jksbt wrote: > If I decide to "roll the dice" with this crazy idea of using a usb to > spdif converter at the output of the touch (because the sbt doesn't talk > to the particular dac usb input that I have via the EDO applet) ...then > from your reply is it possible that the touch could be ok talking to the > usb to spdif converter even though it doesn't talk to the usb input of > the dac? For example, might it be ok with talking to a MF Vlink? I am > not saying this is necessarily the best idea -- just trying to verify > that it could possibly work in the same sense as the touch via the EDO > applet could possibly talk to the usb input of a given dac. In other > words, the fact that its a usb to spdif converter (vs. a usb dac) > doesn't necessarily increase or reduce the probability that the touch > could communicate properly with it via the applet. >
Yes there are usb -> spdif converters which conform to the usb audio spec and will work with the app. As John says whether this results in a better spdif connection to the dac than the direct one from the touch will be very dependant on the converter and also the sensitivity of your dac to spdif source variences. If you do want to go down this line, make sure you look at usb -> spdif converters which work with linux without any additional drivers. I would search this thread and the async usb experiements thread to confirm if anyone has tried specific ones (though this will validate that they work, not that they are better than your current direct spdif) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
