Information
Click here to see delivery information for televisions and larger floorstanding speakers.
At Peter Tyson we pride ourselves on prompt, efficient delivery. Please note that the daily cut off time for all next day delivery services is 3pm.
As standard, items are dispatched on a next working day service. If ordered before 3pm, your goods will be dispatched the same day. This is subject to stock availability and excludes weekends. For an additional fee, early weekday delivery options are available. These options are presented at checkout. See below for further delivery options.
Orders placed before 3pm on a Friday will be delivered the following Monday, unless you have selected a weekend delivery option. Orders placed after 3pm on a Friday will be despatched the following Monday.
Next day deliveries are applicable to the UK mainland and are free of charge unless stated. Orders under £100 will carry a £5.00 next working day deliver surcharge. We do not deliver our goods outside of the UK.
Unfortunately, due to their fragile nature, we cannot accept TV orders for delivery to none UK mainland postcodes - see the list of excluded remote and off-shore postcodes below. All other items to these regions carry courier imposed surcharges of £20 for the first two items, plus £8.50 per additional item* and are subject to a 2-3 working day delivery service.
To ensure reliable, undamaged delivery of televisions - TVs will be shipped with Fedex and for larger TVs, our 2 man delivery service with BJS rather than with our standard next working day courier.
*Where possible, if additional cables or selected small accessories are ordered along with a main product over £100, we will always try to send the additional cables at no extra charge.
Saturday & Sunday Service: Please Note DPD only collect from us on weekdays (Mon - Fri) - We are unable to dispatch orders on Saturday or Sunday.
The order cut-off time for weekend deliveries is Friday 3pm.
If you have urgent or specific delivery needs, please contact us before ordering.
ORDERS UNDER £100
Orders under the value of £100 will be dispatched on a Next Working Day service via DPD with a £5.00 delivery surcharge.
ORDERS OF £100 AND OVER
Dispatched via DPD on a next working day delivery service. You can upgrade to a time or weekend delivery - see below for details.
*Remote & Offshore Locations Exempt
UPGRADED DELIVERY
Before 12:30pm - Next Working Day Delivery
Up to 2 boxes - £15.00 Each additional box - £5.00
NB: Remote & Offshore Locations Exempt.
Before 10:30am - Next Working Day Delivery
Up to 3 boxes - £20.00 Each additional box - £5.00
NB: Remote & Offshore Locations Exempt.
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Up to 2 boxes - £15.00 Each additional box - £3.00
NB: Remote & Offshore Locations Exempt.
Television, Appliances, and Larger Speaker Deliveries
Please note: Large TV, large appliances, and larger floorstanding speaker deliveries are not available to Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Scottish Islands, and Channel Islands.
BJS - Two-man delivery for large TVs and Appliances
Our larger TVs and large appliances (excluding American Fridge Freezers) are delivered by our two-man, white glove specialist courier to your door - BJS Two-Man.
Your consignment will be sent on a 2 day delivery service (for orders placed before 3pm, Monday to Friday). Deliveries are made via BJS Two-Man between the hours of 07:00 and 21:00, and are delivered to your door only (ground floor deliveries only).
Upon Despatch, BJS Home Distribution will contact you via email or text to confirm the date and day of delivery. You will receive an automatic 3 hour time slot the night before delivery. The driver will call you 30 minutes to 1 hour prior to arriving on the day of delivery.
Upon delivery, please ensure all packing of items are carefully checked before signing. All damages need to be reported to Peter Tyson within 2 working days of delivery. Once a delivery has been confirmed, if it is then cancelled or if nobody is there to take delivery, additional charges may apply for re-delivery.
Deliveries are Monday to Friday only, UK mainland regions only. TVs are dispatched free of charge to UK Mainland postcodes (see below for exclusions) and Large Appliances are charged at £35 per item with BJS.
Please note: We only offer our standard BJS delivery service to ground floor properties and blocks of flats with a working lift that is large enough and has sufficient weight capacity to accommodate the ordered goods. Our ground floor room of choice deliveries can include a maximum of 2 flights of stairs where a lift is not available. Any items which are 85kg or over, will be delivered to ground floor only. Please call us if this affects your order, as undelivered products caused by this problem, will incur a redelivery charge.
Fedex - Free 2 weekday delivery
Generally, television purchases of 50" and below will be transported via Fedex, although there may be some exceptions. All items sent out with Fedex (for orders placed before 3pm) are on a 2 working day service or with the chargeable upgrade to a next working day service for £20 per order. Next working day and 2 working day deliveries are Monday to Friday only. A Saturday service is available for orders placed before 3pm on Friday, charged at £30 (plus £20 per additional item) and will be presented as an option at the checkout.
