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[13th May 2012] Go-DAP X - the first DAC/Amp to support multiple devices (iOS, Android 4.1+, PC USB Audio)
As mentioned by @ExpatInJapan here, VentureCraft is coming up with a new Go-DAP that can be used for iDevices and for Desktop/Laptop PCs. Preliminary impressions are that it sounds the pretty much the same as the Go-DAP 4.0 for iPhone 4/4S. It's dropped the proprietary 4/4S jacket and is more like the HP-P1/CLAS type concept (i.e. separate, non-integrated design), but it's slimmer than the HP-P1. It can be used with any current iDevice like the HP-P1, but the added functionality is that there's a switch which will allow it to be used as a PC Desktop/Laptop/Notebook USB DAC too. I believe this is the first such device I'm aware of anyway (not including the patch work of USB DAC+powered up+CCK to the iPad).As the specs says :-
OpAmp is AD8066
Can be used as a transport with optical out
Comes with 2200mAh battery (like the upgraded Go-DAP 4.0) (5 hr charge, 7 hr discharge)
Made in Japan
W:67mm H:136.10mm D: 17.30mm 135g
PC DAC: Input 32/44.1/48kHz 16bit Output 32/44.1/48kHz 16bit
iPhone DAC: Input 32/44.1/48kHz 16bit Output 48kHz 16bit
HP Power output: 80mW+80mW (32ohm)
Dynamic Range: 90dB
Headphone Jack: Single Ended 3.5mm
Digital Output: 3.5mm Optical S/PDIF
Here are some pix of the prototype :-
[11th May 2013] SounDroid Typoon - the first portable DSD-capable DAC/Amp (also supports iDevices)
See here for Audionewbi's thread: http://www.head-fi.org/t/663590/venturcraft-soundroid-typhoon
[21st May 2013] Go-DAP TT - the first iDevice Tube DAC/Amp (also supports PC USB Audio)
The Go-DAP TT is an iDevice/PC USB Audio DAC/Amp that sports a Raytheon 6111SQ tube. It has the same battery as the 3500mAh as the SounDroid Typhoon. Full specs are unknown at the moment but will be updated when known. Price is quoted to be Y79,800 (18th June 2013).Posts starting from #406
Photo from VentureCraft's site