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DAC Connections to streamer?

What’s best connection between streamer and dac - usb, coax, optical?  
Usb can handle dsd but optical doesn’t seem too.  Optical seems limited to 192.  Bandwidth for usb seems far superior vs other connects.  But if using a streamer, seems I can only use optical or coaxial (bluesound) to link streamer and dac.

Do streamers allow a connection of a usb between streamer and dac?  Bluesound doesn’t seem to.
If you use a streamer can you connect to a dac with usb?  


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mike_in_nc
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It depends entirely on the quality of each output from the streamer & the quality of each input in the DAC. So, you'll have to experiment with your own setup.

Some streamers (e.g., Auralic, Allo) do allow USB connections.

I use an Auralic streamer, connected by USB. I've also tried AES3 (XLR) and didn't notice much difference.
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