My understanding is that the AKM DAC is balanced and that there is an op amp for each channel in transporter for the XLR connections.
With RCA there would be only 1 op amp. I have no idea if this would make a difference. But please correct me if I am misinformed -- tomjtx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36774 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles