PS Audio Digital Link III - Best Connection to MBP


Hi,

I have the PS Audio Digital Link III DAC which I play music with on my MacBook Pro. Currently I use an Airport Express. I am thinking of purchasing Pure Music to get better sound. However, to use PM I think I need to wire my system via Digital or USB rather than the wireless.


Does anyone have recommendations on the best way connect my MacBook Pro to the DLIII? It offers Toslink, Coaxial, or USB.

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks so much!
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Showing 1 response by realremo

I have the PS Audio DL III and I do not recommend using the USB input without placing a USB/SPDIF reclocker in the path before the DAC. The DL III's USB implementation does not produce very good SQ compared to the toslink/coax inputs. The difference was easily heard in my cheapo system.
In fact, the USB input of the DL III is limited to 16/48, so if you want to play 24/96 or 24/192, you must use the DL III's toslink or coax inputs.
All that being said, the same USB/SPDIF re-clocker can also improve the SQ of your toslink and coax outputs from the Mac, if the re-clocker has those inputs.