AMR/iFi audio Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 'Nuff said! Our PowerStation is here: click me! Check out our Tidal MQA Set-up Guides below. Android (Renderer) MobileDesktop (Decoder) via USBDesktop (Decoder) via SPDIF Link to comment
EVOLVIST Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Are those BNC inputs on the iDSD Pro that I see? SonicTransporter i5 -> Linn KDS/3 -> M3a-800S -> EgglestonWorks Andra II Link to comment
AMR/iFi audio Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 The Pro iESL First among energizers The Pro series iESL is an unsurpassed energiser for electrostatic headphones (and transformer-coupled stage for flagship dynamic headphones too). The Pro iESL driven by either the iFi Pro iCAN or a powerful amplifier takes electrostatic headphones to an unprecedented level of performance. Its defining characteristic is a transparency and an ultra-wide dynamic range that is totally natural. The Pro iESL works with Stax, Sennheiser Orpheus and many more. Classic & Cutting Edge Technology The Pro iESL’s three key elements combine the very best in classical approaches with the latest in cutting-edge technology AND superb component quality to deliver the ‘perfectly matched’ headphone experience. • Atypical Pinstripe Permalloy Core transformer • Bias voltage generator • Capacitive Battery Power Supply Outstanding Component Quality One-off, hand-wound, Pinstripe Permalloy Core Transformer Wima Capacitors Vishay MELF resistors Gold-plated silver and sealed-silver alloy contact relays Specifications Maximum Output voltage: 640V RMS (16Ω/20V in) 320V RMS (64Ω/20V in) Frequency Response: 5Hz – 50kHz (-3dB) Input Voltage (Pro iESL): 5V – 9V/1A max Input Voltage (iPower): AC 85 – 265V, 50/60Hz Power Consumption: < 1W Dimensions: 213(l) x 206(w) x 63.3(h) mm Weight: 2.5kg (5.5 lbs) The retail price of the Pro iESL is US$1,399 (ex-tax) or €1,575/£1,395 (incl VAT). Stay tuned, tech stuff coming up shortly! Our PowerStation is here: click me! Check out our Tidal MQA Set-up Guides below. Android (Renderer) MobileDesktop (Decoder) via USBDesktop (Decoder) via SPDIF Link to comment
occamsrazor Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Any update on the iDSD Pro? Mac Mini > RME ADI-2 DAC > Hypex Ncore monoblocks > ATC SCM-11 speakers & C1 subwoofer Link to comment
AMR/iFi audio Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 4 hours ago, occamsrazor said: Any update on the iDSD Pro? For now this: https://www.phileweb.com/news/audio/201711/03/19231.html Our PowerStation is here: click me! Check out our Tidal MQA Set-up Guides below. Android (Renderer) MobileDesktop (Decoder) via USBDesktop (Decoder) via SPDIF Link to comment
rickca Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Oh great, iDSD Pro does DSD1024. Where did I put that mainframe? Pareto Audio AMD 7700 Server --> Berkeley Alpha USB --> Jeff Rowland Aeris --> Jeff Rowland 625 S2 --> Focal Utopia 3 Diablos with 2 x Focal Electra SW 1000 BE subs i7-6700K/Windows 10 --> EVGA Nu Audio Card --> Focal CMS50's Link to comment
Totsipaki Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 That display is really Nicer!.. Link to comment
AMR/iFi audio Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 Just now, Totsipaki said: That display is really Nicer!.. We believe so as well. Our PowerStation is here: click me! Check out our Tidal MQA Set-up Guides below. Android (Renderer) MobileDesktop (Decoder) via USBDesktop (Decoder) via SPDIF Link to comment
Totsipaki Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 So will santa bring it this year or we can assume sometime within the rest of the decade? Link to comment
AMR/iFi audio Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 Just now, Totsipaki said: So will santa bring it this year or we can assume sometime within the rest of the decade? No specific dates, sorry. But we're getting there. The picture says a lot though: "We're close". Our PowerStation is here: click me! Check out our Tidal MQA Set-up Guides below. Android (Renderer) MobileDesktop (Decoder) via USBDesktop (Decoder) via SPDIF Link to comment
Popular Post Totsipaki Posted November 6, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2017 Well hope is the last one to die they say where I come from.. 4est, occamsrazor and johndoe21ro 2 1 Link to comment
AMR/iFi audio Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 On 6.11.2017 at 8:13 PM, Totsipaki said: Well hope is the last one to die they say where I come from.. So they say indeed. Rest assured that in case of our Pro iDSD it's not a matter of hopes Clock's ticking....tick... tock... Our PowerStation is here: click me! Check out our Tidal MQA Set-up Guides below. Android (Renderer) MobileDesktop (Decoder) via USBDesktop (Decoder) via SPDIF Link to comment
AMR/iFi audio Posted December 25, 2017 Author Share Posted December 25, 2017 Preview – Pro series - part 1/5 Pro iDSD Is there anything like it? Introduction Over the past few years iFi audio has delighted audiophiles and confounded industry experts with its growing range of high-quality, low-cost and very portable digital-to-audio converters (DACs). Music fans on the move could at last listen to Direct Stream Digital (DSD) on well-built portable devices that didn’t cost the Earth (£500 and under in fact). Now, iFi is set to rock the digital world again with the launch of iDSD Pro, a ground-breaking Quad DAC that will be used across the next generation of iFi products. Yes, it’s taken a while to come to market but, boy, has it been worth the wait! There is simply nothing like it. Coming up next, you'll be able to feast your eyes on our Pro iDSD jaw-dropping features. Rest assured that very shortly you'll see what we mean. Stay tuned! P.S. This might look like one fine Xmas tease and it is. But then again, it's so much more on top of that, things are going to happen very soon. Our PowerStation is here: click me! Check out our Tidal MQA Set-up Guides below. Android (Renderer) MobileDesktop (Decoder) via USBDesktop (Decoder) via SPDIF Link to comment
