Does anyone know when the Arcam irDAC is going to be released? There's no mention of it on Arcam's website.
Diamond Joe said:Does anyone know when the Arcam irDAC is going to be released? There's no mention of it on Arcam's website.
Cypher said:I read somewhere that the IRdac will come out around may/june.
Yes, I can see that now; I hadn't realised there are two new models coming. I can see that the irDAC is supposedely a better rDAC with more inputs, but what I can't work out is whether the AirDAC is an rDAC with ethernet input and AirPlay or whether it's an irDAC with fewer inputs plus ethernet input and AirPlay.Diamond Joe said:Ifor, I'm guessing that the airDAC is going to be available around the same time, I think they were introduced together at CES.
I've been looking at the two products and have concluded that the product I want isn't either of them. What I really really want is an airirDAC. I think they're missing an opportunity.ifor said:Yes, I can see that now; I hadn't realised there are two new models coming. I can see that the irDAC is supposedely a better rDAC with more inputs, but what I can't work out is whether the AirDAC is an rDAC with ethernet input and AirPlay or whether it's an irDAC with fewer inputs plus ethernet input and AirPlay.Diamond Joe said:Ifor, I'm guessing that the airDAC is going to be available around the same time, I think they were introduced together at CES.
Indeed you do, but you are constrained by what the AE will pass through to the DAC. I have the same issue using an ATV with an rDAC; everything is resampled to 48 kHz with no chance supposed benefits of high resolution audio. I think this would be overcome using an AirPlay Ethernet connection, but I could be wrong. I was once before.Furtone said:Thanks for this, I've been keen for more information too! I was going to go for the irDAC and just run an Apple Airport Express into it over optical rather than buy the airDAC. That way you get loads of extra input options and a remote for just £79 more!
ifor said:Indeed you do, but you are constrained by what the AE will pass through to the DAC. I have the same issue using an ATV with an rDAC; everything is resampled to 48 kHz with no chance supposed benefits of high resolution audio. I think this would be overcome using an AirPlay Ethernet connection, but I could be wrong. I was once before.Furtone said:Thanks for this, I've been keen for more information too! I was going to go for the irDAC and just run an Apple Airport Express into it over optical rather than buy the airDAC. That way you get loads of extra input options and a remote for just £79 more!
Arcam is making this claim for the irDAC.msboon said:One thing to watch out for is high jitter on the digital out on the very latest AE. I tried using it with an rdac and it kept breaking up. This seems to be a known problem with the latest AE - the older versions (the ones that plug directly into the wall) are fine. This problem went away when I swapped my rdac for a MF M1-DAC which says something about how good that dac is at handling jitter
CustomCable said:
The irDAC has been released for anyone who wishes to know!
Xanderzdad said:My thoughts too. The list of compatible USB DAC / speakers on the synology website is out of date and quite sparce so it would be a gamble. If I get a chance to do a home demo test I'll report back.
I'm hoping to get a serious bump in sound quality compared to my SB Touch but I've been disappointed before!
smbmetal said:Xanderzdad said:My thoughts too. The list of compatible USB DAC / speakers on the synology website is out of date and quite sparce so it would be a gamble. If I get a chance to do a home demo test I'll report back.
I'm hoping to get a serious bump in sound quality compared to my SB Touch but I've been disappointed before!
I would be very interested to see if there was a £400 worth of improvement to the SB Touch, as £400 buys quite a lot of music