Steve N., I can't remember if you used your Off Ramp with your Overdrive DAC in your show demonstrations?
Ghosthouse, asynchronous is general term for the method, Google it. The quality and design of the actual receiver or outboard converter can vary greatly.
Lately their have been just a few comparisons of built in DAC USB receivers with and without outboard converters. A few of the built in receivers which have their own power supplies and unique design are beginning to compete very well with some outboard converters.
If there is a problem it's the very quickly evolving digital community improving designs almost monthly. Another pitfall is the digital community seems to be on a completely different incremental sonic scale compared to analog.
An interesting example are the subjective assessments of the digital volume control. My experience with five $2.5K and under examples has been extremely negative, for now.
Ghosthouse, asynchronous is general term for the method, Google it. The quality and design of the actual receiver or outboard converter can vary greatly.
Lately their have been just a few comparisons of built in DAC USB receivers with and without outboard converters. A few of the built in receivers which have their own power supplies and unique design are beginning to compete very well with some outboard converters.
If there is a problem it's the very quickly evolving digital community improving designs almost monthly. Another pitfall is the digital community seems to be on a completely different incremental sonic scale compared to analog.
An interesting example are the subjective assessments of the digital volume control. My experience with five $2.5K and under examples has been extremely negative, for now.