Totsipaki Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 What's the antenna for? Does It contain a streamer? Link to comment
AMR/iFi audio Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 47 minutes ago, Totsipaki said: What's the antenna for? Does It contain a streamer? It has a wireless functionality. Our PowerStation is here: click me! Check out our Tidal MQA Set-up Guides below. Android (Renderer) MobileDesktop (Decoder) via USBDesktop (Decoder) via SPDIF Link to comment
AMR/iFi audio Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Preview – Pro series - part 2/5 Jaw-dropping features 1) Quad DAC section The iDSD Pro uses a Quad ‘stack’ of the iFi Bit-Perfect DSD and DXD DAC by Burr-Brown in a custom ‘interleaved’ configuration. This enables a total of eight pairs of differential signals to be used and mixed – that’s four pairs of signals per channel. While the iDSD Pro includes field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) for digital remastering duties – where we believe they excel – there are also external D/A sections, with a limited number of elements. In the iDSD Pro we use four interleaved 64-Element converters, to create a 256-Element DAC per channel, manufactured at high level of precision. All signals to the DACs are re-clocked with the low-jitter Global Master Timing® master clock derived from the AMR DP-777. 2) Studio DSD Remastering Bit-Perfect or Upsampled All digital processing is Bit-Perfect, without employing an Asynchronous Sample Rate Converter (ASRC), or by up-sampling unless digital filters are explicitly selected. A variety of digital filters (including Bit-Perfect mode without digital filtering) are available. The iDSD Pro supports both USB 3.0 Type B connections and USB 3.1 Type C connections – a first for a DAC. All inputs (including USB) are galvanically isolated and the USB input is self-powered. The SPDIF inputs use technology derived from the AMR DP-777 including a new, solid-state implementation of the HD-VDi, memory buffer and the Global Master Timing® clock system. Click on this link for more information on iFi’s SPDIF solution: http://www.amr-audio.co.uk/html/dp777_tech-papers_spdif.html Next Generation X-Core 200 The iDSD Pro features the new XMOS XU216 X-Core 200 Series 16-Core processor with a maximum of 2,000 MIPS (two billion instructions per second) calculation power in dual-issue mode as a USB interface. It can decode signals from all Inputs, from USB (up to 768kHz/DSD512), AES/EBU or S/PDIF (up to 192kHz/24Bit) and Wifi/Network/Mass-storage (up to 192kHz/32Bit). Stay tuned! Our PowerStation is here: click me! Check out our Tidal MQA Set-up Guides below. Android (Renderer) MobileDesktop (Decoder) via USBDesktop (Decoder) via SPDIF Link to comment
asdf1000 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 5 minutes ago, AMR/iFi audio said: 2) Studio DSD Remastering Hello, can you share more info on this? The iDSD Pro will itself up-sample internally up to DSD512 using the mentioned FPGAs? Or higher? Link to comment
AMR/iFi audio Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 5 minutes ago, Em2016 said: Hello, can you share more info on this? The iDSD Pro will itself up-sample internally up to DSD512 using the mentioned FPGAs? Or higher? In the not too distant future we will explain everything. asdf1000 1 Our PowerStation is here: click me! Check out our Tidal MQA Set-up Guides below. Android (Renderer) MobileDesktop (Decoder) via USBDesktop (Decoder) via SPDIF Link to comment
jamesg11 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 $s are always a good place to start! ... & then we contemplate the specs & functionality ... & then we wait for reviews & toes-in-the-water ... macmini M1>ethernet / elgar iso tran(2.5kVa, .0005pfd)>consonance pw-3 boards>ghent ethernet(et linkway cat8 jssg360)>etherRegen(js-2)>ghent ethernet(et linkway cat8 jssg360) >ultraRendu (clones lpsu>lps1.2)>curious regen link>rme adi-2 dac(js-2)>cawsey cables>naquadria sp2 passive pre> 1.naquadria lucien mkII.5 power>elac fs249be + elac 4pi plus.2> 2.perreaux9000b(mods)>2x naquadria 12” passive subs. Link to comment
Totsipaki Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Will the I dsd pro support the Ravenna protocol ? asdf1000 1 Link to comment
asdf1000 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 7 hours ago, Totsipaki said: Will the I dsd pro support the Ravenna protocol ? Now that would be somethin... I hope 2018 is the year Ravenna finally takes off in the consumer sphere. The same thing I hoped for in 2017 :-) Link to comment
One and a half Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 4 hours ago, Em2016 said: Now that would be somethin... I hope 2018 is the year Ravenna finally takes off in the consumer sphere. The same thing I hoped for in 2017 :-) Dusty Springfield has a song about hope... asdf1000 1 AS Profile Equipment List Say NO to MQA Link to comment
asdf1000 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 57 minutes ago, One and a half said: Dusty Springfield has a song about hope... LOL. Good call. Link to comment
One and a half Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Or Dante to support 6ch/2ch DSD, but steering off topic. AS Profile Equipment List Say NO to MQA Link to comment
occamsrazor Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I think the Dante hopes are more dream-wishlist than likely reality :-) :-) But it certainly would be cool... In any case despite the "details", without any timeframe I don't see anything that puts us substantially closer to a real product we can buy. I'm in the market for a new DAC/Pre (I don't need headphone use) and need to buy something pretty soon... While I'd like to wait to see just what this one will turn out like, expecially given the supposed network functionality of some type, it's been so long coming I think I'm just going to go for an RME ADI-2 DAC instead. Mac Mini > RME ADI-2 DAC > Hypex Ncore monoblocks > ATC SCM-11 speakers & C1 subwoofer Link to comment
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