Meluq
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is the usb-b plug for power only or can we pair it up to a pc aswell
Did you two watch the Deckhand Davy vids ?
Did you two watch the Deckhand Davy vids ?
Why dident they build this into a dock, seems so unfinished in some kind of way.
Quote:Why dident they build this into a dock, seems so unfinished in some kind of way.
If you want a dock, buy one of the Wadia/Onkyo offerings. If you want a CDP/music server which also bypasses the iPad/Pod's internal DAC, TEAC now offer exactly that (same technology as that employed by Wadia, Onkyo and HRT). All of the above are more expensive than the iStreamer, and the first two still require that you purchase an external DAC or DAC/amp.
iStreamer's specifications:
- 16-bit only
- 32, 44.1, and 48kHz
- 2.25 v RMS output
- S/N ratio of 98dB
- Gold plated analog RCA output
- iDevice input
- Power port (USB A-type connector), which also charges device
- Compatible with all modern iPods, iPhones, and iPads
hugo5282, if you can tell me how you plan to take a line-level signal (analog) from the iStreamer *into* another DAC, without using a dedicated ADC (!) of some sort, I am all ears. I believe that you are making this a lot more complex than it needs to be - I hope thats opinionated enough for you.
.. Then we have the iStreamer that isent portable. So why dident they build it as a dock for iPad with exchangable inserts for iPad/iPod etc. In this state it seems to fill your desk with cables. Just my toughts, wasent to offend you in any way. Btw peachtree idecco is also extracing digital ipodstream but only ipod compatible. iStream could have been the first iPad dock to extract digital out with a build-in dac.
two main reasons. To keep costs down and continue providing the same cost value as the rest of their line up and to maintain the same look and feel as their other streamer products...consistency was probably key in their design decisions to keeping the HRT look and feel. My guess is that they probably chewed on the idea of using a dock before making a decision.
Quote:.. Then we have the iStreamer that isent portable. So why dident they build it as a dock for iPad with exchangable inserts for iPad/iPod etc. In this state it seems to fill your desk with cables. Just my toughts, wasent to offend you in any way. Btw peachtree idecco is also extracing digital ipodstream but only ipod compatible. iStream could have been the first iPad dock to extract digital out with a build-in dac.
Good point and I must admit, I would like to also see this in a docked solution.
But to be fair, if I were to put myself in HRT's shoes, they probably designed the iStreamer as they did because of two main reasons. To keep costs down and continue providing the same cost value as the rest of their line up and to maintain the same look and feel as their other streamer products...consistency was probably key in their design decisions to keeping the HRT look and feel. My guess is that they probably chewed on the idea of using a dock before making a decision.
Quote:two main reasons. To keep costs down and continue providing the same cost value as the rest of their line up and to maintain the same look and feel as their other streamer products...consistency was probably key in their design decisions to keeping the HRT look and feel. My guess is that they probably chewed on the idea of using a dock before making a decision.
Bingo. If they had produced a dock named the 'iStreamer', I suspect that it would have looked incongruous alongside the USB Streamers - hasnt stopped other companies in the past, but I suspect that Kevin is keen to burn the image of the Streamer into our retinas.