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iFi at RMAF CanJam 2013

2013-10-21
we're here with avatar acoustics and we're just going to show off some of their new products okay new at this show is the mercury cable which is a new single run of USB cable I fight develops their own USB connector and their own ferrets which are specifically tuned to digital frequencies and we'd already introduced the Gemini which is the dual cable which takes power out of the left port of our I USB power and the data path is out of the right port so once it's clean to the I USB it's in separated and kept separated to the back of our deck and then also new is the IPO fire is a USB sized thumb drive that is the last step of our cleaning process from getting the sound from the computer into your DAC and this is in the audio path and it prevents ringing distortion from the computer and so that's brand new with the show as well as well we're here is the new IDs d which is part of our new nano series so this is a lithium battery pack a lithium battery pack 25 to 30 hour battery life USB 3.0 input with apple digital management rights it's 24 384 on PCM as well as DSD double DSD and d XD capable has a sharp and soft filter settings for the DAC section itself it uses a bird round chip who even incorporates an SPDIF out so it can be a USB to spdif converter as well has volume controlled analog outputs that are by passable to unity gain as as well as a 880 milla wat headphone amp in it so you could use this to take digital out of your iphone or ipad into the DAC section and then using the headphone section out of this for the best possible sound out of your phone or iPad devices or use it as a desktop DAC to go with that we have the new I can nano which is a dedicated headphone out this is a 100 50 milliwatts output full-size jack as well as the ex base and 3d holographic technologies get a 60 hour battery life out of this as well it can run off a wall power or or the battery analog ins and 3.5 millimeter headphone in as well the I tube which is in the rack over there and in my hand here is a new product from IFI it incorporates the GE 5670 vacuum tube which is basically a premium tube version of any 68 69 to 73 o a tune it has the 3d holographic technology which was developed from a white paper written by Alan bloom line so if you've ever heard any binaural recordings that technology is what's incorporated to this high and low settings the high setting is for Near Field or desktop listening the low setting is for normal stereo room distance listening it also incorporates digital antidote which is a technology again from a trickle down from AMR into the I fine line which basically takes any upsampling DAC and turns it sonics into that of a new old stock Phillips chip that was not up and over sampled in concert with all that it's got an analog vine control and adjustable game so you can have zero or six DB of gain and Devon control can be bypassed via dip switches on the bottom so you could use this as a full function preamp AA or as just a tube buffer or anything in between as well so this is the the eye-fi retro executive system this is al 84 vacuum tube base with ec f 82 driver tubes 25 watts per channel incorporates the I dak basically so it's got USB spdif and toslink inputs on the back it has bluetooth rev 2 which can support 24 96 streaming capability as well it incorporates the iphone oh so it's got a photo section in built in so you can jack your turntable directly into it as well with moving coil and moving magnet settings it incorporates the i can as well with impedance set set in it's four quarter inch and 3.5 millimeter headphone jacks and it's a full almost a full wat of output out of this product for different headphones it incorporates the 3d holographic from the eye to is built into this as well so it's got foreign near settings for the 3d holographic as well as delete it incorporates ex based technology again from the I can for the Stetter that's adjusted specifically for these speakers Julie so the speakers can be placed right up against the wall on X base is off coupon if you're going to free stand them on speaker stands the way a high-end audiophile would the ex base would be on high and it's got a medium X base setting for any set up in between dope paper mid-range silk dome tweeter no crossover they developed the drivers to function together without a crossover there's just a cap on the tweeter and that's it solid bamboo enclosure as well the whole package is going to be under 2,000 okay the nanos were going to both be under 200
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