ralphpnj wrote: > The SB Touch has both optical and coax digital outputs and many > computers (like the one I use) have either an optical or coax digital > output along with the USB output. Therefore I use any of these non-USB > outputs to feed my DAC. The cost, aside from the cable, is ZERO.
To me this makes very good sense. SP/DIF is a very simple and generally reliable and low-overhead protocol, whereas USB is not. USB is obviously superior in the very many cases where there is no SP/DIF port at hand, but the Touch addressed that problem long ago. I'm of the opinion that digital-analog conversion is best delayed to as close to the speaker terminals as possible, all other things being at least equal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ arnyk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64365 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
