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thumb drive for source?

I was wondering if I could use a thumb drive with recorded music by just plugging in it into my sim audio moon 300dv2 dac? I would like to try it to see how it compares with my transport to dac combo. So I was wondering if it was possible or do I need to add something to try it? I am sure the challenge may be not controlling the music on it remotely but that is ok in a test to me. This seems like kind of an inexpensive way to test the waters of a different source other than vinyl or cd disc. Thanks for any helpful input.
marqmike

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marqmike OP
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Yes it doesn't do anything hooked up that way. I tried. Thanks
marqmike OP
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Yes. I have a cable that goes from the a to b. I don't think it will hurt anything so I think I will try it. Thanks
marqmike OP
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Hi cd318 thanks. That was my thinking about doing this. I have heard it can be an improvement without all the stuff that goes on from the transport to the dac. My cd transport is a Theta Pearl which is quite old but never had any problems at all. It has that stable platter. But I thought maybe I might get some type of improvement worth going in a different direction for my source. Just thinking outside the box I guess.
marqmike OP
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I think Erik was on to something because I put my thumb drive to a cable and into my DAC and nothing.I thought I had remembered a reviewer using thumb drives and thought that would be a great way to maybe to take out a little distortion/jitter by passing my transport. But it looks like i might need to get a computer involved to make a thumb drive work, which I am to lazy to do right now. Thanks for the feedback.
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