Man in a van wrote: > I think the Mdac is a bit of an exception to the general rule as I > believe even the designer recommends spdif. Look on the pfm forum in > particular for many tails of woe [image: > file:///C:\Users\phibon\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.gif]. > I think even Triode experienced difficulties with the Mdac.
Yes I say those posts over at PFM. The M-DAC was / is a great dac but I never understood why USB 1 interface was choosen by the designer. Man in a van wrote: > > Many people advise that that the usb and ethernet bus sharing is > detrimental to sound quality [image: > file:///C:\Users\phibon\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image004.gif], > they have much better hearing than me [image: > file:///C:\Users\phibon\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image006.gif]. > I very much doubt that us mortals are able to hear any difference between USB and SPDIF. I believe that good SPDIF interface has long surpassed the human hearing capabilities. Just for testing I might give USB a go again since my M-DAC has been replaced by a Cambridge Audio 851D a while ago. 'Cambridge Audio 851D-S' (https://www.cambridgeaudio.com/products/851/851d) -> 'Focal MP1200' (http://www.mp1200.co.nf/) -> 'Focal Electra 1028 Be' (http://www.focal.com/en/electra-1000-be-2/209-electra-1028-be-3544053695099.html) 1 x SB Boom, 1 x SB Radio, 1 x SB Touch and 2 x RPI 2B 1 x SB3 and 1 x SB Touch in storage ReadyNAS NVX running LMS 7.9.0. iPeng on iPhone, SqueezePad & iPeng on iPad. http://www.last.fm/user/phibon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pascal Hibon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7969 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106954 _______________________________________________ diy mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/diy
