With my Bluesound Node N130 and Gustard x26 pro, I am definitely in the USB camp (Gustard doing re-clock and dac). It sounds better all the time. Seems like there is either a burn-in period for the DH Labs silver sonic USB cable or the Bluesound or both. Probably more the cable, but I will never know since I bought them both together. But who cares, now my streaming equals CDs and vinyl. All three have a slightly different different presentation but are all just as satisfying. Amazing that it only took a couple months and one failed attempt to get there with the streaming. Lesson: Streaming is easy when done right. Analog is hard.
Music Server/DAC – Ethernet, USB, S/PDIF, AES3 or I2S.
This is a well written article which I thought I would share so as to prevent the need for any further discussion on the subject. 😁