Mnyb wrote: > That was interesting that you have a case where this kind of noise > creeps trough the dac. > > The surprising thing for me is that the DAC is not agnostic to this ? > Seems like a design error to me ? > > There is probaly real use cases where this kind of product solves a real > problem . But it's not typically how its marketed and sold ,
If you think John's explanation that I referenced has some truth, then it would appear that most, if not all, USB dacs produce some level of internal noise from their USB processing chips. And, I suspect many of us would be, or are, surprised at this. Rg System information ------------------------ Main: Vortexbox/Squeezelite > USB> Benchmark DAC2 D > LFD LE IV Signature amp > Revel Performa F208 speakers. Home Theatre: Touch (Wired) > Pioneer VSX 919 > Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1, Touch FW 7.8.0-r16754. LMS 7.9.0 - 0.71.20150313git1426153261 on a 1TB Micro Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103684 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles