I think details and smoothness often cannot come together.

Thank you very much! I will give a listen for the SP1000. @Giraku : I think you should try the Brimar Grand Master Cable for Layla II to get the ultimate performance of your combos. For me, it's definitely a luxury reference sound, I'm very happy with it.

Hi Giraku, I would like to know your comparison between SP1000Cu + Layla II vs Hugo2 + Lalay II. Now I have Hugo2 but I'm looking for a better portable solution for my business trips. Thank you!

You can follow this http://ifi-audio.com/downloads/ And try to update 5.1 Gelato firmware ASAP :) http://ifi-audio.com/micro-idsd-ifi-xmos-firmware/

Hi Kate, The iUSBPower has IsoEarth system which similar to IsoGround in miUSB3.0 (and nano iUSB3.0 doesnt have) and IsoPower+ (3-stage Subsonic noise filters and 3-stage 6th order RFI noise filter) which provide 5 times lower noise than IsoPower (Subsonic noise filter and 2-stage 4th order RFI...

Thanks, but my question here is about the comparison of combo iPurifier2+iUSBPower with nano iUSB3.0 :)

You can refer to this post from iFi: http://support.ifi-audio.com/kb/faq.php?id=95 (see attachment) Here are 2 main things we need to consider: + Audio signal improvement: REclock/REgenerate/REbalance technology + Power supply improvement: Active Noise Cancellation (reduce noise floor) &...

iPurifier2 will be a better choice because @marcus1 already have Uptone Regen. In my opinion, combo Uptone Regen (or iUSBPower) + iPurifier2 will be better than Nano iUSB3.0 if iPurifier2 has same level of REclock/REgenerate, REbalance technology when compared to Nano iUSB3.0 Is it right...

I think you should add a power regenerator to your chain first (uptone or iUsbPower if you already ordered iP2) as I've already done. The improvement is easy to find out when you turn volumn up :)

Actually, I really like the Vinyl tastes from iFi/AMR sonic characteristics! So now I'm wating for the iDSD Pro ... ^^

Hi Sil3nce, thanks for your reply! In the update announcement, iFi didn't mention about something releated to sound improvement but we can easy to found it when we listen to music after update new iDSD firmware. (something like renew version of iDSD) So please don't guess, let try it and...

Hi, Sil3nce. Thank a lot for your really useful review :). But could you do an extend comparison for iFi' products with new updated firmware version 5.1 (Gelato) for iDSD & iDAC2. http://ifi-audio.com/micro-idsd-ifi-xmos-firmware Because with the Gelato version, I feel my iDSD has a noticable...