iFi audio iCAN Phantom - Vanish into the music!
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Pretty interesting sound at the show.
I might arrange a review.
I might arrange a review.
aokman
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I do when I need to “liven” up my music ahaha. People on here would have kittens seeing my fully exposed DIY pro bias board just waiting for wandering fingers lolWhat, you never put on your STAX straight out of the shower with wet hair?!
Ugh. Now that I look at it in a stack, it does look ugmo. Are the faceplate brushings/polishing different textures? Also, the gold rim on the dac display versus the regular silver on the Phantom looks out of place... not that it matters I guess.Pretty interesting sound at the show.
I might arrange a review.
Looking forward to hearing your sound impressions and thanks for sharing.
From what I know the device is not yet produced in quantities.
With Pro iDSD as stack it looks even more scary than in stand alone picturePretty interesting sound at the show.
I might arrange a review.
ThanatosVI
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The size doesn't fit at allWith Pro iDSD as stack it looks even more scary than in stand alone picture
leeperry
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Card thing is there because of marketing not safety reasons.
There is no reason why you couldn't do bias change in menu settings with double confirmation/longer press of the button or some combination of the buttons so the accidentals missclicks are denied.
Now imagine, losing one of the cards...
we're lucky they don't sell separately for 100 bucks a pop ^^
The Schraeer
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Can you really not use tube stage with estats?
If so, that's a huge dealbreaker, why have 2 output stages if you can't use half of the product?
Can someone please confirm this 100% ?
Also the SD Cards are a huge fault point, SD Cards can easily die out of the blue and then you're SOL until you get a replacement card.
It has a display. Why not just a simple knob with double/triple confirmation? Wouldn't be enough?
Plug in estat, display questions you which voltage do you want to use? > select > ok > turning on
Repeat plugging would be: Last voltage selected 580V, are you sure you want to select? OK - Re-select
This is just an idea from a brainstorming session that wasn't scrutinized enough to NOT pass product design stage. It's a cool gimmick but this product isn't designed to last ages (like OLED display
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If so, that's a huge dealbreaker, why have 2 output stages if you can't use half of the product?
Can someone please confirm this 100% ?
Also the SD Cards are a huge fault point, SD Cards can easily die out of the blue and then you're SOL until you get a replacement card.
It has a display. Why not just a simple knob with double/triple confirmation? Wouldn't be enough?
Plug in estat, display questions you which voltage do you want to use? > select > ok > turning on
Repeat plugging would be: Last voltage selected 580V, are you sure you want to select? OK - Re-select
This is just an idea from a brainstorming session that wasn't scrutinized enough to NOT pass product design stage. It's a cool gimmick but this product isn't designed to last ages (like OLED display
)With Pro iDSD as stack it looks even more scary than in stand alone picture
Maybe they plan a new DAC that will fit the phantom?
Like a iDAC Phantom? Hahaha
@iFi audio on your web page there is a following paragraph:
"The iCAN Phantom sports two input stages – one valve/tube-based, the other solid state – enabling the user to switch between the two in real time."
How do you define real time? Does it mean one can switch input stages and the sound is delivered without any interruption during the switch or it works just like in Pro iCan when you have to wait for the circurity to switch and during this time sound stops playing?
"The iCAN Phantom sports two input stages – one valve/tube-based, the other solid state – enabling the user to switch between the two in real time."
How do you define real time? Does it mean one can switch input stages and the sound is delivered without any interruption during the switch or it works just like in Pro iCan when you have to wait for the circurity to switch and during this time sound stops playing?
@ThanatosVI and you still need a dac since this is an amp only... so it is hardly all in one device. But it is ugly enought to keep away children from fiddling with it and changing settings... oh, wait, no it does not work that way since part of the usual settings are now stored on sd card for unknown reason
ThanatosVI
Headphoneus Supremus
Yeah I misinterpreted when they were naming network functionality.@ThanatosVI and you still need a dac since this is an amp only... so it is hardly all in one device. But it is ugly enought to keep away children from fiddling with it and changing settings... oh, wait, no it does not work that way since part of the usual settings are now stored on sd card for unknown reason
I thought about streaming Services and stuff.
Must cost an arm and a leg.
Don't worry. I'm assuming you have 2 of each?
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