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  Is USB overrated as decent digital source?

Some of the USB DACs or USB-SPDIF converters are really expensive, are they really worth the price?

Is USB overrated?

Lets discuss.

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04-25-06
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04-25-06   I traded my fully modded modwright 999es for an expensive us ...   Gongos

04-25-06   Expensive ? what about the hagerman technology hagusb for ...   Restock

04-25-06   I have an ayre d1xe player over 10k, and i just bought a wav ...   Ejlif

04-25-06   I have been studying this for a few months and there are sev ...   Herman

04-26-06   Herman, i have been considering the mac mini with either a h ...   Agaffer

04-26-06   It comes without screen, keyboard, or mouse but just about a ...   Herman

04-26-06   Hi mike - that's a tremendous thread you got going on aa. ...   Ckorody

04-26-06   Ok take for a moment that what your really asking is for som ...   Dlstephenson

04-26-06   Mr. stepenson, i'm not sure i follow. are you saying that th ...   Herman

04-26-06   Yes, usb1.1 has maximum 12mb/sec bandwidth which is still fa ...   mikechai@

04-27-06   So, which external usb dac have you decided on?   Agaffer

05-10-06   I sold my fully modded sb2 after 6 months a bought a cec tl- ...   Jsadurni

05-10-06   Usb is simply a method to get data from point a to point b. ...   Audioengr

11-27-06: Markalarsen
USB is underrated. I am using a Bel Canto DAC-3 with a USB port. It sounds just as good as a CD as long as you rip with a loseless format, like wma. The DAC-3 set on the USB input sounds better than any CD player I have used or heard, which has more to do with the master clock and TI dacs.
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11-27-06   Mikechai - the difference in cost of usb converters is mostl ...   Audioengr

01-07-07   I see alot of comments about the speed of usb but not enough ...   Dlstephenson

01-07-07   There are many misconceptions about usb audio. the speed de ...   Herman

01-19-07   So are we saying that a .wav file is perfect as the informat ...   Michaelrutherford

01-20-07   Yep michael - you have figured it out - what's fascinating i ...   Ckorody

01-20-07   You've got it michael! that's why i divested myself of an ...   Mrmb

01-22-07   yah steve. agree with you. there's always a high cost if we ...   mikechai@

01-22-07   Mikechai - no. 1 is the most costly, but well worth it, part ...   Audioengr

01-23-07   There is a very nice professional product from tcelectronics ...   Ferenc

01-24-07   I'll check out the tcelectronics. what are the usb to spdif ...   mikechai@

01-24-07   The konnekt24d is powered from the firewire cable, which is ...   Audioengr

01-24-07   Audioengr, the konnekt can be firewire bus powered or extern ...   mikechai@

02-11-07   I am using a jvc 5.1 receiver model rx-9010vbk. this particu ...   Prusso1

02-12-07   fyi, the soon-to-be-shipping musical fidelity "x-dacv8 ...   Michaelct

02-12-07   Fwiw i am using a external dac made by m-audio called " ...   Mikewoodkozar

02-13-07   You implicitly raise an interesting point. considering firew ...   Pardales

02-13-07   I am very satisfied with the slimdevices transporter. it is ...   Unclejeff

02-13-07   Mikechai@gmail.com - anywhere near 1 nsec is high jitter in ...   Audioengr

02-13-07   Firewire and usb are similar in performance. the advantage ...   Audioengr

02-13-07   Unclejeff - it's a shame to spend $2k and just use the s/pdi ...   Audioengr

02-13-07   Audioengr: you have to study the konnekt brochure a bit mor ...   Ferenc

02-13-07   Audioengr; you make a good point. also, your inputs over ...   Unclejeff

02-13-07   Ferenc--wow! i just clicked on your system. i have never s ...   Unclejeff

02-14-07   Uncleff: :-)) actually the transport is not mine but one o ...   Ferenc

03-07-07   It seems that the venerable benchmark dac has been upgraded ...   Mosorensen

03-08-07   Bel canto dac 3, usb from a mac, is exquisite -- compared to ...   Michaelct

03-08-07   I actually auditioned the bel canto dac 3 prior to auditioni ...   Jc51373


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