USB-S/PDIF Converter or USB DAC?


I've decided it's time to use a music server with my main system. I currently use one (iBook) with my headphone system with the Grace m902 headphone amp with built-in USB DAC. I intend to get a new Intel iBook when they are released (March/April).

I currently have an unused Wavelength Audio S/PDIF DAC that I could use with a USB-S/PDIF converter (such as Empirical or Red Wine Audio) or get a USB DAC (WA Brick, Stello, ???). Is a dedicated USB DAC preferred over the hack USB-S/PDIF converter route?
budrew

Showing 2 responses by herman

Gordon Rankin at Wavelength claims that his DACs are not isochronous, he says they are bidirectional with error corrrection.

Even those that are, if they properly re-clock the data, should be about as jitter free as you can get.

Steve, heard anymore about the Belkin? Seems to have dropped off the radar.