What Have We Learned About the Sound of the ICAN Nano Thus Far? Useful inputs and outputs, including: two stereo analogue audio inputs (via stereo RCA jacks and a stereo 3.5mm mini-jack), and one master analogy audio output (via a 6.5mm stereo TRS or “phone-type” jack), enhanced by the fact that the iCAN comes with a nicely made, gold-plated 6.5mm-jack-to-3.5mm-jack adapter.A beefy 1400mAh Lithium-polymer battery said to be good for more than 70 hours (!) of continuous operation, and.A switch-selectable version of iFi’s XBass circuit that allows users to dial-in a judicious touch of low-frequency bass reinforcement for headphones or earphones that can benefit from a touch of very low-end boost,.A switch-selectable version of iFi’s 3D HolographicSound circuit that is not, please note, a so-called crossfeed circuit, but rather uses a proprietary design said to place “the recording back outside of the (user’s) head…”,.An amplifier circuit inspired by the larger iCAN that employ’s iFi’s DirectDrive circuitry (where there are no output coupling capacitors) and that puts out 150mW of power,.Technical highlights of the iCAN nano include: * As many of you know, DSD (or Direct Stream Digital) uses 1-bit files, but with exceedingly high sampling rates, as is apparent above. DSD files captured at 2.8MHz, 3.2MHz, 5.6MHz, or 6.2MHz.DXD files (PCM files at 352.8kHz or 384kHz with 24-bit resolution, or.PCM files ranging from 44.1kHz to 384kHz sampling rates and resolutions ranging from 16-bit to 32-bit,. IFi’s iDSD nano is a compact, portable high resolution DAC that is priced at $189 (US) or £165 (UK) and that can decode a stunning array of high-resolution digital audio file formats, including: Well, the production units just arrived on my desk a few days ago, meaning a follow-up blog was in order. iFi felt the product units would sound even better than the pilot production model had and they were also keen for me to hear what the iCAN nano could do in conjunction with their brand new iDSD nano DAC/headphone amp. Early this year I wrote a blog about iFi Audio’s iCAN nano headphone amplifier ( click here to read), but mentioned at the time that my findings were based on a pilot production sample and not on a full production unit.
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