mkozlows;140899 Wrote: > HeadRoom's MicroDAC ($300) is a DAC, but because it has a USB input, > it's also effectively an external soundcard. By the same reasoning, a Squeezebox is an external DAC with an Ethernet input, and it costs no more than the MicroDAC. Perhaps just buying another Squeezebox (and a $10 Ethernet hub if necessary) would be the simplest way of achieving equal sound quality.
mkozlows;140899 Wrote: > Running digital out from your sound card, or hooking it up via USB, is > almost guaranteed to sound better than just about any internal sound > card. There are plenty of internal PCI bus soundcards that can be expected to outperform the MicroDAC and even the Squeezebox, such as the Lynx Two or the DAL Card Deluxe. But these soundcards cost considerably more than a Squeezebox. I have an M-Audio Audiophile 2496, and it sounds good, but I don't think it's quite on a par with the Squeezebox. -- cliveb Performers -> dozens of mixers and effects -> clipped/hypercompressed mastering -> you think a few extra ps of jitter matters? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28023 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
