Slippers-on
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iFi Launch - Houston. We have lift-off...iUSB3.0
Slippers-on replied to AMR/iFi audio's topic in General Forum
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You must understand we just can't paint with a broad brush when discussing what works and what doesn't work. If one has great synergy with both devices as well as the JB, then his synergy is good...if not, then one should settle for one device. It's all system dependent....we all have different combinations of gear....we need to find what works best in our systems.
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Lots of guys have these Regenerators, Regen as well as iFI USB3.0. Most of them tell a different story. Its more system dependent than you think. The iPurifie2 is made to add to the old iUSB to bring it up to the level of the iUSB3.0.....so if there is an improvement in westy's system, it could be to system synergy where as not so much in other systems with different gear.
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I agree about the analog sound. In fact, I was/am a vinyl junky! I didn't want any part of all the digital craze, until I was at a friends house who was had a shoot out with a Lampizator Big 7 and the PSAudio Direct Stream Dac. "The Dude" Preamp and CODA mono blocks. You could have swore I was listening to vinyl. I decided to see if I could get a DAC under $1000 to run DSD 128 and give me a vinyl feel.....I found it in the iFI Micro DSD DAC and the PSU. I love it!
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Speshal..great posting! just a few things. Firstly: I think the way one places the REGEN and iUSB3.0 in the chain is system dependent. This clearly shows that depending on the associated gear one may be better than other going into the DAC. Second: I've a buddy here in my city who has the lampi Big 7 with a custom fanless music computer. He has great results using the REGEN. He has hardly any benefit using the Jitter Bug. Third: I asked questions of the iUSB3.0 of AMR/iFI support. Their response was if one is not 100% USB 3.0 all the way from the computers HDD into the DAC with USB 3.0 Cables, they don't reap the benefit of the superspeed of the USB3.0 standard, but they get all the other benefits of the IUSB 3.0 such as the REgeneration, REclocking, REbalancing, active noise cancelation, and the new technology of the new improved IPurifier. So it stands to reason, the REGEN would negate some of what the iUSB3.0 is doing if it's in the chain. But never the less, I believe the sonic improvements are what most are after, so that wouldn't matter to many. fourth: they also told me, the speed of the USB 3.0 standard is up to 5megs per second....10 x faster than USB 2.0. The speed of the USB 3.0 standard is better for DSD and those who use USB 3.0 cables with an unbroken chain from the HDD to the iUSB 3.0 to the DAC will reap this benefit.