Let me ask you this. If on a budget, would it not be best to use mini Toslink from MacPro into an Empirical Synchro Mesh and from it into the RCA/BNC input of the DAC? This platform can do 24/192khz.
Like the OP, i have the Bel Canto USB 24/96 Link using my MacBook Pro into an ARC DAC7 which has been modded by Steve Huntley. Only 5% of my entire music collection is digital so i have no desire to spend $20K on digital front end when i have $30K invested in the analog front end. I really like the DAC 7. I think the 2 weak Links (no pun intended) in my set up is:
1) the USB converter
2) using Itunes on its own (no Pure Music or Audirvana+ or similar)
Thanks
Like the OP, i have the Bel Canto USB 24/96 Link using my MacBook Pro into an ARC DAC7 which has been modded by Steve Huntley. Only 5% of my entire music collection is digital so i have no desire to spend $20K on digital front end when i have $30K invested in the analog front end. I really like the DAC 7. I think the 2 weak Links (no pun intended) in my set up is:
1) the USB converter
2) using Itunes on its own (no Pure Music or Audirvana+ or similar)
Thanks