[audiomonkey777]

I do like the idea of Bluetooth. Andit sounds like iFi's Bluetooth should be pretty cool. not crappy like on some gizmos.

Also found this: https://ifi-audio.com/black-friday/ - xDSD with Free iSilencer, free NativeDSD Sampler Album and 50% off Native DSD music. Might be a good way to start my DSD music collection!

 

[iFi audio]

xDSD

This one is something special indeed

 

[Benno1988]

Absolutely no way to hook up the Micro BL with bluetooth? No adapters or something in-line that could make it work?

Ideally phone playing spotify, and it not physically being connected to the Micro.

 

[Grimbles]

Absolutely no way to hook up the Micro BL with bluetooth? No adapters or something in-line that could make it work?

Ideally phone playing spotify, and it not physically being connected to the Micro.

You could maybe run the optical out of a chromecast audio (or apple equivalent) into the optical in of the micro Bl?

 

[iFi audio]

You could maybe run the optical out of a chromecast audio (or apple equivalent) into the optical in of the micro Bl?

Could work.

 

[Benno1988]

Could work.

Or you could release a BT dongle for it.

 

[Grimbles]

Or you could release a BT dongle for it.

Dude... theres the xdsd which dealt with this specific consumer demand... and uses iFi proprietary bluetooth tech.

 

[Benno1988]

Micro BL is the flagship though. All the other options aren't quite at that level.

 

[iFi audio]

Or you could release a BT dongle for it.

Naah, would be too expensive

To be fair, at some point we might release something like that, but for now we have iONE and we're proud of this one.

 

[donunus]

I wonder if anyone here has compared the internal dacs of these units via lineout going to another amp. I like the nano bl because of having a line out for my schiit vali 2 then being small enough when I want to go mobile. I only wish it had bluetooth like the xdsd but if I were to go to xdsd, I would lose the precious line out lol

 

[iFi audio]

I only wish it had bluetooth like the xdsd but if I were to go to xdsd, I would lose the precious line out lol

Actually, xDSD's 3.5mm jack can be used as a line out:

https://media.ifi-audio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/xDSD-User-Manual-Final-02-20.pdf

 

[jonchauchiu]

Have you tested the xCAN as the amp with the xDSD or nano with their lineout feature?

 

[Grimbles]

Have you tested the xCAN as the amp with the xDSD or nano with their lineout feature?

Nope! Seems to defeat the portability benefits IMO.

 

[jonchauchiu]

Nope! Seems to defeat the portability benefits IMO.

Ahh I see. Yeah I agree. I just saw some people using the xCAN and xDSD as a stack and I wanted to see how that would compare to the idsd black label. The bluetooth would be nice and even those two stacked would be more portable than the idsd black label imo.

 

[iFi audio]

Nope! Seems to defeat the portability benefits IMO.

Although small, two boxes are more than just one, so I understand you. But xDSD only as a DAC and xCAN as an amp...