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I was in a store in Singapore earlier and was messing about with their iFi system and chanced upon this new device. For those uninitiated, iFi is actually using "trickle down" technology from AMR (Abbingdon Music Research), creator of the highly lauded DP-777 DAC. In fact, the engineer speaking on behalf of iFi is Thorsten Loesch http://ifi-audio.com/en/index.html It's all made in China so costs are brought down a fair bit. But the build quality and fit and finish are pretty good. The current line up includes: iCan - Class A headphone amp iDAC - USB powered DAC 24/192 with headphone out iUSB - an inline USB power cleaner with external PSU iPhono - a micro phono stage with SIX yes SIX EQ curves (RIAA, Decca, Columbia etc) I have not seen a "cheap" phono stage with so many configurations!! (well short of AMR's own top of the line phono stage but that's not cheap by any means). Anyway, the focus of this topic is on the iUSB. It's quite a noticeable difference when I am using it with my TEAC UD-501. Here's a review. It is pretty much transparent to your system. No drivers need to be installed. Plug the USB from the computer to the input on the iUSB. The power from the wallwart SMPS goes in the same end and gets cleaned up in the process. The data from the PC USB is stripped from the power, so only the cleaned power goes to the USB output. They say it's even cleaner than a 9V battery http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue66/computer_audio.htm

Further information: This is a really good DAC in very good condition. The unit has a fantastic black gloss finish. Don't let the iPod nano fool you, this is a an audiophile DAC capable of connecting to many sources then providing as high as a 24 Bit / 192kHz resolution output. Includes iPod and remote. To connect Apple products with lighting port an adaptor cables are easily purchased. For more information see: https://www.peachtreeaudio.com/products/idac https://www.stereophile.com/content/peachtree-idac-da-converter Photos: FYI - the white areas you see on the photos are glare from the overhead lighting used when taking these photos. These are not wear marks