Fedex will send you tracking information via email which can be tracked online.
Palletforce - 2 weekday pallet service for American Fridge Freezers
Due to their size, American Fridge Freezers are sent with Palletforce on a 2 working day, kerbside delivery service. Delivery is only available from Monday to Friday (there is no weekend delivery option), and the order cut-off time for same day dispatch is 3pm on Monday to Friday (subject to stock). Palletforce deliveries are limited to UK Mainland postcodes only (see Restricted Postcodes below), and delivery is charged at £80.
Appliance Delivery Information
Below you will find the delivery information regarding appliance size/type and geographical location.
Large Appliances - (Washing Machines, Dishwashers, Fridge Freezers etc).
Free Local Delivery Service (Cumbria, SW Scotland and NE England*) 2-3 working days.
Within our free delivery service, we will deliver the product to a valid address and we will carry the product into a room of the customer’s choice providing it is straightforward and feasible safe for us to do so. Our delivery engineers reserve the right to refuse delivery to a particular room if it is not straight forward. In these instances, we will leave the product in a convenient place.
Also, in addition to delivery to these local postcodes we can offer an Installation and Recycling service (Selectable at the Checkout) these are charged at £39.99 for Standard Installation and an additional £20 for Recycling.
Our Installation service:
✓ Disconnect the existing appliance ✓ Un-box the new product and remove the transit bolts ✓ Connect your appliance to a suitable water supply within 1.5 metres of your product and an electrical socket ✓ Connect the waste hose to suitable spigot, down pipe and existing waste connections ✓ Level the appliance and check that it’s fully working and operational ✓ Take the packaging from your new appliance away. If you add recycling to your order, we will also take your old appliance away for recycling
Our Installation Service only includes connecting to existing points and fixings. This does not include installing or moving plumbing, connection points or electrics. Installing new points or moving existing points is the customer’s responsibility we can recommend local tradesmen however this will be at the customer’s expense and we not accept any liability for their work.
Unfortunately, our Installation Service excludes all gas appliances. It is the customer’s responsibility to find a gas safe engineer to connect the appliance. Any work conducted by a third part gas safe engineer will be at the customer’s expense and we will not accept any liability for their work.
We do provide installation options for built-in appliances providing it is simply a case of fitting the appliance and furniture doors. Any additional work to the kitchen units or carpentry work required will need to be completed at the customer’s expense.
In the vast majority of cases we will not be able to install the cabinet doors to built-in laundry products as the fittings very rarely match up. We will try our best however if we are unable to do this we will still install connect to plumbing and put the appliance in situ.
Our Installation prices do not include installation of commercial appliances or installation within commercial premises. These services are available but would be subject to site survey and prices would need to be calculated and quoted accordingly.
We reserve the right to refuse installation should our engineers think that the existing electrical or plumbing points are unsafe and in need of maintenance or if they are unable to install to existing furniture.
If you have urgent or specific delivery needs, please contact us before ordering.
All Delivery times are subject to stock availability.
The following postcodes have further courier restrictions and are only available on a 2 to 3 working day service at a charge of £20 for the first two items, and an extra £8.50 per additional item. These are also the excluded postcode regions for television deliveries.
TR21, TR22, TR23, TR24, TR25
ZE1, ZE2, ZE3
ZZ71, ZZ75
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Heavenly Sound. Devilish Power.
The Diablo 2, dressed in Devilish Red, succeeds the Diablo-X, boasting a slew of enhancements such as increased headphone output power, support for lossless Bluetooth codecs, xMEMS technology, iEMatch, a USB-C input, improved circuitry, and more.
As an audiophile, you likely use different systems for home and mobile setups. The Diablo 2 offers the best of both worlds with its powerful 5,180mW maxmium output and balanced dual-mono circuitry, making it the most powerful headphone amplifier of its size.
Diabolical Innovation. Shattering Boundaries.
The Diablo 2 is the world’s first portable DAC/Amp with Bluetooth 5.4, it supports aptX Lossless, the only Bluetooth codec for lossless CD-quality streaming without sacrificing audio quality.
The predecessor of Diablo 2 pioneered support for xMEMS solid-state micro-speaker technology, enhancing IEM and headphone performance with several unique benefits:
• A 15µsec mechanical response, 150 times faster than typical drivers.
