[Lil' Knight]

It's much bigger than I expected. Reminds me of the Transformers

 

[Mad Max]

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It's much bigger than I expected. Reminds me of the Transformers

CANNOT UNSEE
XD

 

[qusp]

hmm, not sure what to make of that. having it all built in like that is cool I guess, but doesnt look like it saved them any space and you are stuck with the amp that is inside of course. hmm I still like separates so I can tune the sound to how I like and I actually think with the new ipad dock, there will be iphone/touch functionality soon enough. you can sure make a smaller amp/dac than that minus the iphone bulk, its not a market I would enter into yet, there will be competition driving the price down and quality up

 

[Mr Do]

Great concept but wish it was a lot slimmer.

 

[Sasaki]

The price is currently announced as around 70000 yen (almost US$700).

 

[LevA]

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The price is currently announced as around 70000 yen (almost US$700).

wow..that's a bit steep. hopefully the price will go down.

 

[Mad Max]

=\

 

[qusp]

lol, and still no announcement as to what is inside? 

 

[LevA]

well, though the price is a bit steep, I'm still hopeful. 
I've been looking at a decent dac and if this thing can deliver, might just be willing to part with my wallet..lol
depending on how this thing will sound, it might offer a better value than the hifiman 801 - better storage capacity, better UI, longer battery etc. yeah I know they are different as one is a player and the fostex isn't but as it stands hi-fiman has too many compromises for a player...
an alternative is to just get a small dac but tbh I hate listening with my computer when travelling. battery life too short, much bigger size etc. the fostex will make it a nice source +dac for me. and I view the amp as extra. if it's good sounding thats great, but if not no worries as i will use my own portable amp..

 

[krmathis]

Great concept!

 

[cooperpwc]

I actually like the chunkiness of it. It screams no nonsense.
 
But it only makes sense if the DAC and amp are supreme. At $700, here is hoping!

 

[DanBa]

Other pictures:
http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20100510_366122.html
http://translate.google.fr/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fav.watch.impress.co.jp%2Fdocs%2Fnews%2F20100510_366122.html&sl=ja&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mad Max]

It looks like it's built to take some punishment.
It has this feel to it that I cannot put into words.

 

[LevA]

hang on....am I wrong to assume that fostex has already developed a small adaptor (LOD) to bypass the DAC from ipod by looking at this picture? and unless you need the fostex Dac/amp combo we can just get the LOD (digital lod? DLOD?) and hook it up to our existing Dac/amps....??

or is there a proprietor code access from the ipod within the amp that will not work with others..??
 

 

[cooperpwc]

I think that those are just two different prototypes - a thick one with the connector built in and a thinner one which sits external to the iPhone. For the second one, I doubt that the USB electronics are all in that connection cable.