Core Infinity board

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I am reading that there is a second USB port with the infinity core board. What type is it: USB-B like the one already existing or A which could allow to use USB sticks, drives and even SD cards if OS/software supported which would more significantly change functionality.

No, there are two USB inputs in the menu of the software but there is no secondary physical option on the device. Only available USB port on the device is the USB B port that we had in the past.

That means it can not support external USB drives (or thumb drives/SD card readers) directly and therefore the core infinity board is not adding real streamer function!

I think you mean it is not acting as a server. My first streamer was a Linn Akurate DS and it did not have any usb input and I'm not sure that they do now. Linn were amongst the first to get streaming right and decided it should be by ethernet. They were probably correct as the sound is probably optimal that way. As far as I am concerned, streaming is about sending to the unit by ethernet and wifi. My 250 Pro does that now, hopefully it will do it better with IC. With the promised unPNP/DLNA I would hope to be able to connect my network server.