The 30 Day Rule

One of the key rules I set when creating this blog was that any new component has to sit in the system for 30 days before proper evaluation and comment.

If you own or are considering buying a ifi iUSB - if first impressions are correct I think you are going to very much like what I have to tell you in thirty days time.

If your usb dac or converter takes any power (some take very little such as my Berkeley Alpha USB) from your computers usb bus you should consider the iUSB because it separates the usb power and signal outputs and when the output is via a dual-path usb lead such as the Acoustic Revive 1.0SPS the noise floor is lowered allowing more fine detail to be unearthed.

So move on six months and then all of a sudden I was thinking it is odd that the iUSB for all it's clean power credentials appears to be powered by a wallwart power supply.

What if........................To be continued in 30 days - Rules!!!!