Cirrus logic cs4398 ipod touch
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There’s just a touch of dryness and owners of brighter loudspeakers might think its upper midband to be slightly ‘well lit’ but is never over-intrusive, and again at the price is beyond reproach. Regardless of input, the Vena comes over as tonally even and neutral, with few obvious failings.
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If you’re lucky enough to have a decent digital source, then the trick is to use the DAC for playing out music from a Mac or PC, DVD or Blu-ray player, and keep the analogue inputs for your best sources. It’s tighter and more grippy, more immediate and more solid sounding, although it doesn’t quite have the naturalness and ease that you’d get from the analogue outputs of a higher end CD player. The analogue inputs are great, whereas the DAC section sounds a little different. By the standards of higher end Quad electronics, you lose a bit of detail, depth, bass power and treble extension, but it’s still a surprisingly capable performer at the price. It sits in that happy place where the sound is peppy and fast and engaging, yet doesn’t get too forward, harsh or searing the company has delivered exactly the right balance, and the result is a civilised performer that’s enduringly enjoyable. The new baby Quad sounds clean, crisp and surprisingly musical. But I suspect many prospective customers may be searching for something that’s more 2015 than 1965? Those seeking a little less visual austerity may take up the option of the more exotic, optional gloss finishes for £100 extra. It looks subtle, understated and finely finished – especially considering the modest £600 retail price. I love its packaging at 93.5x313x302mm (HxWxD) and 6.18kg, it is compact and rather redolent of the 33/303 era. Particularly in its standard Lancaster Grey finish, it is totally trad Quad, which is a good thing if you’re a Quad fan, but not every potential Vena purchaser necessarily is. On the outside, its styling could have come from the nineteen sixties.
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Should you choose to enjoy music via physical media, then there are two RCA line inputs for turntables (via a phono stage), cassette decks, radios and suchlike.
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It sports a Cirrus Logic CS4398 DAC, as used in Quad’s Platinum series CD players, and aptX Bluetooth connectivity, making it very flexible for those with music on their computer or smartphone.
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Inside, Quad’s new Vena is a brand new, high quality, Class AB amplifier with a solid 45W RMS per channel (quoted). I did all listening with some Sennheiser HD280 Pro, not the greatest cans in the world, so I am looking forward to seeing how ipad would sound connected to my stereo through a decent DAC.A strange brew, but likeable too. The only thing that ipad was lacking was a realistic soundstage, something that was painfully obvious when listening to well recorded classical or some jazz. Comparing to how these same tracks sound on my $70K+ stereo I would say that my ipad, although definitely not equal to it, was actually kind of close.
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On the other hand, the ipad had a very full sound with extended highs that were not too bright and good mids and lows. The music on the Ipod touch lacked in details while the Iphone was unnaturally bright. I also have an ipod touch and an iphone 3g and the ipad sounded significantly better than both.
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Maybe this is old news to some of you but I was very surprised that it sounded great.
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What I did was to stream albums in Apple Loosless from my itunes library through home sharing. Driven by curiosity, I decided to listen to some music through my ipad.