[BillsonChang007]

Indeed a very impressive tech spec!

 

[KmanChu]

An external power supply isn't a bad thing. Lumin, Auralic Aries, and many others have external power supplies. Audio Research has done it with their top level preamps. It helps keep the supply noise away from the critical bits inside. It would also be in the same spirit of iFi's previous products which have an external power supply upgrade (iUSB Power, perhaps the most important of their first products for widespread adoption beyond head-fi.) Maybe it will be a (very good) SMPS or maybe it will be a linear supply. My guess is it will ship with a very good universal SMPS, but it will still allow you to easily insert your own excellent LPS (or as they said, a battery supply.) SMPS can be truly excellent, Linn uses them in most of their products, and NAD is using them in their Master Series products. 
 
At any rate, it looks super cool and it may well be enough to keep me from purchasing something else in the meantime. I have been very close to purchasing an Ayre Qb-9DSD but just haven't because I want to see what iFi has up their sleeve. My hope is that the mini iDSD will compete with the likes of the Ayre and Auralic Vega, but do it at half the price and with way more flexibility. I realize this may be a bit unrealistic, but hey I can hope right? Every iFi product I've owned to date (which is most of their lineup: iDAC, iUSB, micro iCAN, micro iDSD, Gemini, iPurifier) has been a very good value. I expect the mini iDSD to be nothing short of stellar.

 

[iFi audio]

  An external power supply isn't a bad thing. Lumin, Auralic Aries, and many others have external power supplies. Audio Research has done it with their top level preamps. It helps keep the supply noise away from the critical bits inside. It would also be in the same spirit of iFi's previous products which have an external power supply upgrade (iUSB Power, perhaps the most important of their first products for widespread adoption beyond head-fi.) Maybe it will be a (very good) SMPS or maybe it will be a linear supply. My guess is it will ship with a very good universal SMPS, but it will still allow you to easily insert your own excellent LPS (or as they said, a battery supply.) SMPS can be truly excellent, Linn uses them in most of their products, and NAD is using them in their Master Series products.

 
At any rate, it looks super cool and it may well be enough to keep me from purchasing something else in the meantime. I have been very close to purchasing an Ayre Qb-9DSD but just haven't because I want to see what iFi has up their sleeve. My hope is that the mini iDSD will compete with the likes of the Ayre and Auralic Vega, but do it at half the price and with way more flexibility. I realize this may be a bit unrealistic, but hey I can hope right? Every iFi product I've owned to date (which is most of their lineup: iDAC, iUSB, micro iCAN, micro iDSD, Gemini, iPurifier) has been a very good value. I expect the mini iDSD to be nothing short of stellar.

Hi,
 
Keep the comments a coming.
 
We dont release anything until we can pass our own internal standards - we then let a few people test it such as the iCLUB members.
 
So dont worry - wait till you try the DP-777 SE! It was at RMAF being fed into the micro iCAN!

 

[bjas406]

Will the mini idsd include the built in iPurifier just as the micro does?

 

[BillsonChang007]

Will the mini idsd include the built in iPurifier just as the micro does?

Hope it do!

 

[Esprit]

  An external power supply isn't a bad thing. 

You are right: a linear power supply like this, with a very low ripple, is better than esoteric products... 

 
P.S. There is always the possibility of using battery pack (eg: M2Tech, Lynx, etc...)

 

[Esprit]

  Maybe a bunch of us early adopters could find a group buy on a battery setup for the Mini.

A "mini" option and upgrade

 

[Esprit]

   

SPDIF RCA/Optical (only PCM up to 192KHz), only active if USB disconnected

Do we need to unplug the USB cable every time we want to use the toslink (eg: with a sat decoder...)? 

 

[iFi audio]

  Do we need to unplug the USB cable every time we want to use the toslink (eg: with a sat decoder...)? 

Hi,
 
Misprint alert! Thanks for spotting that.
 
It has an input selector.
 
Cheers.

 

[Esprit]

Misprint alert! Thanks for spotting that.

Edit your post 

http://www.head-fi.org/t/702376/ifi-audio-mini-desktop-line-discussion-thread/105#post_10985379

 

[iFi audio]

  Edit your post 

http://www.head-fi.org/t/702376/ifi-audio-mini-desktop-line-discussion-thread/105#post_10985379

Hi,
 
Done. Thanks!

 

[Esprit]

I still read this: "only active if USB disconnected" and I have problems to understand this statement (if you say you have edited your post..) 

 

[john57]

It does not say that. Your browser might been be showing a cache version. Refresh the  page and  it should read okay. previous post Edited by iFi audio - Today at 12:34 am

 

[Esprit]

He  previously wrote "done" 

Now it's done (after my last post and nothing to do with the cache...). 

 

[tf1216]

Is anyone else aching to see the Mini iDSD in person?  Maybe I have had too much coffee this morning but I am waiting on pins and needles for this product like it was a Nelson Pass designed amplifier.