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| Does your DAC sound better through the S/PDIF or I2S inputs than through USB? @sns Thanks for the comments. I bought my Firebird used for $600. The going rate for used price for these is 1/3 the new price. I see the Tubulus going for $699 in one store. Is this the usual U.S. price or maybe the price has gone up since the t... | |
| Does your DAC sound better through the S/PDIF or I2S inputs than through USB? @sns I have an Audioquest Firebird HDMI. Do you have any thoughts on that one? | |
| Does your DAC sound better through the S/PDIF or I2S inputs than through USB? @sns My streamer/server is an Aurender N100H, which offers only USB output, but it’s a much better USB output than the previous server I was using, a simple Intel NUC. I think it’s probably a very well implemented USB output port. When I use S/PD... | |
| Does your DAC sound better through the S/PDIF or I2S inputs than through USB? Is it possible that my Gustard R26 gets the clock in two different ways? - via internal clock when using S/PDIF inputs like coax? (i.e. it would do reclocking) - via the input when using I2S? What happens when I connect an external 10 MHz clock... | |
| Does your DAC sound better through the S/PDIF or I2S inputs than through USB? @rbstehno My server is an Aurender N100 and has only USB output. I’ve tried two different DDC’s in order to convert to I2S or SPDIF for my Gustard R26 DAC and the better one is the Gustard U18. (I haven't tried the Iris 12th or other DDCs so I'm... | |
| Does your DAC sound better through the S/PDIF or I2S inputs than through USB? @soix Good points. My USB and Coax cables are both very good custom jobs by Igor Kuznetsoff of the NJAS, about the best cables can be. I'm not sure the DAC takes the clock from its SPDIF inputs. I've tried the DAC with two different DDCs now: ... | |
| reliable DDC @deep_333 The main issue is that I have a DAC with only S/PDIF in. No USB. I also have a DAC with USB in and I probably wouldn't use the DDC with that. | |
| reliable DDC @tony1954 Bye. | |
| reliable DDC @mitch2 Thanks, the Holo Red looks interesting. | |
| reliable DDC @tony1954 Whoa, you're projecting. I'm bringing up a concern that I've encountered all over the forums. If it's not reality, then it's not. | |
| reliable DDC Regarding reliability with ChiFi, I have a Gustard x20 pro. The display has paritally failed. I also read some threads online about similar display failures in their headphone amps or preamps, and in the case of a headphone amp, a failure of the v... | |
| "audiophiles listen to their equipment" I'm both an audiophile and an amateur musician. I've studied harmony and counterpoint and I do a little piano improvisation in classical styles. I only have a digital piano at home, so when I'm improvising, I'm focusing on the notes and chords and... | |
| "audiophiles listen to their equipment" @sudnh I agree. New music is always the most entertaining, and I don't need as high a quality. For example, streaming Tidal on my music server is not as high quality as playing from its SSD, but it's a way to hear much new music, so I really enjoy... | |
| "audiophiles listen to their equipment" @kerrybh I agree. But I think the measurement-loving types who hurl this insult at audiophiles are not just criticizing someone else’s taste, but making a wrong implication about some nearly objective facts about music listening and music-making. | |
| "audiophiles listen to their equipment" @audition__audio I don't spend a lot of time thinking about it, but I saw it on Audio Science Review, in a post in which dozens of "engineer-types" chimed in to mock audiophiles, so I think it was worth thinking about it long enough to give an a... |