[monkey4054]

One advantage of the shorter warranty is that once it’s over, you can pop the top and start rolling tubes with impunity.

haha Yeah.. but I'd prefer not to have a $3k paperweight. To be honest, I have never heard anything but good things about iFi products, I just don't know why they would offer a bare minimum warranty on such an expensive product. It's not competitive on the market in that respect.

 

[adydula]

I have both of these latest iFi products and like them very much...BUT
there are other products with BETTER warranties...thats a FACT.

Do these other better warrantied products do all the things iFis does, most do not.
So your getting a iFi product that has many differing capabilities.

Many things, more parts, more selections, MORE possible failure points...so IMO this would be one of the
reasons for them NOT to have a 3 yr warranty...

But even though I know of some folks that have had warranty issues with iFI, they are not mainstream from my view.

And are these swiss army capabiites really needed. Only YOU can answer that.

I bought these 2 devices for certain tech points. The warranty did not influence me in my pruchase.

But when I reviewed them this was a point that should be at least mentioned and it is and has been several times.

Is iFi listening? I think they are...but so far the response from what I have seen is "crickets"...

Enjoy the music!
Alex

 

[gdwallasign]

So... How does it sound?

 

[monkey4054]

Many things, more parts, more selections, MORE possible failure points...so IMO this would be one of the
reasons for them NOT to have a 3 yr warranty...

I get what you're saying... but that's the exact concern right here ^^^^^^^^^

 

[adydula]

I get what you're saying... but that's the exact concern right here ^^^^^^^^^

Well no one is breaking your arm to buy one.

Many good devices out there..

 

[FenceFurniture]

So... How does it sound?

Well, after just a few days, and no HP use yet (just the HEDD Monitors), it sounds excellent – absolutely rocks. This, with a Schiit Bifrost 2 DAC, compared to the Focal Arche DAC/Amp, is thicker and richer overall. Just a fatter, yet cleaner sound. I'm totally stoked with this as a near-field system. S'pose I'll have to break out the Stellias tomorrow.

I get what you're saying... but that's the exact concern right here ^^^^^^^^^

Yeah, I agree that it's a concern, but that wouldn't stop me from buying it....particularly with what I'm hearing as I type this (Billy Cobham Drum 'n Voice 3, and only 16-44 rez, rich, thick and detailed). It's all about the sound more than the warranty.

 

[adydula]

I bought mine knowing what the warranty was.
This did not stop me from buying.
But I still think the length of the warranty should be longer.

 

[iFi audio]

Is iFi listening? I think they are...but so far the response from what I have seen is "crickets"...

We are listening, but the subject of our warranty was brought up multiple times on this forum and there's nothing much we have to say about it. Thanks!

 

[FenceFurniture]

What would be REALLY useful is to have a tiny LED instead of a dark dot on the volume control. In dim lighting it is extremely hard to see.

 

[iFi audio]

What would be REALLY useful is to have a tiny LED instead of a dark dot on the volume control. In dim lighting it is extremely hard to see.

I hear you, but that would require a different knob or merging it in the digital domain with the product's software, so that it could show volume range on its display. Either way, extra hardware is necessary in both cases.

 

[adydula]

We are listening, but the subject of our warranty was brought up multiple times on this forum and there's nothing much we have to say about it. Thanks!

Wow...that is really is a great response....

 

[Fugue]

If I leave it on 24/7, about how long will the tubes last? (I had the standard iFi DSD Pro a while back, and it didn't remember the filter and other settings when I turned it off. Has that issue been solved? If so, then there's no need to leave it on all the time.)

 

[iFi audio]

Wow...that is really is a great response....

Apologies if it sounded wrong, but nothing changed as far as our warranty goes. In short, it's either one or two years and that depends on a region.

 

[adydula]

Apologies if it sounded wrong, but nothing changed as far as our warranty goes. In short, it's either one or two years and that depends on a region.

Please post what regions have what warranty.
Thanks
Alex

 

[iFi audio]

Please post what regions have what warranty.
Thanks
Alex

The two-year warranty period applies within the EU, because I assume that was your question.