New balanced portable amp from RSA w/ DAC! - Page 12

 !  an "upcoming 24/192 DAC" ?!!   Will it be a "portable battery powered unit with amp" (like a "super INTRUDER" )   or just a desktop product ? 

 

more info or release date pleaaaaseee ....

 

thanks

Edited by bmichels - 11/23/12 at 2:02pm

All I know is portable, balanced and a match for the sr71b so probably the same size. I haven't heard anything about what inputs.

Edited by ThatPhilDude - 11/23/12 at 2:15pm

A must for RSA to compete is to have apple/android input compatibility for portable setups. A regular usb dac in my opinion would not propel many people to buy even if it does sound great.

I don't have all the facts, no official announcements yet.
But, Ray said same size as sr71b balanced input and output as mentioned above.
No USB, rather toslink and spdif switchable inputs.
He said a couple of more months before ready.

And no apple certified input etc.

so it is only a DAC,  NOT a DAC+AMP ? 

Yep, companion to the sr71b, no amp just Dac.

 

I also heard about RSA DAC will be released soon pairing with 71b from some forum thread. I really love to see it, and hopefully it is like CLAS (supporting iDevice) but not sure it will be iDevice supported since I recall Ray mentioned the issue about high loyalty fee.

I believe that what people are expecting is not another DAC but an all in one solution for PC/MAC/ANDROID.  Some sort of " 24/192kHz INTRUDER".

 

If the Intruder was 24/192, I would have bought it without hesitation....

 

 

My portable setup.

 

iPod Classic/iPhone 4s/PC ==> Cypher Labs Algorhythm Solo -dB ====> RSA The Intruder =====> LFF's Paradox 

Nice setup.  What bag are you using?

 

 

Black Star Bag from ALO audio.

 

I am thinking to do the same setup, but -dB (well the fixed one) is not yet up in ALO audio. How do you like the setup? Is -dB and Intruder pairing well?

I actually got the fixed/corrected unit from TTVJ. You can also get a unit from Moon-audio and get a free custom 30-pin to mini-usb B cable. 

 

Currently can't stop smiling when listening to this setup.

 

The pairing so far has been pretty amazing.

 

I see. I wasn't sure TTVJ and Moon-Audio already have the fixed unit and ship them already. Maybe I should try that since Moon-audio offer a free cable. But I probably need to order a balanced interconnect cable between -dB and Intruder from ALO...

 

And, I am glad to hear you like the setup a lot. It helps me to hurt my wallet deeper! :D