i have some savings left on me so I was going to buy iqaudio dac pro cuz I have raspberry pi laying around me but my friend told me to get a ifi go link
but I'm not sure what to buy
but I'm not sure what to buy
RPi is not all that great for use with a hat dac. Too complicated and expensive to get good sound that way. The ifi go link is a pretty low cost device, so I wouldn't expect too much from it either. Maybe best if you can try before you buy.