headfirocks
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Which is the best sounding portable regardless of price? My research seems to indicate the iPod+CLAS? I suppose adding the right DAC to that would improve things even further?
You also need to specify how portable you need; for example this will work "off the grid".
http://redwineaudio.com/components/audeze_edition
I love taking mine on public transit with a shopping bag.
Some might say the top notch quality would come from Sony PCM-D1 audio recorder.
Obviously they are expensive because of a built-in DAC plus headphone amp that you might not need for your speakers.
A handful of us here also tried something very different without a powerful headphone amp:
http://www.tera-player.com
Recently we began to see more phones and tablets supporting USB DACs as well.
That sounds like a good thing but what about the EMI produced by the computer? If it reaches the DAC it will foul up the D->A process.
I didn't realize the FIFO unit was isolated from the computer, or maybe that's implied by the way it works and I didn't realize it. How is that isolation achieved? I thought the USB cable would create a metallic connection between the computer and FIFO unit along which EMI would travel.