I own the Benchmark DAC3L and for the last few years have been using a 2012 Mac Mini as server powered by a Uptone JS2 LPS. The usb output from the Mini was connected to the DAC3 via an iFi micro usb3 - which I believed would be sufficient to isolate any noise from the Mini. This setup sounded pretty good.
I was very surprised at the improvement in sound quality brought by adding a Sonore ultraRendu ethernet to usb endpoint between the Mac Mini and iFi usb3. Better focus, soundstaging, textural detail and palpability - and a hard to define better flow and involvement. Nice.
I was very surprised at the improvement in sound quality brought by adding a Sonore ultraRendu ethernet to usb endpoint between the Mac Mini and iFi usb3. Better focus, soundstaging, textural detail and palpability - and a hard to define better flow and involvement. Nice.