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Bel Canto USB Link 24/96 vs Empirical off ramp 3

Anyone have any experience with both or either of them?
Need to connect my MacBook Pro to my ARC Dac7 USB input to play 24/96 HD Tracks. USB input on this DAC is limited to 16/48.
Bel Canto is $495.00
Empirical is $699.00 but with all the "add ons" it can make the price prohibitive particularly the Superclock or Ultraclock added to it.

Any comments welcomed.
smoffatt

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simontju
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Does your MacBook Pro outputs 24/96 data or 16/48. If 16/48 or 16/44.1 then your Bel canto or Ramp will upsamample your signal only. If that is the true then its much better for you to let uour main DAC (here AEC) to do all signal manipulation you want.

I believe that Ramp 3 also reduce jitter and if its true then its the reason to consider its use in light of your main DAC capabilities

Simon
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