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Headphoneus Supremus
I recently began using JRiver Media Center instead of iTunes for ripping and organizing my music collection, and also transitioned my entire music library over to a NAS (WD MyCloud). So far this has been great...JRiver has a wonderful remote app, and the MyCloud also allows me to access my lossless files when I'm outside my wifi via my iPhone. Anyway, I've been wanting to turn my iPad into more of a music server where I can access my lossless files without having to rely on the headphone jack and internal DAC of the iPad. There aren't many options for this other than buying a "ligthning-to-usb" adapter cable and then using that to plug into the portable dac/amp.
Well I just happened to check in with one of my favorite audio companies, Peachtree Audio, and found that they are establishing a stronger presence in portable head-fi gear. Their new gadget is the Peachtree Shift, and not only does it look like a fantstic dac/amp, but it also accepts a DIRECT input from a lightning jack. This is huge....it will allow me to directly pass my lossless digital files from the iPad (streamed via JRiver and/or my MyCloud app) and allow the Shift to handle DAC and amplification duties. This is exactly what I was looking for....it's on pre-order now and should be out later this month. I've ordered mine, so I'll post back with impressions once I get hold of it.
Here's a link to one of the reviews and also the main product page.
(PS. I didn't see a thread for this already, but if I missed it, please feel free to merge....thanks!)
Review in Wired: http://www.wired.com/2015/08/review-peachtree-shift-headphone-amp/
Main site: http://www.peachtreeaudio.com/shift.html
Well I just happened to check in with one of my favorite audio companies, Peachtree Audio, and found that they are establishing a stronger presence in portable head-fi gear. Their new gadget is the Peachtree Shift, and not only does it look like a fantstic dac/amp, but it also accepts a DIRECT input from a lightning jack. This is huge....it will allow me to directly pass my lossless digital files from the iPad (streamed via JRiver and/or my MyCloud app) and allow the Shift to handle DAC and amplification duties. This is exactly what I was looking for....it's on pre-order now and should be out later this month. I've ordered mine, so I'll post back with impressions once I get hold of it.
Here's a link to one of the reviews and also the main product page.
(PS. I didn't see a thread for this already, but if I missed it, please feel free to merge....thanks!)
Review in Wired: http://www.wired.com/2015/08/review-peachtree-shift-headphone-amp/
Main site: http://www.peachtreeaudio.com/shift.html