• A 2° flat phase response for precise sound and precise +/- 1° phase matching for enhanced spatial sound accuracy.
• A speaker diaphragm made of silicone, 95 times stiffer than plastic, reducing speaker break-up and delivering clearer mid-high frequencies.
Due to the high voltage requirements of xMEMS, iFi has partnered with them to integrate this technology into the new Diablo 2. It utilises the piezoelectric effect to create paper-thin solid-state speakers by converting electrical energy into mechanical energy, exciting an integrated silicon membrane to generate powerful acoustic sound waves for enhanced audio output.
“It’s got a NOS fogger system and a T4 Turbo, Dominic.”
Struggling with your power-hungry headphones? Press the NOS button, and iFi's Diablo goes into beast mode. The Diablo 2 offers three power modes: Normal for IEMs, Turbo for mid-sensitivity headphones, and Nitro for demanding headphones, boasting a 19.2V maximum output.
A switch underneath activates iFi’s iEMatch technology. This feature is tailored for high-sensitivity headphones and earphones, greatly benefiting your in-ear monitors (IEMs). It removes background noise and increases the usable volume range.
The Diablo 2 accommodates a wide range of headphones, from IEMs to power-hungry over-ears. It features a 6.3mm single-ended headphone socket and a 4.4mm balanced output. Additionally, a 3.5mm to 6.35mm adapter is included for versatile connectivity.
Ruling all Bluetooth codec and music formats.
The Diablo 2 features the latest Bluetooth 5.4 technology, supporting the new aptX Lossless codec, which provides a maximum bitrate of 1,200kbps. In comparison, aptX Adaptive has a maximum bitrate of 420kbps, while LDACTM offers a higher bitrate of 990kbps.
The Diablo 2 used Qualcomm’s new QCC518x Bluetooth audio chip, is qualified to Bluetooth 5.4, supported all* Bluetooth formats including: aptX Lossless, aptX Adaptive, aptX, LDACTM, LHDC/HWA, AAC and SBC.
*As of 10 Nov 2023. Check your device for Bluetooth codec support.
**LDAC and LDAC logo are trademarks of Sony Corporation.
Dual Core Burr Brown chipset provides Bit-Perfect DSD and PCM support at sample rates up to 768kHz, DSD512, and Full MQA decoding. Even as Spotify is moving towards Lossless, don’t get left behind.
Wings of Inferno.
The Diablo 2 comes with four wings that you can customise to position it horizontally, like a desktop DAC/amp, or vertically to save space.
Additionally, it features twenty-two rails for improved cooling performance, with eight of these rails being compatible with the Diablo wings, enabling desktop stand use.
Devil in the details.
When examining the Diablo 2’s front panel, you’ll find a new Volume Lock switch next to the volume control, preventing accidental adjustments during transport.
At the back panel’s left side, there’s a switch for mode selection and Bluetooth pairing. On the right side, two USB-C ports streamline cable management — one for audio and the other for charging.
Sound So Moving. Even the Devil May Cry.
Diablo 2 features PureWave, Servoless DirectDrive, OptimaLoop, and Advanced Jitter Reduction Technology, delivering exceptionally pure, detailed, and emotionally touching sound, these technologies elevate performance to unparalleled heights, even challenging desktop DAC/amps.
PureWave’s full balanced dual-mono circuitry elevates clarity by separating channels and reducing noise. DirectDrive removes the need for coupling capacitors, ensuring purer audio.
OptimaLoop employs tailored multiple feedback paths in amplifiers, refining gain control and reducing distortion. The enhanced GMT femto-precision clock with Smart storage cache minimises phase noise for cleaner sound.
Diablo 2 is the most formidable DAC/Amp on the planet. Your headphones should be scared.
Diablo’s Energy Sources
The Diablo 2 can be powered by battery or mains.
Battery power provides ultra-clean and stable DC current, avoiding mains electricity issues like dips, spikes, and noise inducing RFI/EMI pollution. However, there are sonic downsides due to low output voltage and inconsistent output impedance as batteries discharge.
The bundled iPower2 power supply features Active Noise Cancellation II, effectively cancelling out all incoming EMI and RFI noise and making it more than 10 times quieter than most audiophile power supplies.
To make less efficient headphones, like planar magnetics, sing, the voltage needs to be stepped up from 3.7V to +/- 15V. They use a step-up converter operating at 1.2MHz – a frequency far beyond audibility and easier to filter than a typical switch-mode supply, ensuring high linearity and ultra-low noise.
