[The Walrus]

  That's interesting. I experience this only at the beginning of the first song. Not a glitch after that. Even if I pause the song, wait for a minute then resume, no problem. Again with PC,no problem. Just the beginning of the first song with phone or Sony A17 Strange...

Strange strange strange! I reverted back to firmware 4.04 and the fade-in problem disappeared. 

 

[Whitigir]

Strange strange strange! I reverted back to firmware 4.04 and the fade-in problem disappeared. 

Lol, Dr. Strange, is that you ?

$288, that couldn't have been the Micro was it? At that price I would have to assume it was almost below wholesale pricing if not close to cost of manufacture/distribution. I would ask the vendor if they can prorate shipping. For instance, if anybody else gets free shipping in the 48 states, that implies that a unit being shipped to Hawaii should travel free for the customer up until the point where it leaves the continent. So if say it leaves continental US at California and the cost of shipping to Hawaii is $38, but shipping to a California resident is $22 you should only pay the difference in shipping if you ask me.

Yeah, I think he got confused with the nano line

 

[bluesaint]

  I plan on ordering the 2nd run of the Liquid Carbon. If I do RCA to RCA feeding from the Micro, it is going to be inferior to XLR to XLR balanced input to output?

 
Actually, LC has a phase splitter for RCA input that will produce a balanced signal.  Stillhart posted his test result of A/B testing between xlr and rca input and found minimal sound quality difference.  

 

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[networkn]

  $288, that couldn't have been the Micro was it? At that price I would have to assume it was almost below wholesale pricing if not close to cost of manufacture/distribution. I would ask the vendor if they can prorate shipping. For instance, if anybody else gets free shipping in the 48 states, that implies that a unit being shipped to Hawaii should travel free for the customer up until the point where it leaves the continent. So if say it leaves continental US at California and the cost of shipping to Hawaii is $38, but shipping to a California resident is $22 you should only pay the difference in shipping if you ask me.

 
Well seeing as I've now emailed 3 companies, none who have got back to me, it seems relatively unlikely such a deal might be struck. The pricing I got was from CamelCamelCamel who track price history of Amazon items. 
 
Disappointing I have been unable to get an email response. I guess I could call, but doesn't fill me with confidence that potential issues with warranty will be handled efficiently. 

 

[technobear]

Well seeing as I've now emailed 3 companies, none who have got back to me, it seems relatively unlikely such a deal might be struck. The pricing I got was from CamelCamelCamel who track price history of Amazon items. 

Disappointing I have been unable to get an email response. I guess I could call, but doesn't fill me with confidence that potential issues with warranty will be handled efficiently. 

 

[CFGamescape]

Just wanted to share my little work setup I have with the iDSD. I recently bought a custom Elijah Audio USB cable on eBay for relativey cheap (I was the only bidder and got it at reserve price) that had a female A type termination. It's a split cable (power and data) but single-ended on each side.

My chain is iPad (steaming Tidal) > Apple CCK > Schiit PYST USB > Schiit Wyrd > custom USB cable > iDSD > Ether C.



Sounds great! I plan on trying out the iPurifier2 in this chain when I get one in.

 

[Whitigir]

That is awesome rig !

 

[balcy24]

  $288, that couldn't have been the Micro was it?

 
I think that was probably a Nano price. I was looking for a Micro at the time and found one in the forums here for $390 after New Years and couldn't be happier!.When a used one hits the market they sure don't last long.  

 

[potkettleblack]

I'm saying this because it looks like I will be unfortunately selling my HD800S due to fit issues.

The Ifi idsd micro made the 800S a lot more musical, liquid and ear pleasing than my 02 or 02/ODAC (I borrowed).

With the o2 and ODAC I still heard moments of brightness (an unpleasant amount) whereas with the idsd it NEVER happened. Absolutely love the two together and if I keep the 800S I would have no intention of changing that setup at all.

Very slight decrease in soundstage and low level details - but the overall presentation was absolutely awesome.

 

[Sonic Defender]

I'm saying this because it looks like I will be unfortunately selling my HD800S due to fit issues.

The Ifi idsd micro made the 800S a lot more musical, liquid and ear pleasing than my 02 or 02/ODAC (I borrowed).

With the o2 and ODAC I still heard moments of brightness (an unpleasant amount) whereas with the idsd it NEVER happened. Absolutely love the two together and if I keep the 800S I would have no intention of changing that setup at all.

Very slight decrease in soundstage and low level details - but the overall presentation was absolutely awesome.

So what headphone will you be going with? I recently picked up a TH 600 and I'm pretty pleased with how the Micro meshes with it.

 

[warrior1975]

I'd love to hear the ifi micro with my th900. I'm getting a micro one day in the near future.

 

[Sonic Defender]

I'd love to hear the ifi micro with my th900. I'm getting a micro one day in the near future.

I owned a TH 900 not long ago and it would indeed a pretty sick combination.

 

[potkettleblack]

So what headphone will you be going with? I recently picked up a TH 600 and I'm pretty pleased with how the Micro meshes with it.

Obviously sticking with the Abyss... But will be hearing the stax range again in a week so will take it from there. Probably the l700/007

 

[warrior1975]

Love my th900 and mojo, the ifi having more power (than mojo) would be nice to hear.