After all, the iFi was ponying up the necessary 5V so why would the iPad care what the power draw might be? But it did. I excitedly – and ultimately mistakenly – imagined the iFi brick to be a magic bullet for Apple iPad audiophillia – a way to enable communication between ANY USB device and Apple’s iPad. It designed to work with Apple’s iPad and Camera Connection Kit. The iFi USB’s applications run a little deeper than simple computer appendage. Following is the excerpt from the review and the link to the full review: There is a current review of using the Ipad/Camera Kit Connector in conjunction with the iFi iUSB Power with USB-PSDIF converters. USB out, server software that automatically adjusts bit/sample rate, good iPad control software, etc. Lastly, if you can find one, less than $300 gets you a Squeezebox Touch. There are a bunch of programs such as Amarra and bit perfect that can do this automatically though. If iTunes is your server software, you have to change the output res in the Midi interface to accommodate hi-res, then back again to 16/44.1. Otherwise you have to add a toslink to USB adapter. My point is that (which you may already know) if you have a computer, you're $99 away from getting the same music and not having your iPad tethered to a DAC which sounds clumsy to me. I highly doubt that you can get USB digital audio out from the iPad, but as my wife will quickly point out, I've been wrong before. iPad is the controller (using the remote app), external hard drive holds the music that is served by iTunes. I do have a few systems being fed by $99 Airport Express' using the toslink out. Have not done that, would think you need iTunes on a computer somewhere to manage as the Airport Extreme with an HD attached does not function as a NAS.
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