For some reason I'm curious about portable amps capable of powering something crazy like an HE5 or 6 after coming across the ifi Micro iDSD. It reportedly puts out 4 watts @ 16 ohms & 1.56 watts @ 64 ohms.
http://ifi-audio.com/portfolio-view/micro-idsd/
I never really explored the portable amp market before. Does anything power wise compare to the Micro iDSD?
Ohmygod... the headfi hypetrain marketing tamasha on that one made me vomit several times before I gave up following it (It's a new kind of eating disorder: Forum-associated bulimia nervosa. I'm getting help
) as did the lunatic climb of the ladder into so-called-but-not-really high-res music formats even beyond what is actually available.
Which is a pity. I have an ifi iCAN, and was quite prepared to be a bit of a company fanboy! Not any longer.
Mind you: none of this means that I'm not prepared to accept that the iDSD stuff
sounds good. i think there is every possibility that it does.
Maybe Geek Out 1000. Schiit Fulla might be comparable, but it's not out yet.
I don't know abut Geek Out, but Schiit is not climbing the ladder into DSD-land and it is not going to be there in the Fulla, so it is not going to be comparable in the future-proof all-formats-covered department. Big difference in price: will it compete in sound?