Interesting thread. Thank you for your impressions.
But I would have the same question. The conventional wisdom is that on a DAC of your quality, the USB input outperforms the spdif.
But one never knows in audio. On the advice of someone I respect I recently found a 1M $7,99 toslink cable to outperform a $130 spdif one. But I am eventually looking for a USB solution. In any event, a renderer that gets the music files completely out of the computer.
Until I can find an I2S one.
But I would have the same question. The conventional wisdom is that on a DAC of your quality, the USB input outperforms the spdif.
But one never knows in audio. On the advice of someone I respect I recently found a 1M $7,99 toslink cable to outperform a $130 spdif one. But I am eventually looking for a USB solution. In any event, a renderer that gets the music files completely out of the computer.
Until I can find an I2S one.