Im having trouble with my internet disconnecting, could i use an iPad running tidal connected to the 430had with usb, to break in ? That way i can get offline playlist that won't stop. Would this be equal to running tidal from desktop in exclusive mode, regarding if the burn in will get the same effect? And the moon does the same job?
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This works... I'm listening to it right now.
It sounds the same to my ears as running it from the desktop. But, it's hard to tell if it's in exclusive mode or not.
The best test of this is to see if I can push out something more than 16/44.1 from the phone, but the Tidal iPhone app doesn't seem to have access to the Masters (better than CD quality) content. All I could get is 44.1 from Tidal... so there's not an easy way to test if the bits are somehow getting munged on the way out. Changing the volume on the iPhone while playing doesn't seem to affect the sound, so this is a good sign that iOS isn't doing anything horrible to the audio bitstream.
Bottom line: this should do what you want it to do...
Here's how to make this whole thing work:
It's pretty simple, but you need to jump through two hoops first:
1) You need the USB Camera Connection kit (this is a "dongle" with a USB (female) adapter on it
2) You also need an external *powered* USB hub (more on this in a sec)
Note: I only had a USB camera connection kit for an old 30-pin iPad/iPhone, so I didn't get to test this with a current iPhone or iPad -- so I had to use this on my old iPhone 4s that was gathering dust in the closet.
I love all of you on Head-Fi, but $30 for a new USB dongle is $30, so we'll have to go with what I had laying around...
First, when you plug in the Moon 430HAD to the USB connection kit, you get this:
This is because the iPhone will limit the power on the device, and it looks like the Moon (for some inexplicable reason) is requesting power over the USB port...
You can fix this by using an external USB hub. If it's powered (you can find any number of these with a few ports and a small power brick) then the connection to the iPhone/iPad doesn't request power...
So, here's the working topology:
iPhone --> USB Camera Connection Adapter --> powered USB hub --> Moon 430HAD
Hope this helps...