External DAC for iPhone/iPad?

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I have been looking for an external DAC, primarily for my iPad, but should be suitable for iPhone too.

Do the likes of the Oppo HA-2 actually work as a DAC with these, bypassing the Apple one, or are they working simply as amplifiers?

Some articles I have read suggest some of the external devices don't actually bypass the internal Apple DAC.


For info the phone is a 6s and the iPad a 12.9" Pro.

Interestingly my Macbook seems to have the best quality output from standard, but less practical when just wanting to listen!
 
I have had trouble in the past with USB DACs connected to a lightning port but the Oppo HA-2 website does specifically state that it is MFi and works with the standard lightning to USB cable bypassing the internal DAC.
 
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