Agree 100%, but the other problem is that our brain is linear ... so in order to reach more people, especially the younger ones, may be put both up next time, so instead of "15dB", put "15dB (~31 times)" ... a win win 

Agree with you that dB has been used for century in engineering.  I guess one need to learn some special items when pursuing a hobby. If people like cars, they will need to know about house power (or kW) etc.  but those are a lot easier to master, as they are linear.  so a 300 hp car is twice as...

Thank you for the explanation, save me a trip to Google a dB calculator.   Why can't people wrote something layman can understand? Stop being dB this, dB that ...  Do we really need an engineering degree to enjoy audio?   Some others (e.g. LH Labs) are better at explaining stuff to the general...

  Well said, exactly!   But sadly I don't think they can stop the new campaigns. With their business model, they need the money from the new campaigns in order to continue funding the old campaigns. Because with all the lengthy delays, the original budgets set aside for the old campaigns...

Answer C.              Total of 631 components

  If I understand correctly, XBass and 3D in iDSD is not DSP, it's ASP.  Please correct me if I am wrong.   BTW, which filter did you use for listening, from the forum posts, seems that the "Bit-Perfect" is the one gives the most organic sound.  

http://rover901.pixnet.net/blog/post/232173994   an independent Hugo vs iDSD review from Hong Kong, use google translate, here is the summary:   "Finally, I sold my Hugo   Hugo is not bad, basically all aspects of Hugo IDSD than good. But give me a high IDSD music enjoyment. I used to...

can we have an analogue volume control instead?

  If you say so, so be it     I nearly forgot to mention.  I was involved in silicon chip level design for many years, it was my day job.  So when I say something regarding silicon design, I think I can hold my own and do have more than a clue, but I will spare you anyway.

Sorry that if I didn’t explain it clearly before.  FPGA are very flexible as one can design anything from it.  FPGA is just like LEGO blocks, if one wants a toy 747, one can build a 747 from the small standard LEGO building blocks:       Then if one wishes, then he can also built a F16 out...

Yes, Hugo uses a Xilinx Spartan-6  FPGA:   http://www.xilinx.com/products/silicon-devices/fpga/spartan-6/   "Spartan®-6 FPGA delivers an optimal balance of low risk, low cost, and low power for cost-sensitive applications, now with 42% less power consumption and 12% increased performance...

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array   "FPGAs contain programmable logic components called "logic blocks", and a hierarchy of reconfigurable interconnects that allow the blocks to be "wired together" – somewhat like many (changeable) logic gates that can be inter-wired...

  This is true.  But there is always the other side of the coin, the FPGA's silicon is not often optimised for "audio" use but instead it is optimised for generic use.  So although FPGA can be ultra fast, but sometime it may compromise the switching noise and jitter performance in the audio...

Bugger, England lost, we are not going to see anymore update anytime soon.

I want to see the under...side

I can't see where the iEMatch button is ... 

Confirmed that my iPhone 4, 4s, 5s and iPad Air works directly with iFi iDSD nano with the CCK, no USB hub is needed.  Can play DSD all the way up to 5.6M and PCM at 384kHz, just as they said on the website. BTW, the sound from the Apple devices is unbelievably good ...   ...

Speakers 90%, Phone 10%, speaker is a lot more natural to me. 

Budget/Entry level (Below $1000):   Audio-gd DAC19DF (1) Audio-GD NFB 1.32 (1) Audio-GD NFB-2.32 (1) Audiolab M-DAC (3) Audioquest Dragonfly(3) Cambridge DACmagic Plus (3) Cambridge DACmagic (1) Centrance DACport LX (1) Channel Islands VDA2 & VAC1 (1) FiiO E17 (1) Fostex...

hi, I am planing to buy a C700 to use with my iPhone, in order to keep the mic I am thinking of trying something like this: http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/d...d-replacement/ basically replace the iPhone earbud only, keeping the iPhone's earbud cable and mic. So I would like to...