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Antelope Audio Zodiac
Woo Audio WA7
Both work perfectly from the CCK.
Woo Audio WA7
Both work perfectly from the CCK.
Originally Posted by JoeFonebone /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Has anyone been able to use the hiFace2 with an iPad mini (iOS 6.1.3) ?
I have been trying to get the HiFace2 to work with an iPad mini for two weeks, including loading updated firmware after I informed M2Tech about the iOS 6.1.3 20 mA issue. With the iPad mini and a CCK, I've connected the hiFace2 directly to the CCK and to the CCK through a number of different powered and unpowered hubs, and wiht a Y power USB cable (not UNITECH, I'm waiting for that to arrive from China - it took the slow boat). HiFace2 does not work, i.e. no sound when connected to coax input of DAC. The hiFace2 works fine from a windows 7 PC, and the iPad mini has no problem with a CCK to DAC USB connection. [Of course, the hiFace2 is intended for a DAC with no USB.]
I think M2Tech products can't work driverless, so they won't work with iPad/CCK even using powered USB Hubs (or Unitek) that could pass iPad power check.
My M2Tech Young USB DAC never worked with iPad/CCK and it's based on same technology used for the HiFace2.
Just to be sure: does the HiFace2 work driverless in windows 7? Just uninstall M2tech drivers and test it in your PC. If it will not works in your PC driverless it'll never works with iPad/CCK.
Have you heard anything about use of the [size=x-small]Matrix X-SPDIF with an iPad mini? [/size]
No, but my iBasso D7 has an Xmos chip similar to the Matrix X-SPDIF and it works with iPad/CCK (or the newer LtUSBCA) with the Unitek USB Hub cable + USB charger + Y USB cable (one end power only).
How did you get around the software? Doesn't the Sidewinder require manual driver installation?
The D7 works also driverless (Xmos chip inside) at least up to USB 1.1 specs (24bit/96Khz), so a driver isn't required to connect the iPad.
ASIO driver needed for using it with a PC up to 24/192.
Unfortunately the Xmos chip inside my D7 can't handle 176.4Khz files with or without drivers, so avoid it if you care to have that freq too.
A firmware update can't cure the 176.4Khz bug, but newer Xmos chips are OK.
The Cypher Labs Algorythm Solo and Fostex HP-P1 are portable DACs with an S/PDIF out, and you just connect any 30-pin or Lightning iPod cable to them. The Nuforce Icon iDo is a desktop digital dock with coax S/PDIF out, and again you just connect any 30-pin or lightning USB cable into it. No CCK needed. The upcoming CEntrance HiFi-M8 will have optical digital output, and again you can use any 30-pin or lightning cable to connect to your iDevice.
The Cypher Labs is only a DAC. The HP-P1 also has an amp and DAC built-in, as does the iDo and M8.