Is USB overrated as decent digital source?



Some of the USB DACs or USB-SPDIF converters are really expensive, are they really worth the price?

Is USB overrated?

Lets discuss.

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FWIW i am using a external dac made by M-Audio called "firewire audiophile." I like it because it is a great stand alone dac for my G4 cube and it has coaxial digital outputs. Sounds great as is, but down the road i will probably add an external dac to furtehr enhance the sound.

Just thought i would let everyone know that there are other solutions for fast data transfer besides USB.

Dont know if firewire is any cleaner, but i know its faster.

Firewire was designed from the ground up with music and sound in mind.

Anyway...