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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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mikechai@gmail.com

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 Usb is underrated. i am using a bel canto dac-3 with a usb ... Markalarsen

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: Audioengr
Unclejeff - It's a shame to spend $2K and just use the S/PDIF output. You would be better off to drive your DAC with I2S IMO. It's inherently superior and lower jitter.
Audioengr (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

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