[Mr Creosote]

There seems to be lots of stuff going on in there.
 
More so than the regen and mark one iusb power-hope it sounds good for the price.
 
Yes there seems to be a whole sector dedicated to this I think.

 

[glassmonkey]

I just got my prize from the give-away today, and it is very nice. To get it to play nice with my LH Labs Geek Out V2, I had to engage the 'on' switch. The Geek Out V2 is a very nice transparent DAC with well regarded dynamic range.  I own a LH Labs Lightspeed 2  cable that has split power and data and I tried the DAC straight out of the computer using the Lightspeed 2 and from the iUSB3.0.
 
The iUSB3.0 increases both soundstage depth and width. Instrument separation is also improved. I think the improvements are due to the blackening of the background through lowering the noisefloor. What I noticed most is bass notes sounded fuller, and plucks on instruments and bangs on drums more distinct. It was like a subtle veil that I had never noticed before was lifted.
 
I'll be taking this bad-boy brick of audio awesome to a mini-meet this Friday. I'll try to take notes and get impressions from a number of folks. Expect pictures then too. This think will be mated with a Schiit Ygdrassil, a LH Labs Pulse X-Infinity, and a DiDiT DAC 212, all £2k plus DACs. It will be very nice to see what this little wonder does with the big boy toys. Watch this space, I'll be posting a link.
 

 

[EVOLVIST]

  I just got my prize from the give-away today, and it is very nice. To get it to play nice with my LH Labs Geek Out V2, I had to engage the 'on' switch. The Geek Out V2 is a very nice transparent DAC with well regarded dynamic range.  I own a LH Labs Lightspeed 2  cable that has split power and data and I tried the DAC straight out of the computer using the Lightspeed 2 and from the iUSB3.0.
 
The iUSB3.0 increases both soundstage depth and width. Instrument separation is also improved. I think the improvements are due to the blackening of the background through lowering the noisefloor. What I noticed most is bass notes sounded fuller, and plucks on instruments and bangs on drums more distinct. It was like a subtle veil that I had never noticed before was lifted.
 
I'll be taking this bad-boy brick of audio awesome to a mini-meet this Friday. I'll try to take notes and get impressions from a number of folks. Expect pictures then too. This think will be mated with a Schiit Ygdrassil, a LH Labs Pulse X-Infinity, and a DiDiT DAC 212, all £2k plus DACs. It will be very nice to see what this little wonder does with the big boy toys. Watch this space, I'll be posting a link.
 

 
Yeah, just wait until the big boys get blown away by the upcoming iDSD Pro. I've heard tell that they've plugged the iUSB3.0 into a $10,000 DAC at the RMAF and it blew people away. The iUSB3.0 took that DAC to new heights. I shall be posting my review of the iUSB3.0 soon-ish.

 

[gr8soundz]

   
Yeah, just wait until the big boys get blown away by the upcoming iDSD Pro. I've heard tell that they've plugged the iUSB3.0 into a $10,000 DAC at the RMAF and it blew people away. The iUSB3.0 took that DAC to new heights. I shall be posting my review of the iUSB3.0 soon-ish.

 
@iFi audio mentioned much of the iUSB3's tech would be rolled into the iDSD Pro and said, therefore, they doubt adding an iUSB3 to the Pro would make little (if any) difference. Doesn't apply to other DACs of course.
 
Reminds me of the iPurifier being built-in to the iDSD Micro.
 
Thinking the iDSD Pro would be a better investment by saving $400 on the iUSB3 (assuming I get the chance to upgrade from my Micro).
 

 

[EVOLVIST]

   
@iFi audio mentioned much of the iUSB3's tech would be rolled into the iDSD Pro and said, therefore, they doubt adding an iUSB3 to the Pro would make little (if any) difference. Doesn't apply to other DACs of course.
 
Reminds me of the iPurifier being built-in to the iDSD Micro.
 
Thinking the iDSD Pro would be a better investment by saving $400 on the iUSB3 (assuming I get the chance to upgrade from my Micro).
 

 
No, they said the tech would not be rolled into the iDSD Pro, but because the iDSD Pro is to be completely galvanically isolated that the benefits of the iUSB3.0 would be in doubt.
 
I don't doubt iFi - after all, it is their product - still, speaking to a few sound engineers and people in the field, it still seems to me that the delivery of a wholly "cleaned"  signal going from the iUSB3.0 to the DAC, no matter how isolated the DAC is, could only benefit the sound. If we were talking re-clocking, alone, I would get their point, but we are also taking about getting rid of jitter, balancing the signal, correcting impedance mismatches, and eliminating packet and frame noise, etc. So, how is a galvanically isolated DAC going to accomplish all of that before it reaches the DAC chips? 
 
I still can't wrap my head around the concept, as I know galvanic isolation. Perhaps that's my fault, though.

 

[Deftone]

because the output has 2 usb ports 1 for power, 1 for power+data/audio, does that mean i could use a normal single end usb cable in the port with power+data/audio?
or would i need to use a split cable in both ports for it to work properly?

 

[technobear]

because the output has 2 usb ports 1 for power, 1 for power+data/audio, does that mean i could use a normal single end usb cable in the port with power+data/audio?

Yes.

or would i need to use a split cable in both ports for it to work properly?

No.

 

[Deftone]

thanks 

 

[Deftone]

when is it going on sale the UK?

 

[technobear]

when is it going on sale the UK?

It is available now from MCRU:

http://www.mains-cables-r-us.co.uk/computer-audio/1204-ifi-audio-iusb30.html

and Audiologica:

http://www.audiologica.co.uk/ifi_audio/ifi-iusb-3.html

All of iFi's other dealers, the ones that still exist that is, need to wake up. Some of their websites are so poor they don't deserve to be in business at all :mad:

 

[Deftone]

All of iFi's other dealers, the ones that still exist that is, need to wake up. Some of their websites are so poor they don't deserve to be in business at all

thanks for the links buddy i checked a lot of the ifi dealers for the uk and nothing there. like you say they need to wake up!
 
(off topic but how did you get your group badge to show in the sig?)

 

[technobear]

(off topic but how did you get your group badge to show in the sig?)

http://www.head-fi.org/groups/show/38/uk-head-fiers-group

Post in the 'Need a badge' thread.

 

[glassmonkey]

I love this little marvel. I got to run it into a Schiit Yggdrasil and damn if it didn't improve it. It is a very impressive device. I can't wait for iPower 12v to come out so I can power my DAC with some iFi awesomeness.
 
I posted some impressions in a mini-meet thread here.

 

[technobear]

Look what just arrived...



I have this beastie on demo for a week or three.

 

[rickyleelee]

My buddy is a Schit fan. And he tried the iFi stuff to improve sound and hasnt looked back. Have great fun as the Yigg is supposed to be the schit.