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USB B to anything else

Hello, I'm going to purchase the Musical Fidelity M5si sooner than later and am just wondering how I can access the DAC if I'm not using a laptop. Maybe this is a naive question, but will I be able to plug my iPad straight into this unit? Is the USB B fairly useless unless you're doing actual computer audio, or are there cables to go from USB B to lightning or even coaxial or anything else?

On another note and out of curiosity, does anyone have experience with the DAC in that unit? I'd be curious to know if it will suffice or if I'll be wanting for a separate DAC.
jawillia
jawillia OP
11 posts
 
Thanks, I must have overlooked that when I've Googled that before. I wasn't having any luck but obviously I was worried for nothing. Yeah, that cable definitely doesn't look like anything special haha!
mgattmch
570 posts
 
I use a CableCreation USB C to USB B Printer Cable 6.6 Feet ($6.65 on Amazon) to connect a MacBook Air (running Audirvana Plus) to my McIntosh C50 DAC. Works fine for me and sounds great.
dsoreal
2 posts
 
I’m not sure the above statement is entirely accurate. Yes you can get a lightning to USB cable, but if the device doesn’t support it then you will not have connection. It would actually be my guess that this wouldn’t work but I would refer to the product support site to see if it supports either Mobil or iPad.
jawillia OP
11 posts
 
What about USB B to coaxial? It does seem then that USB B is fairly pointless without a computer. Strange to me why musical fidelity would put that on their integrated amplifiers instead of coaxial or something.
canibefrank
406 posts
 
you gotta hit the dac with the musical goodness before anything else..>preamp>amp
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