I'm using USB with a moon 100d which is asynchronous. Moving to a decent USB cable made a lot of difference. Tried toslink, which was OK, but I prefer the USB route.
USB vs s/pdif
I'm using a Wyred 4 Sound DAC 1. It has the usual compliment of inputs, including USB. I connected my MacBook via the USB input and was surprised to hear how bad it sounded. At least compared to the s/pdif output of my Squeezebox 3 with Bolder digital mods. There was really no comparison. The USB/MacBook sounded flat, lifeless, constrained and not very extended at the frequency extremes.
Why is that? Is the SB3 that good or am I doing something wrong with the MacBook?
Why is that? Is the SB3 that good or am I doing something wrong with the MacBook?