[Anaxilus]

It better be battery-powered otherwise everyone w/ a Nokia USB-2-go could be lost as potential customers.

 

[AyeCee]

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A couple more pics to check out with added exposure...
 
 

 

Edit. In the bottom left.. is that a switch and led with a word starting with 'CH'? So hard to see. Might have a battery after all?

Looks nice! And I can also say that it looks like a "CH". Looks like the word charge, it wouldn't say power and definitely not a gain or bass boost switch. 
Also where did you get these pictures?

 

[wahu]

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Looks nice! And I can also say that it looks like a "CH". Looks like the word charge, it wouldn't say power and definitely not a gain or bass boost switch. 
Also where did you get these pictures?

Yeh I reckon it is a charge switch. It won't need a gain switch and the power and bass boost switches seem to be on the front.
 
I wonder why UM said it wasn't portable? Unless it's much bigger than it looks or as heavy as Thor's hammer it should work?
 
I just used the pic in the first post and increased the exposure 

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[AyeCee]

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Yeh I reckon it is a charge switch. It won't need a gain switch and the power and bass boost switches seem to be on the front.
 
I wonder why UM said it wasn't portable? Unless it's much bigger than it looks or as heavy as Thor's hammer it should work?
 
I just used the pic in the first post and increased the exposure 

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Again like I said, It can't be used with an iDevice unless paired with a CLAS... But if it does have a battery, then I would assume it would be able to work when paired with a DX100 and the like.
 
However I guess nothing is certain until the final specs are released...

 

[wahu]

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Again like I said, It can't be used with an iDevice unless paired with a CLAS... But if it does have a battery, then I would assume it would be able to work when paired with a DX100 and the like.
 
However I guess nothing is certain until the final specs are released...

You may not be able to use the DAC with iDevices but that would have been expected. There is an aux in on the front though.

 

[AstralStorm]

Pity it's a bit large. I understand that even with SMD opamps it won't be really tiny (at least 8 dual opamps...), but come on, this box is *huge*!
 
Still waiting until someone makes a tiny programmable DSP device with good audio quality. (Doesn't even have to be an amp.)

 

[wahu]

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*huge*!
 

I'm not sure it is that big. I'd say it's smaller than the jh3a but bigger than my e17. Much smaller than my old sony walkman I just rediscovered in the basement.

 

[average_joe]

I have traveled with the 801 & Portaphile, so this shouldn't be an issue for me.  I can imagine it will fit fine in gear bag I take with me, which is a small camera bag.  

 

[AyeCee]

Yeah I wouldn't say it is huge either. Looks about the size of a CLAS/RXmk3 combo. If I had it and it could be used portably I definitely would carry it around. 

 

[AstralStorm]

Indeed, it looks larger than I think it is (if the dimensions are true) - the picture must be on top of some subnotebook or other.
 
That connector looks like 8-pin M9... but a tiny version?

 

[Stephen Guo]

Update: 


SPDIF input supports 24BIT/96KHz  
Optical and Coai inputs also support 24BIT/96KHz 

 

[Cryok95]

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Update: 


SPDIF input supports 24BIT/96KHz  
Optical and Coai inputs also support 24BIT/96KHz 

 
Looking good!

 

[figgie]

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Update: 


SPDIF input supports 24BIT/96KHz  
Optical and Coai inputs also support 24BIT/96KHz 

USB Input? Resolution support if implemented?

 

[Benjamin6264]

I must say that, at that price, I would've expected it to go all the way up to 192khz, especially considering that it's intended for use with a laptop, where we're the most likely to have our uncompressed hi-res files stored.

 

[tranhieu]

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I must say that, at that price, I would've expected it to go all the way up to 192khz, especially considering that it's intended for use with a laptop, where we're the most likely to have our uncompressed hi-res files stored.

 
my thought exactly. but considering how many songs are there actually in 192khz format it would be a bit overkill to go all the way with a portable set up.