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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: Herman
It comes without screen, keyboard, or mouse but just about anything will work. I bought a 19 in lcd at Compusa on sale for $199, an Apple keyboard and mouse. It will suppost a wireless bluetooth mouse and keyboard but I didn't see the need. When you boot up it it looks for both and won't go on until you plug them in, besides, you will want to edit file names and make playlists so you need a keyboard. You may want to go with a bigger screen as the mini comes with a great remote that you can use to control playback.

http://www.apple.com/imac/frontrow.html

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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   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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