rgro wrote: > That is precisely my setup. I have a Vortexbox micro appliance (small, > Linux-based pc/server) which has only analog and USB outputs. So, I am > feeding the Benchmark dac with an el cheapo (I know you'll approve, > Ralph) USB cable. This is, indeed, why my interest was piqued.
Arent the benchmarks famed for thier unusually disturbance resilient inputs and are they not generaly consider really input agnostic ,looks like a good DAC if i ever needed one (in my current system they are in the loudspeakers ). A true fit and forget machine just connect your sources and kick back and load some playlists :) And in general this discusion may well be piontless on several levels . There is no conclusive evidence that you can hear diffrences for any digital input (if not the dac is broken by design ) . There is afaik no cause for ultra hirez , thou i own >100 DVDA discs so I know and have a true DVDA player that sends uncompromised digital data to my speakers digital xover -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 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
