For this redbook manic, 16bit 44.1 / 48 I recommend finding nos ( 3 months nos) musical fidelity's v-link version 1 189. new - very hard to find, no longer in production. Ver II 299.00 any change ??? I cant tell except the version # ??? ver III 399.00 I notice a pattern here 24bit @ 192Htz it is upgraded internally if you want to overclock and sample... I notice a pattern ... but still wont say a single bad thing about this product except the rapidly increasing price. BTW try Blue Jeans cables for your usb and optical link. in fact, I swapped out some very pricy cables, all of them to try out all solid conductor BJC. My system has never sounded better - Seriously.
USB reclocker pecking order?
Opinions on what the pecking order, best market options are for USB reclockers to a DAC via fiber optic or coax SPDIF? I've seen comments on the Hi Face (~$180), the Hiface EVO (~$500) and the OffRamp (~$800) Had the MusicStreamer II for a while but as I improved the music server my modded Adcom DAC won out for musical ease.
I've stripped my PC music server into a lean, sweet kernel streaming machine (6.7 on windows user experience rating), but I can still hear edge/grit in the highs on various sound card SPDIF sources from my PC that I don't get direct from CD source.
Is there any clear winner for $500 or less that would make a difference at 48Khz? Or am I possibly picking the wrong priority to resolve?
I've stripped my PC music server into a lean, sweet kernel streaming machine (6.7 on windows user experience rating), but I can still hear edge/grit in the highs on various sound card SPDIF sources from my PC that I don't get direct from CD source.
Is there any clear winner for $500 or less that would make a difference at 48Khz? Or am I possibly picking the wrong priority to resolve?