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In Reply to: RE: Upgrade from AQ Dragonfly v1.2 posted by dandaroy on April 24, 2015 at 21:18:55
The $499 iFi Micro iDSD is the best $500 I have heard, bar none. To my ears it utterly stomps the AQ Dragonfly.
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Dragonfly is fine for it's price.
"Any Product at more than twice the price should Stomp."
In today's digital this is not always the case with all the snake oil marketing, pseudo features, and buzzword mania.
I was thinking of getting a tube dac. What DACs in this range are you comparing the ifi to? I noticed I would be paying for headphone amp which I do not need.
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I would strongly forgo a tube dac at that price point..you will regret it.
Cheap and tubes do not go together.
Don't worry about the headphone amp, you get a fully analog volume control which allows for a fixed or variable output, filter choices, DSD, if you care, and hub or battery power.
I have had over a dozen sub $500 DACs in my systems..Musical Fidelity, HRT, AQ, CIA..etc..all of them very good, but the iFI beats them all on sonics.
Thanks for the info. What is so special about the micro iDSD compared to micro iDAC or the nano iDSD besides the price?
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The Micro iDSD is clearly better than the Nano. I have used them side by side..the Micro is more sophisticated sounding.
The only thing I know about the iDAC for sure is that does not have DSD capability, and I think the iDSD has some other design updates, but I am not positive about that.
And the units for that are?
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No, but everyone who has heard it loves it. I could be wrong but I think it is stuck at 24/96, making it really non-competitive.
I have one. As you say, it sounds great.
Yes, it is limited to 24/96. I disagree that this makes it "non-competitive"; out of the many GB of ripped files in my systems, almost all are Redbook, and all but a couple of the "HD" rips are 24/96. Lack of 24/192 capability was a total non-factor for me when purchasing, and I suspect that is true of many people, even amoungst we inmates.
But then again people say my Ayre QB-9 is "non-competitive" because it only accepts USB input. It is to laugh!
Cerebrate!
Well, as far as non competitive..I really mean on paper since there are a slew of other units that do do 192 and even higher for less..
For most 24/96 will be all they ever need. I happen to have a huge 192 library.
Actually, as far as the QB9, I see it's one input as a strength, you know full well it is optimized for one specific application. The Ayre is a peace of mind purchase, as it sounds great and is hassle free, and as good as I have heard.
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