XMOS 16-Core
The XMOS 16-Core chip processes the audio data received via the USB* digital input.
This low-latency XMOS microcontroller has greatly enhanced processing power. Compared to the current generation of eight-core chips, this 16-core IC delivers double the clock speed (2000MIPS) and four times the memory (512KB), as well as the latest SuperSpeed USB standard.
iFi’s in-house digital development team has programmed the XMOS firmware to optimise sound quality and ensure a perfect partnership with the Burr-Brown DAC.
(* Also on S/PDIF on the Diablo-X)
Global Master Timing
Extensive jitter-eradication technologies are applied to the digital stage, including iFi's GMT (Global Master Timing) femto-precision clock and intelligent memory buffer. This represents a total ‘out-of-the-box’ systematic digital solution that solves jitter once and for all.
Burr-Brown MultiBit
The Burr-Brown True Native® chipset means file formats remain unchanged or ‘bit-perfect’. This means you are listening to music as the artist intended in the format in which it was recorded.
At iFi they use Burr Brown extensively in their products having selected it for its natural-sounding ‘musicality’ and True Native architecture. Their experience with this IC means they know how to make the most of it.
DirectDrive®
An important aspect of the circuit design is its direct-coupled nature (no coupling capacitor is present), achieved without a conventionally applied DC servo.
DirectDrive® equals a direct signal path which means less signal degradation. This direct signal path is unequalled in audio and is the reason why the sound is so ‘true’.
MQA
MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) is supported through the USB with full decoding of MQA files up to 384kHz thanks to the processing power of the new 16-core XMOS chip.
This means that the full ‘three unfold’ decoding process is performed internally, as opposed to only the final unfold in the manner of an MQA ‘renderer’.
Globally, MQA has become an important consideration for any comprehensively equipped DAC. It is available through for Tidal Masters, Audirvana and Roon.
OptimaLoop
‘Negative feedback’ is used in amplifier circuits to compare the output signal with the input signal and correct errors, in order to control gain and reduce distortion.
For sound quality, this is positive; BUT commonly applied, one-size-fits-all ‘global negative feedback’ can also highlight different problems at the same time as solving others – corruption of the error signal, phase shifts, group delay and so on can all have a negative impact on sound quality.
iFi recognised that different parts of a circuit benefit from specifically optimised feedback loops and have developed a negative feedback system that is much more accurate than the usual approach. This incorporates multiple feedback paths instead of a global loop, each path optimised for a particular function and working synergistically with the others to deliver optimal overall performance.
Op-Amp
As with many other iFi audio products, they've incorporated a custom OV Series operational-amplifier. This top-notch component contributes to the extremely low noise, low distortion (0.0001%) and wide bandwidth.
PureWave
Balanced, differential analogue circuit design has long been championed for its ability to reduce noise and cross-talk within the signal path by fully separating the left and right channels.
PureWave is a new, balanced, symmetrical dual-mono topology with short, direct signal paths. The name refers to the sonic purity it achieves thanks to exceptional linearity and infinitesimally low levels of noise and distortion.
MOSFET
Switching between settings has been engineered to ensure sonic transparency with advanced trench technology MOSFET is used as a muting switch.
This FET-based switching is handled by a micro-controller, which only ‘wakes up’ when the user changes a setting, thus eradicating any sonically deleterious interference.
TDK
TDK C0G (Class 1 ceramic) capacitors offer high stability and low losses for resonant circuit applications.
Getting ever closer to the theoretical ideal of pure, frequency-constant capacitance, these capacitors reduce capacitor-induced distortion to vanishingly low levels.
MELF resistors
Vishay MELF resistors – complex, costly but superior.
These metal electrode leadless face resistors have excellent accuracy, stability, reliability, and pulse load capability. They provide optimal power rating and pulse load capability. They show some of the lowest noise and distortion of any resistor available in the market, period.
Panasonic OS-CON
Panasonic OS-CON caps totaling 5,410uF give very-low Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR), excellent noise reduction capability and frequency response characteristics. In addition, OS-CONs have a long-life span and its ESR changes little even at low temperatures since the electrolyte is solid.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments low-noise ICs offer great unity-gain bandwidth, very low noise and distortion, high output drive capability, Common-mode and Power Supply Rejection Ratios of over 100 dB, wide maximum-output-swing bandwidths and high slew rates.
muRata
muRata control-type, low-ESR high-Q multi-layer capacitors. The ‘ESR control’ aspect of the Murata is something special. Their noise suppression abilities are impressive.
