Thanks again, Iramirez.
On the Peachtree Audio site (Signal Path), they all show the same DAC:
ESS 9006 Sabre DAC w/patented jitter reduction circuit
I've been digging around a lot and didn't see what you found out about the USB. It makes sense, because when I connect my iPod to my iMac via USB, I cannot play music directly from the iPod, but only via iTunes from the iMac.
On the Peachtree Audio site (Signal Path) on the iDecco specs page it shows:
4 Digital inputs (all transformer coupled)
iPod, USB, Toslink (optical), Coax
While on the Decco 2 specs page it shows:
3 Digital inputs (all transformer coupled)
USB, Toslink (optical), Coax
This means the iDecco is definitely the only choice for me.
I hope there is some sort of extension cable available so that I can connect the iPod to iDecco's dock and search for music with the iPod in hand; iPod parked on the dock will be very inconvenient for me.
I'm just now trying to make a move to modernize my old-fasioned system. Last year I bought an Ah! Njoe Tjoeb CD player, which has a tubed pre-amp. I added a 24/96 upsampler and better tubes, and the sound is so amazing that it prompted me to move toward 24/96 digital for all of my music in the near future (until the next thing comes along...). The Nova/iDeccos are based on a similar design approach, with 24/96 upsampling and tubed pre-amp.
Another question:
In a shop in USA last month I tried out the Nova. Source was a CD player. I could hear no difference at all when switching between "tubed" and "SS" pre-amp out via the remote. Can you hear any difference?
On the Peachtree Audio site (Signal Path), they all show the same DAC:
ESS 9006 Sabre DAC w/patented jitter reduction circuit
I've been digging around a lot and didn't see what you found out about the USB. It makes sense, because when I connect my iPod to my iMac via USB, I cannot play music directly from the iPod, but only via iTunes from the iMac.
On the Peachtree Audio site (Signal Path) on the iDecco specs page it shows:
4 Digital inputs (all transformer coupled)
iPod, USB, Toslink (optical), Coax
While on the Decco 2 specs page it shows:
3 Digital inputs (all transformer coupled)
USB, Toslink (optical), Coax
This means the iDecco is definitely the only choice for me.
I hope there is some sort of extension cable available so that I can connect the iPod to iDecco's dock and search for music with the iPod in hand; iPod parked on the dock will be very inconvenient for me.
I'm just now trying to make a move to modernize my old-fasioned system. Last year I bought an Ah! Njoe Tjoeb CD player, which has a tubed pre-amp. I added a 24/96 upsampler and better tubes, and the sound is so amazing that it prompted me to move toward 24/96 digital for all of my music in the near future (until the next thing comes along...). The Nova/iDeccos are based on a similar design approach, with 24/96 upsampling and tubed pre-amp.
Another question:
In a shop in USA last month I tried out the Nova. Source was a CD player. I could hear no difference at all when switching between "tubed" and "SS" pre-amp out via the remote. Can you hear any difference?