Thinking about digital input.
PCs MACs and various streaming devices are all very well though the iPod / MP3 player concept is a convenient way of storing and using digital music files, however they dont have very good DACs when it comes to true hifi.
The Pure i20 dock is a great way of utilising digital music stored on an iPod / iPhone, it extracts the files before they hit the devices built in DAC and passes it through a half decent DAC then outputs through phonos giving true hifi with any decent set up.
However while good value the Pure "only" handles iPod / iPhone as an input standard, would it be great if you could connect and MP3 player or plug a USB stick into it in the way that you can some CD players, Yamaha CD-S300 / Marantz CD6003 to name but two and of course Cambridge Audio's DACMagic, all at three times the price of the Pure.
What other DAC products are out there offering a generic input such as USB?
Any other thoughts?
Thanks.
PCs MACs and various streaming devices are all very well though the iPod / MP3 player concept is a convenient way of storing and using digital music files, however they dont have very good DACs when it comes to true hifi.
The Pure i20 dock is a great way of utilising digital music stored on an iPod / iPhone, it extracts the files before they hit the devices built in DAC and passes it through a half decent DAC then outputs through phonos giving true hifi with any decent set up.
However while good value the Pure "only" handles iPod / iPhone as an input standard, would it be great if you could connect and MP3 player or plug a USB stick into it in the way that you can some CD players, Yamaha CD-S300 / Marantz CD6003 to name but two and of course Cambridge Audio's DACMagic, all at three times the price of the Pure.
What other DAC products are out there offering a generic input such as USB?
Any other thoughts?
Thanks.