duke43j;616181 Wrote: > I would think that the best of worlds would be where the transport feeds > a DAC over a digital interface that supports flow control (e.g. > Ethernet). That way the DAC would be able to fill a local buffer > (memory) with digital data that is then clocked out to the converter > with an independent clock. The embedded interface clock would then be a > non-issue. I would think this would be difficult to do when the > transport is a spinning disc. The Transporter should be able to do > this, but Ive seen some lukewarm reviews of it both on this site and > the mainstream sites. Im not sure why this is so. > > I think that is the way the Wavelength DAC works using a USB interface. > From reading the literature, it sounds like it controls the flow of data > by sending NAKs (not acknowledge) back to the source which effectively > tells the source to retransmit the data (thereby slowing down the data > stream). This approach should work, but it sounds a little clumsy. Do I > understand this correctly? Does anybody have another understanding of > how async USB works?
It's similar, but the BEST way to connect transport to Dac is via i2s, with a clock connection from dac to transport, so that the dac clock drives the transport. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF x-dacv3/x-10/x-psu(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84903
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