Quote:   Not sure about very old iPods, but I can confirm that all iPhones and iPod Touches (dating back at least to the Touch 2G, if not the original) play 24/48 files natively with the stock player with no re-sampling. That doesn't mean the internal DAC is doing it justice, but all the...

Quote:   Have you confirmed conclusively that your 24/96 files are not being downsampled before they reach the DAC? You would be the first person ever (but I would love it if you were!).   This is the elusive holy grail for the Pure i-20 that I've been pursuing for a year and half...

I would be really surprised if the Pure i-20 were receiving only a truncated 16-bit stream from the iPhone because Pure advertises the DAC as capable of 24-bit, and the only way to get audio data to the unit in the first place is via the 30-pin connector. So if iOS devices can't or won't pass...

FWIW, I can confirm that my Pure i-20 dock works with the lightning-to-30pin adapter and my iPhone 5 not just for playing digital audio via the Pure's built-in DAC, but also as a digital transport passing the iPhone's digital audio to another external DAC. Specifically, it's able to pass a...

Quote:   I would really love to know the answer to this if anyone can confirm. More specifically, I know some folks have confirmed that certain Made-For-iPhone USB DACs still work (e.g. ALO and CLAS), but it would be exquisitely awesome if the iPhone 5 Lightning adapter / connector can...

I'm all packed with my gear and ready to go too -- except, I can't, because I'm stuck at work unexpectedly.  This is kind of awful.  Sorry everyone, if you were intent on trying out any of the gear I was going to bring.

Wow, my brain has been underperforming, obviously, because I've had in my mind until just now that the meet is a week from tomorrow, despite the clear label of January 28.  I'll still make it, I'm just glad someone used the words "see you guys tomorrow" to wake me up!   Quote:  

I succumbed (willingly) and purchased a DACmini CX directly from CEntrance with the 1-ohm mod yesterday.  Hopefully it arrives in time for me to bring it to the Washington, DC meet on January 28, which would be a fantastic opportunity to compare it head-on (no pun intended, but recognized) to a...

If it arrives in time, I'm very excited to add to the list below my newly-purchased CEntrance DACmini CX with the 1-ohm mod.  I'm really looking forward to it.   Quote:  

Yes, but unfortunately it's in a different location that I won't be able to get to before the meet.  Well, possibly -- I'll try.   Quote:  

Very cool.  Thanks for your thoughts, Twinster, and for taking the time to form them.   Is the static associated with turning the volume pot expected behavior?   Quote:  

I am very excited to attend  this, which will be my first meet.  I had planned on attending the last one until the morning of, when life got in the way.  I'd be very interested in hearing a DACmini if anyone has one, or even a DACport.  I'm also eager to audition any electrostatic and planar...

That's great, Twinster, thanks!  I look forward to your thoughts, as, I'm sure, do others.   Quote:  

I'm very interested to hear the answer to this as well.  In particular, I'm curious whether the 1-Ohm mod on the DACmini will benefit the performance of the Ultrasone Edition 8, which are 30 ohm impedance headphones.  I'm also curious how much it helps with IEMs like the Shure SE530 and UE...

Agreed. One of these days I'll make it to a meet or find some other opportunity to compare mine versus an early batch unit. Personally I tend to enjoy sonic signatures that many others consider too bright -- within reason.   Quote:  

I asked Pure's technical support (who responded very quickly with some excellent technical information, which I've pasted below) whether, if I store and play 24/96 FLAC files on an iPhone 4S with the FLAC Player app, the full 24/96 resolution of the files will be passed through the Pure i-20 to...

Here is my graph (serial no. 05255, purchased November 2009 from Amazon USA), which looks nearly indistinguishable to me from all of the other graphs posted here in the 3000 to 7000 serial number range (at least).  I'm jealous of the flatter curves shown throughout most of the range in the...

Related to John Siau's post below, I just wanted to share an extremely positive recent customer service experience I received from Benchmark.  I started having intermittent audio from the right XLR balanced output on my nearly five year old DAC1-USB (purchased directly from Benchmark in 2007...

I have the Incipio NGP Case on my iPhone which is fairly thin and accessible at the bottom (by eyeball I'd guess it adds roughly 1-2mm of separation from the surface of the i-20), and I could not make a connection at all through it.  It's maddening, actually, that Pure (and so many other dock...

I'm very curious to know whether davebtw (or anyone else) has ever measured and verified whether the Pure i-20 outputs bit-perfect data from the iPod/iPhone/iPad when used as a digital transport to an external DAC.  I've searched this forum in vain for any conclusive evidence that the output is...

Thanks, Girls Generation.  The stock player on the iPad is capable of bit-transparent playback of 24/96 AIFF and ALAC files just like FLAC Player...

Very useful thread. Thanks, all.   I'm trying to load 24/96 ALAC files onto my iPad 2 to play via the Camera Connection Kit USB to the Benchmark DAC1-USB.  Consistent with the well-documented findings in this thread, while I can import those files to iTunes, I can't sync them via iTunes to...

I'm very excited I just found this thread!  I'm planning to come, and will bring the following gear (I haven't decided yet, but I will probably want to sell some of my headphones and/or cables if there is interest):   HEADPHONES: Sennheiser HD800, balanced with Double Helix Cables "Silver...

I received my GS-X last week and have had it mated nearly constantly since then with my DAC1-USB and HD800s (with balanced Double Helix Silver Clone cables -- a wonderful new addition to my lineup and noticeable improvement over the stock HD800 cable, imo).  I also have taken some time for...

Thanks, twsmith, that's really great perspective and advice.  I suspect I will just bite the bullet--when I have the cash--and purchase the GS-X directly. So much of this hobby is psychological (a fact few want to admit), and I know that even if I'm completely satisfied with the BUDA-DAC1 combo...