iFi Audio iDAC & iUSBPower USB D/A processor & outboard power supply Associated Equipment

Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment

Analog Sources: Garrard 301, Thorens TD 124 turntables; Artemis Lab TA-1, EMT 997 tonearms; Ortofon SPU, EMT TSD 15 70th Anniversary pickup heads; Miyabi Laboratory 47 phono cartridge.
Digital Sources: AudioQuest DragonFly, Halide HD DAC, Wavelength Proton USB DACs; Apple iMac G5 computer running Apple iTunes v11.0, Decibel v1.0.2 playback softwares; Sony SCD-777ES SACD/CD player.
Preamplification: Auditorium 23 Standard (SPU version), Hommage T2, Silvercore One-to-Ten step-up transformers; Shindo Masseto preamplifier.
Power Amplifiers: Fi 421A, Shindo Corton-Charlemagne monoblocks & Haut-Brion & Cortese.
Loudspeakers: Altec Valencia 846A, Audio Note AN-E/SPe HE, DeVore Fidelity Orangutan O/96, Quad ESL.
Headphones: Sennheiser PMX 90.
Cables: USB: AudioQuest Carbon, iFi Audio stock, Nordost Blue Heaven. Interconnect: Audio Note AN-Vx, Shindo Silver. Speaker: Auditorium 23.
Accessories: Box Furniture Company D3S rack (source, amplification components); Keith Monks record-cleaning machine; Peter W. Belt Cream Electret.—Art Dudley

COMPANY INFO
iFi Audio, Abbingdon Music Research
US distributor: Avatar Acoustics
545 Wentworth Ct.
Fayetteville, GA 30215
(888) 991-9196
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JR_Audio's picture

 

Hi John

Good to see some new graphs in your plots showing the measurement of the behavior of the digital reconstruction filter with a technique, we discussed in January at the CES. With that, you and your readers can see more clearly, what is going on in the digital filter, at least in the frequency domain.

Juergen

lohma004's picture

I ordered and received an iDac and have loved the sound, but I experienced a problem with the mini-jack. It doesn't hold the plug securely and that results in crackling sounds. I use it to feed sound to an audio system (not headphones) and with the volume control so close the jack, when I make volume adjustments the jack makes and loses connection - heard audibly in the sound system

I returned the first unit and after waiting months to get a replacment found that the replacement does the same thing. Seems to be a design flaw..

Anyone else experience this or have a solution?

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