I didn't know where to post this and didn't want to hijack an existing thread, so I decided to start one. Recently, a friend of mine was kind enough to pass along a small portion of his considerable knowledge and experience, and in doing so casually threw down a gauntlet: compare a 20+ year old...

Got mine today!! WhooHoo! Since the other 170 thread is so long and is mostly filled with speculation about what this little gem can do. I thought I would start a new one dedicated to what it can actually do. Thoughts, impressions, etc etc. The first spot for me will be in my headphone...

Since I have my new Magico... I tend to think I want to change my cd player... Ergo.... What do you recomend for this system. By the way... I have a wadia S7i.   Pictures here....    

I perfer the style like Laury DA10 please tell me which DAC to choice and give me the reason thanks

So, I was prepared to pull the trigger on a Peachtree Nova...and then I started looking at the iNova. Now I thought this was just an added iPod dock to the Nova. Which is cool and all, but I could get a transport to get decent digital outs for less than $600.   I did a little more reading...

Hi   Anyone has got any experience with Wadia 151 power dac mini ? I have not found too many reviews.   As i see from the specifications it has got no output connections. Is there any possibility (any equippment to attach it to) to use it with my headphones?     Source is iPod...

About Ipod's digital output, is that better than the sound-card's digital output?   For example,Ipod+Wadia 170/Onkyo ND-S1/Arcam irdock compare to laptop+TC K8.   I also wandering,Wadia 170/Onkyo ND-S1/Arcam irdock,which one is better? Is that the effect can be so different?   Thanks...

Hi all,   Im currently thinking about getting a Wadia 170i Ipod dock and connecting it upto a hifi seperate system, using a high quality dac like the Benchmark Dac 1 for example.   I have read that some users here have trouble getting the best sound quality from it while others...

I'm search for getting my iPod to output digitally, I found only 2 docks:   Onkyo ND-S1 WADIA 170i   But in my world the perfect solution would just to have an iPod connector with a toslink digital cable, it should be possible, or am I just dreaming?

Wadia has an update coming out for their wadia iPod dock.  The existing wadia dock is one of the few that outputs pure digital for external DACs.  Here's the info they sent me about their new version of the dock:   Thank you for your interest in the Wadia iPod transports. The 171i will have...

AFAIK that this setup works: Ipod --> onkyo DN-S1 dock --> DacMagic   It seems that the Onkyo only supports ipod not Iphone(??). Is there any other way to go?   Thanks!

There are a lot of DACs out there... and I'm wondering which DACs are the most popular around here. So, let's list the DAC that we currently own. So, copy the most updated list, paste it in the reply box and add your DAC to the list. If your DAC is already on the list, just increment the...

Finally another alternative is out. Onkyo Digital Media Transport ND-S1 KEY FEATURES -Digital Outputs (Optical/Coaxial) -High-precision Clock Reference to minimise jitter -iPod video playback -iTunes Sync/Unsync switch -Audio Selector (iPod/PC) -Resume Music and Video Playback Function...

Pick a Price Point, Buy Used and Be Happy:   In no particular order (whichever came to my mind first):   Esoteric dCS Nagra MacIntosh ARC Theta Weiss Chord Wavelength EMM Labs Wadia (Buy Michigan?) MSB ML   more established + longer proven track record    ...