I should have mine shortly. I will post my impressions, comparing it to both my D1 and D2 Viper modded and unmodded.
Most of iBasso amp problems have been with the lithium power supply/charging circuitry. Having rechargables will certainly help eliminate that one snag.
It will be interesting to see what opamp iBasso has chosen for this amp. They have been most receptive to customer input!
Originally Posted by HiFlight /img/forum/go_quote.gif Most of iBasso amp problems have been with the lithium power supply/charging circuitry. Having rechargables will certainly help eliminate that one snag.
I've never seen any chargers with more than 4 AAA slots in my country... any recommendation on the web shop?
Originally Posted by Lil' Knight /img/forum/go_quote.gif I think it is the same as the D1. You can connect the D3 to your laptop, use it as a DAC (bypass its internal amp) and then connect another amp to it.
Well I know that. But the D1 used the input jack as their line out. My question was how would it work in the case of D3? Do we switch off the amp to enable the output jack as a line out? Is it bypassing the internal amp by doing that?
Originally Posted by nc8000 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Looks nice but I'm missing the optical input that the D1 had. Wonder why they droped that idea again after the D1. Perhaps not enough demand ?
Yeah, I don't think there is a great demand but it is a nice feature. I added it to my Monica II dac and use it every day but most don't use a portable CD optical output and iRiver 120 and 140's haven't been made for a while, reason I have 5 and prefer them by far to anything else.
Originally Posted by nc8000 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Looks nice but I'm missing the optical input that the D1 had. Wonder why they droped that idea again after the D1. Perhaps not enough demand ?
About a month ago, they told me that they were developing the D1 replacement which had the S/PDIF input and it would be released October. D3 Python isn't it I think.
Yeah, they made a mistake with having a 5th AAA battery. They should've went with an internal Li-Ion battery pack instead. Charging 5 AAA's is less convenient.
Funny how it looks very much like a Pico from the front panel layout.
Originally Posted by jamato8 /img/forum/go_quote.gif It looks closer to the Boa in appearance imo. I guess there is only so many places to put the in and outs and volume control.
LOL, that's true. The EMM Labs DAC2 looks more like a super sized Pico with it having the same bevels and polished anodized finish.
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