I bought an iPhono at the AudioJumble today. Initial impressions are very positive, but it does need to bed in for a while. It is very small indeed.
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I bought an iPhono at the AudioJumble today. Initial impressions are very positive, but it does need to bed in for a while. It is very small indeed.
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I'll be interested in your thoughts vs the Veron. The iFi bears comparison to my valve / LCR phono stage though they are somewhat different, suiting different setups.Originally Posted by Shuggie
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The good thing about it is you can hide it round the back of your rack which leaves room for other items, the other 3 items in the range are exceptionally good too, especially the headphone amp.
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I have one here to review for Adventures in High Fidelity Audio but I have a pile of other stuff to do before itI just finished the iDAC and iUSB Power from the same range and they are very good indeed for modest money. I suspect the iPhono will also be very good.
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Did not really rate the DAC with USB power supply Not as good as the JK32 DAC in my system Guess horses for courses
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Was it run in John? If not try again but I haven't tried a JK32 so can't comment about that - could be a system synergy miss match. Did you try the IUSB with the JK32? I would be surprised if it didn't improve it a smidge or more.
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The JK uses battery power so the iUSB isn't useful on this occasion. I'm sure iFi would say mains is better!
TT 1 Trans-Fi Salvation with magnetic bearing + Trans-Fi Terminator T3Pro + London Reference
TT 2 Garrard 301 with NWA main bearing + Audiomods Series Six 10.5" + Ortofon 2M Mono SE
Digital Lindemann Bridge + Gustard R26 with LB external clock
Pre and Power Amp EWA M40P + M40A
Bass Amp & DSP Behringer iNuke NU3000DSP x 2
Speakers 1 Bastanis Sagarmatha Duo with twin baffleless 15" bass drivers per side
Speakers 2 MarkaudioSota Viotti Tower
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Yes agree think the power supply would make a huge difference with mains power
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I'll make sure it's had a good few hundred hours before making that comparison! So far, it sounds rather good, if a little unbalanced, which is to be expected with something that's not yet run in properly. I have attached a Paul Hynes SR3 PSU to the iPhono, resulting in an obvious lift in sound quality compared to the stock switching wall-wart PSU.
It's been interesting fiddling with the loading settings, to find out what suits the Benz Wood SL best. Benz state 100 Ohms to 47k Ohms, which is not much help, but it seems happiest with 330 Ohms. I'd be interested to know what others think is the best loading for the Benz.
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