Your path is guided by how many SACD's you have and if you desire to rip them to DSD 64. Don't know if your current system could even play them.
USB Audio Question
Hi
I have a Bryston SP-3 Home Theater Preamp (fairly high end and marvelous) with the older boards and the USB input is USB 2.0 Type A STEREO PCM 48K/16BIT resolution.
For my source I am using a Wadia 170i that outputs digital bypassing the 30 cent Dacs in the ipod to coax digital-in on the Bryston.
The music is standard red book CD's ripped in Apple Lossless and for fun I have a Theta Digital TLC for jitter reduction as well as a Catalina Audio power supply for the Wadia. I am thinking of hooking up my A&K as a newer storage device, it can do hi rez but my source (the cd's) are still the limiting factor.
Is my thinking correct in that as long as I am ripping red book cd's to any player there is no benefit to an upgraded USB board that can do hi-res formats. (I use vinyl and SACD for hi res) and the dated USB input is still sufficient?
Thank You for any assistance.
I have a Bryston SP-3 Home Theater Preamp (fairly high end and marvelous) with the older boards and the USB input is USB 2.0 Type A STEREO PCM 48K/16BIT resolution.
For my source I am using a Wadia 170i that outputs digital bypassing the 30 cent Dacs in the ipod to coax digital-in on the Bryston.
The music is standard red book CD's ripped in Apple Lossless and for fun I have a Theta Digital TLC for jitter reduction as well as a Catalina Audio power supply for the Wadia. I am thinking of hooking up my A&K as a newer storage device, it can do hi rez but my source (the cd's) are still the limiting factor.
Is my thinking correct in that as long as I am ripping red book cd's to any player there is no benefit to an upgraded USB board that can do hi-res formats. (I use vinyl and SACD for hi res) and the dated USB input is still sufficient?
Thank You for any assistance.
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