[Ross Kyle]

I get it you don’t like MQA and to you on your equipment it is not acceptable but for me on my equipment with 95% of my music files being flac @16 / 44 rips and a Tidal subscription, MQA is a big improvement over the 16 / 44 files to me, maybe I will try qobuz high res for comparison later on but I currently find MQA quite good.
‘it would be nice if you would actually just answer a actual question if you had anything useful to add instead of just bashing MQA, I would think that wether it was MQA processing or a regular hi res file processing allowing the pro iDAC to do it’s thing from any input would be the optimal choice especially from the LAN, a good DAC shouldn’t care if it’s processing mp3, MQA, DSD or FLAC 24/192.

doesn’t matter if it’s a 10 k dac or a 200 dollar one unless it’s runs a PLL then a seperate transport before the DAC will always be beneficial not really bashing just truth wasn’t bashing your view but

 

[chaz_flhr]

doesn’t matter if it’s a 10 k dac or a 200 dollar one unless it’s runs a PLL then a seperate transport before the DAC will always be beneficial not really bashing just truth wasn’t bashing your view but

What is a PLL? How beneficial, audible beneficial or measurement beneficial as there is a difference. Measurements are only good to a certain point in the music representation / reproduction and can only be as good as the weakest link in the chain allows it to be.
Yeah you are bashing my and many others view no matter how you spin it, that is apparently your issue, some just like beating a dead horse to apparently make sure it's dead. I understood where you stand on MQA from your first reply there was no need to keep repeating yourself.
Maybe you can't hear a difference between a standard Tidal hi-fi 16/44 file and a MQA masters file from Tidal but I can and for a lossy format I find it amazing and good sounding.
That said I have no doubt that natively recorded high resolution 24/192 or DSD will sound better than MQA but until I aquire said files and albums I roll with what I have.

 

[Ross Kyle]

What is a PLL? How beneficial, audible beneficial or measurement beneficial as there is a difference. Measurements are only good to a certain point in the music representation / reproduction and can only be as good as the weakest link in the chain allows it to be.
Yeah you are bashing my and many others view no matter how you spin it, that is apparently your issue, some just like beating a dead horse to apparently make sure it's dead. I understood where you stand on MQA from your first reply there was no need to keep repeating yourself.
Maybe you can't hear a difference between a standard Tidal hi-fi 16/44 file and a MQA masters file from Tidal but I can and for a lossy format I find it amazing and good sounding.
That said I have no doubt that natively recorded high resolution 24/192 or DSD will sound better than MQA but until I aquire said files and albums I roll with what I have.

Not it bashing your view at all lmao MQA is just a bad business practice i’m bashing the company not your view quite a stern difference each to their own i still say heh , PLL is a phased lock loop its a system that combats jitter between clocks etc more than that obvs just roughly haha end of the day it’s like everything after a point it’s like small % difference but it is slightly more noticeable higher your chains go

 

[iFi audio]

So directly wired isn’t the best option?, my main goal is streaming Tidal hi-fi / masters and accessibility of my flac library on a 500gb Mirco sd card / ssd drive.
is the streaming end of this unit that poorly implemented or bad sounding?, doesn’t all incoming data through all inputs go through the same dac processes?, other than some inputs being bit-rate limited.
would I be better served feeding the iDSD from my node 2i optical or coax out for Tidal streaming?, or seeking a different option for my needs?

If I were you, I'd simply try everything and use the best option. We're happy how Pro iDSD's inputs are made, but at the same time I'm far from saying that they're so good that any external transport won't best them

That's just my guess, but if you have Node 2i, you probably are quite used to it. That's why I probably would use it as a transport just to not change my playback habits

 

[chaz_flhr]

Not it bashing your view at all lmao MQA is just a bad business practice i’m bashing the company not your view quite a stern difference each to their own i still say heh , PLL is a phased lock loop its a system that combats jitter between clocks etc more than that obvs just roughly haha end of the day it’s like everything after a point it’s like small % difference but it is slightly more noticeable higher your chains go

Ok thank, Yes diminishing returns always plays a part.

 

[chaz_flhr]

If I were you, I'd simply try everything and use the best option. We're happy how Pro iDSD's inputs are made, but at the same time I'm far from saying that they're so good that any external transport won't best them

That's just my guess, but if you have Node 2i, you probably are quite used to it. That's why I probably would use it as a transport just to not change my playback habits

Guess it’ll be test time, node2i pass through vs directly connected, I was just hoping to use the node2i in another zone and star replacing my sonos nodes.

 

[iFi audio]

Guess it’ll be test time,

Do let us know how it goes, I'm interested to know what will be the result of your tests

 

[JaquesGelee]

What are the (speed, spec) requirements/ (track) limitations for the SDCard Slot?

I got definetly a geniue SanDisk 400GB full of tracks. But when the MUZO Player tried to indexing the files, the Pro iDSD lost the connection and won't response?

Only a restart helps here to reconnect via WiFi.

Any suggestion?

 

[iFi audio]

What are the requirements/ (Track) limitations for the SDCard Slot?

As per manual: https://ifi-audio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Pro-iDSD-User-Manual-Ver1.6.pdf

...FAT32 file structure and capacity up to 128GB.

 

[JaquesGelee]

As per manual: https://ifi-audio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Pro-iDSD-User-Manual-Ver1.6.pdf

...FAT32 file structure and capacity up to 128GB.

Oops, my bad.Page 12, Notes. haven't seen it. Will there be a chance to support higher capacity in the future?

 

[iFi audio]

Oops, my bad.Page 12, Notes. haven't seen it. Will there bei a chance to support higher capacity in the future?

All good, and it's difficult to say for sure, but Pro iDSD has been around for quite a while now.

 

[JaquesGelee]

All good, and it's difficult to say for sure, but Pro iDSD has been around for quite a while now.

You mean cause of the slot specs in relation to the "age" of the Pro iDSD or cause of 128 GB as highest payable capacity in the year of release?

Will the Pro iDSD Support SanDisk Extreme Cards Like the U3 V30 A2?

 

[iFi audio]

You mean cause of the slot specs in relation to the "age" of the Pro iDSD or cause of 128 GB as highest payable capacity in the year of release?

It's more related to the SD module itself. If it internally can't go beyond FAT32 and 128GB storage space, we can't do much about it. It's like forcing say a physical drive in your computer to develop extra space

 

[TooFrank]

Oops, my bad.Page 12, Notes. haven't seen it. Will there be a chance to support higher capacity in the future?

Please note that the picture below is from ifi’s homepage showing a 400 gb card!! Haven’t tried myself though. But why show it, if it not supported?

 

[MikeyFresh]

Please note that the picture below is from ifi’s homepage showing a 400 gb card!! Haven’t tried myself though. But why show it, if it not supported?

iFi seems to have already forgotten this post exchange from just this past January. There is no reason why the compatible capacity of a microSDXC card would be limited to 128GB unless it was intentionally done so in firmware, which they have already said is not the case.

The SD card standard says that SDXC (extended capacity) cards can be as small as 64GB, or as large as 2TB, but so far the largest offered is 1TB.

All of the other sizes being discussed here are also SDXC, which means the slot is SDXC capable. The only limitation with regard to the slot itself is when older units had a slot that was only SDHC (high capacity) compatible, in those cases the largest card you could use was 32GB.