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I've got one of the good ones......apparently. Lost in the depths of a pile of hifi scrap somewhere. I never got round to modding it. Maybe one day. I hate surface mount components with a passion.
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karatestu wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:17 pm I've got one of the good ones......apparently. Lost in the depths of a pile of hifi scrap somewhere. I never got round to modding it. Maybe one day. I hate surface mount components with a passion.
Then be happy! If you don't need it you could send it to me.
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Hannes-Gregor wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 9:22 pm
karatestu wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:17 pm I've got one of the good ones......apparently. Lost in the depths of a pile of hifi scrap somewhere. I never got round to modding it. Maybe one day. I hate surface mount components with a passion.
Then be happy! If you don't need it you could send it to me.
If I can find it :roll:
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So maybe someday I'll find a PM from you ...
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Hannes-Gregor wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 9:49 pm So maybe someday I'll find a PM from you ...
If you're a good boy.
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A question I have on DAC's is that I'm sure I've read somewhere, someone reporting that USB is not the best connection for sound quality.

If that's the case what is the best connection? Or a better connection?
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Lindsayt wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 1:49 pm A question I have on DAC's is that I'm sure I've read somewhere, someone reporting that USB is not the best connection for sound quality.

If that's the case what is the best connection? Or a better connection?
It depends on the the implementation. In my experience, Coaxial, Toslink and USB can all sound excellent...and can all sound bad.

As an example, when I listened to a Cambridge DAC via USB, I thought it sounded poor. When I listened to the same DAC, in the same system, via Coaxial, a few minutes later, I thought it sounded decent. But, it was the opposite way round with the Chord DAC that I owned.
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I have noticed that too on Cambridge DACs, SPDIF coax sounds bettet than USB. On Chinese units like Teradak and Topping the USB is sonically superior.

In my experience a properly implemented USB link will provide a more musical experience.

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Problem with USB sudio is that the datastream is prone to jitter and a lack of timing synch. Reclockers / regenerators help a lot and quality cabling does make a difference.
Also the USB bus in a PC is electronically noisy and often busy performing several tasks together.

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