Saintkeat
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My wish list for this would be decent battery life, and ALAC compatibility. Would hate to have to convert my whole library to FLAC.
Auto-correct fail. I think I should avoid using Tapatalk for making posts!
My wish list for this would be decent battery life, and ALAC compatibility. Would hate to have to convert my whole library to FLAC.
Well I think they will fill you need for playback compatibility but don't hold your breath for the battery. I think it will be around 10 hours as usual for these audiophile players. Only the Studio V manages to pull off a long battery life with a high grade of audio quality... (Cowon not included as that is mainstream and not focused mainly on audio quality although it is half decent).
I'm personally hoping for 20 hours or so. And considering the ability to use whatever app we choose for audio playback, plus a booming amp, I think this thing will be killer!!!
Now, where did you get that Cowon is mainstream? The company isn't. And Cowon SPECIALIZES in audio quality & sound enhancements - so what you've just said is misinformation. Their players are far better than half decent. This isn't my opinion, it's a fact based on tons of reviews and users listening experiences,...mine included.
studio UI is the most primitive and basic interface i have ever encountered. i'd be surprised if someone said it's complicated, and unintuitive.
ugly? yes. complicated? i gotta LOL here
Fantastic - missed about 5 pages of this thread over the weekend, but quickly scanning them this morning has convinced me that the only thing I really missed is that a batch *may* have been shipped to Japan and the price *may* be around the 700 USD mark (echoes of my bogus '699.00' screen grab from the iBasso store ....). BTW, Kiteki, I think your earlier estimate was $599, but I'm not going to wade through this monster to confirm that.
Otherwise, its situation normal - no-one here has heard so much as a prototype and it wont be released to the rest of the world until 'after CNY'. As I said, situation normal - all freaked up.
Lets hope Kiteki is right about the $599.00 price tag. That is still much better than $700.00
C'mon - why deprive yourself - you know this is where you want/need to be ....
http://www.stereophile.com/hirezplayers/dcs_scarlatti_sacdcd_playback_system
Is anyone in this economy shopping for a four-box, rack-swallowing, two-channel SACD/CD player contending for the state of the art and costing $79,996?
Source sorted, you then go shopping for an amp .....