07-15-2021, 03:45 PM
Lotsa luck with IFI.
Did you read their statement about Linux and USB2.0? This is a classic "baffle them with bullsh*t" statement.
I can count on a few fingers the number of USB DACs I've tried which did not work out of the box with my Linux systems, whether moOde or otherwise. In each case it was because the DAC developers couldn't be bothered to do their job and depended on Windows drivers to make up for it. Funny how all their competitors managed with even the cheapest knockoffs. Usually they claim it's because of some magical feature of their design that no one else has.
No matter how cute a DAC's marketing description and how flowery its reviewers' statements, I will no longer buy unless it is explicitly stated that it will work with Linux.
Regards,
Kent
Did you read their statement about Linux and USB2.0? This is a classic "baffle them with bullsh*t" statement.
I can count on a few fingers the number of USB DACs I've tried which did not work out of the box with my Linux systems, whether moOde or otherwise. In each case it was because the DAC developers couldn't be bothered to do their job and depended on Windows drivers to make up for it. Funny how all their competitors managed with even the cheapest knockoffs. Usually they claim it's because of some magical feature of their design that no one else has.
No matter how cute a DAC's marketing description and how flowery its reviewers' statements, I will no longer buy unless it is explicitly stated that it will work with Linux.
Regards,
Kent
