sasbyte
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How do you check the battery level on the ifi.
ifi gave a bit more explanation here:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/711217/idsd-micro-crowd-designed-v0-16-beta-firmware-calling-iclub-members-page-135/1050
I tend to leave it in the mid position which gives you:
PCM - Minimum Phase
DSD - Extended
I find in this position both PCM and DSD have a fuller more natural presentation. Of course YRMV
How do you check the battery level on the ifi.
I suggest Philips Fidelio X1 and the new Audio-Technica R70x.
Or Shure SRH1540, SRH840, ATH-M50 / M50LE for closed headphones.
... I just discovered a local seller on Taiwan's version of Amazon just discounted it by 40%
So I'm going to pull the trigger and have it delivered to my doorstep for US$315
Wow, you were super lucky with the price! I bought mine for 499 € because, I did not wanted to wait to be shipped somwhere far away
Still worth the money.
Franatic,
How do you like JPlay 6? Have a favorite DAC Link setting? How about ASIO or kernel streaming into the iDSD?
I'm curious if anybody has successfully played Octo DSD on the micro yet. I have been able to play Quad speed (11289600) but not Octo speed (22579200) by upsampling out of HQPlayer.
I am wondering what my limiting factor is. I can select it but it will not play....the timer stays at 0:00.
It could be some computer limitation....or Jplay....or my usb card. I would like to rule out the micro as the problem if I can. Any input on this would be appreciated.
I'm upsampling pcm to Octa through Foobar. Sounds incredible and uses around 10-20% cpu off a low watt i7.
I used this tutorial (direct pdf link):
http://www.hificlube.net/download.ashx?media=/media/194651/Foobar2k%20MP3%20to%20DSD512.pdf
i did try octa with foobar and it worked on my old dual core laptop. the limiting factor with regard to sq is the cpu load,
at that sampling rate, overdriving the cpu at 60 to 80 per cent. i found the best sq was on dsd 128 as it was
at 20 t0 25 percent cpu load, on sdm type b (fp 32), being the most efficient. this was when i was
comparing jriver with foobar. at octa, jriver was so distorted, whereas foobar was passable.
Thanks for the response Franatic. I read the posts by iFi on that page, but they do not comment on which position of the switch corresponds to each DSD filter (i.e. only the PCM filter names are marked on the case). Given the order they are listed in the manual, I assume PCM bit-perfect position = Extreme DSD, and PCM Standard position = Standard Range DSD. Is this correct?
For the record, I also find the middle position to give the best common sound between PCM/DSD.
edit: Also, I presume the DSD filters are simply different low-pass settings? Does anyone know the specifics of each one? Thanks again.