World’s 1st Tube Hybrid Integrated Amp with“Pure Digital” iPod Dock*
iDecco is the first all-in-one iPod Dock that takes the digital signal from your iPod directly to our on-board ESS Sabre DAC. The music then travels through a Class A tube-buffered preamp to a high-current 40 watt-per-channel amplifier.
The iDecco is actually FIVE products in one…
1. “Pure Digital” iPod Dock *
2. Integrated Amplifier
3. Class A Tube Preamplifier
4. Stand-Alone Multi-Input DAC
5. Class A Headphone Amplifier
The iDecco also has component video out so you can use your iPod as a “New Millennium VCR” and watch movies, TV shows and podcasts on a flat panel TV or monitor.
The Perfect Desktop Audio Solution
If you sit at your desk listening to plastic speakers for long periods of time, the iDecco, like its big brother the Nova (shown at left), will transform your work space into high-end audio heaven. Just plug your computer into the iDecco with a USB cable and use a matching pair of Peachtree Audio speakers. We’ll make you fall in love with your work space!
“Pure Digital” iPod Dock. Virtually all iPod docks today have “analog outputs”, forcing you to use the iPod’s internal power supply, DAC and output section.
Not so with the iDecco. We use the “Pure Digital” 1’s & 0’s from your iPod directly
into our Super DAC with 11 regulated power supplies, so for the first time your iPod can really perform like a high-end CD player.
iPod: Made for iPod Touch (1st & 2nd generation) iPod Classic 80G, 120G, 160G only, Nano 2nd-5th generation.
Specifications
- 40 watts x 2 channels into 6 ohms at 0.1% THD
- built-in Pure Digital iPod dock bypasses iPod's DAC (and its analog audio output circuitry) for better sound
- hybrid vacuum tube/solid-state design
- vacuum tube preamp stage (uses a single dual-triode input tube)
- high-current class A/B solid state power amp
- built-in ESS Sabre digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with selectable wide/narrow jitter reduction and upsampling
- DAC filter slope switch let you choose a fast slope that "measures" better on a test bench or a slow slope that sounds better to some listeners.
- decodes MP3, AAC, WMA, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, PCM, and Apple Lossless
- high-capacity toroidal power transformer
- digital audio inputs: 1 USB (Type B), 1 optical (Toslink), and 1 coaxial (S/PDIF)
- 1 pair RCA analog audio inputs
- 2 pair RCA audio preamp outputs for connecting a powered subwoofer or outboard power amplifier
- headphone output (full-size 1/4" jack)
- heavy-duty binding-post speaker connectors
- detachable power cord
- spare 6H23N vacuum tube included
- remote control
- 14-7/8"W x 5-1/16"H x 14-1/2"D
- weight: 26 lbs.
- warranty: 1 year on amp, 6 months on tube
