It's Justt Apple being Apple according to Leo Laporte. Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 14, 2016, at 6:01 PM, John Gurd <j.g...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > Hi Mary > > Yes, strange as it seems, there are two digital inputs. The USB A (the > bigger one) is for the little lightning connector, and is exclusively for > Apple IOS devices. The USB B (the small slot) is for the little connecting > cable which has a normal male USB A on the other end and is for Android USB > On-The-Go devices or Windows or Apple PCs. > > There must be a technical reason why IOS devices need that dedicated USB, > probably the same reason you need to use a camera to USB connector to > connect an IOS device to the USB input of the Chord DAC. That's the way it > is though. > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary > Otten > Sent: 14 February 2016 01:22 > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Oppo HA--2 just arrived... > > Hi John, > So this comes with a short cable that has a lightning connector on one end > and usb on the other which plugs into the headphone amp? Is that what you > were saying? I guess I'm not getting why you'd need two different inputs > into the amp, one for androids and one for i-devices. > I certainly understand that the lightning connector and a usb are different, > but those are the outs on the devices providing the source audio. When I > last had a portable amp with dac was with the old 30-pin connector, and I > can't remember how the cabling worked with that thing, did I buy an extra > cable or what? Getting old isn't for the faint of heart. > > Mary > > Mary > > >
