Just to confirm though, when you compared the DACmagic to the Rega, you did so via a USB connection from your laptop rather than the optical/coaxial input, or did you use an S/PDIF output?
Whilst I'm not doubting that the Rega is going to be a better DAC I'd be very wary of choosing any DAC on the basis of its USB performance if that wasn't going to be its mode of use. -- paulster ------------------------------------------------------------------------ paulster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23073 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84783 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles