Anyone has heard the Bel Canto REFLink Asynchronou

That is very useful information. I am quite eager to have a chance to listen to it.
Thanks again.

I was told when I bought my DAC 2.5 that the smaller Bel Canto converter which was available at the time was mostly for those using a long USB wire. Was I misinformed? Could you tell me a little more about what it does precisely?
There is barely any review on the web of this yet... Thank you.

Thank you both.

Chrissain, did you have a chance to listen to the 3.5mk II without the converter as well? I have no doubt that this DAC sounds great, but I wonder whether it would be worthwhile for me to spend that money on the converter to use it with my DAC 2.5. I think that ultimately only a visit the Bel Canto store here in New York will enable me to decide, but I was curious of what people have to say here first.

I ran into this on the web:

“While the e.One DAC2.5 sounded exceptional with 16/44.1 recordings, it was no surprise that it sounded even better playing hi-rez files. It recognized 24-bit data at both the 88.2 and 96kHz sampling frequencies. (It can accept sampling frequencies up to 192kHz through its S/PDIF inputs, but I had no such files on hand.) ”

That made me wonder: 1) how can I find out whether the music stored in my computer have a sampling frequencies higher than 96kHz? ; 2) Assuming that I have such files, wouldn't it be more convenient and less costly to use the S/PDIF inputs instead of buying the REFLinks for USB input? Can we even use S/PDIF inputs from a computer? Please enlighten me!

In fact, I am looking everywhere in my files and it seems that I don't have anything higher than 16bit data at 44kHz! What is wrong with me?

If I understand you correctly, isolation if one part of what this converter does, the other one is allowing frequencies higher than 90kHz. So if I all my files are 16bit data at 44kHz, there would be no point in getting such converter and I would be much better of by buying the lower end device to get some isolation. Is that correct? That is how I understand you last sentence.

Thank very much all. I'll definitely make an appointment to listen to that RefLink soon.