The D16 Taipan is a DAC (digital-to-analog converter) and A-class headphone amplifier that uses iBasso's self-developed FPGA-Master 2.0 core and 16 stacked 8E PWM-DACs, a total of 128 PWM-DACs ( discrete) for 1-bit D/A conversion. Measured THD+N exceeds 0.0001%, the best among current portable discrete DACs.

Built from iBasso's custom-developed resistors, capacitors, and code carried on the FPGA-Master 2, the D16 Taipan features a fully DSD DAC and amplifier DSP approaching -174dB THD. The USB input DAC/amplifier converts CD rips, Hi-Res downloads, Spotify, Tidal or Apple Music streams and all normal PCM material to DSD via its 1-bit decoder before decoding from digital to analogue.

The D16 Taipan is the perfect choice for collectors of SACD-rip and DSD64 files, or anyone looking to get the most out of their flagship headphones.

Other features:

- DAC chip: iBasso 1-bit discrete DSD DAC
- Volume control: Yes
- Distortion: