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Portability at last...
EDIT:
Compared to the MK3 the hiss is minimal, and no pot scratch, that I hear right now.
I think I may understand with Pan Am, not certain with Porta Tube. But I'm quite sure I tried my iPad with the hippo cricri+ (this is the tiny gum box one right?) and thought that the iPad +CCK and it said it needed too much power and didn't want to talk to it.
I understand what you're saying about power but I think it's geting into the nitty-gritty details of what happens during the protocol communication exchange between the DAC & the iDevice.
So far the only DAC/Amp that works my iPad are desktop DAC/Amps like the HP-A8 & the Benchmark DAC1 Pre. I've yet to come across a portable DAC/Amp that works with the iPad (in USB mode). So I'll be sure to give that International a shot.
Sorry to go OT for the rest of the audience here.
Edit #1: Just to be clear, I'm not doubting The International specifically as it's proven to work from pix, not to mention your previous statement "....at least with the International.
". But right now I think this is the only portable DAC/Amp that works with the iPad via the CCK (or in the pix, with the Lightning).
Edit #2: I've brought this conversation here:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/507559/list-of-dacs-that-work-with-ipad/615#post_9136779
It will be 16 bit via iPad/jailbreaked iPod/iPhone and 24 bit via computer.
So how is this compared to the Cypher Labs Solo -db?
What is frightening (for wallets everywhere) is that Audiohead thinks the International and Solo -DB in combination adds something to the overall picture
What is frightening (for wallets everywhere) is that Audiohead thinks the International and Solo -DB in combination adds something to the overall picture
What is frightening (for wallets everywhere) is that Audiohead thinks the International and Solo -DB in combination adds something to the overall picture
Wonder if the there is the pot scratch noise with the International balanced in/out