After moving the dac and server out into a better lit part of the shelf, back in the dark recesses of the back panel of the server I noted that and hadn't see that there were two USB outs, one right above the other. It appears that one of them is flaky. The other one sounds exactly the same with both cables. I, no doubt, without visually checking, had plugged the new cable into the USB port that I'd not been using with the old cable.
As I stated before, sometimes (often, perhaps?) the seemingly proximal cause/effect aren't ultimately what one concludes. I appreciate all the suggestions and the (mostly) constructive comments. Arny's explanation of the cable construction was especially helpful in turning my attention elsewhere. To those who prefer to jump all over somebody in the process of genuinely attempting to learn and figure out some things for themselves, please give 'em a break once in a while. Not everybody's full of foo or whatever buzzword comes to the fore. Sometimes it takes a bit of head-scratching and a helping hand to figure stuff out. 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=103818 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
