I just thought of one more advantage if the MD had USB from transfering digital audio the PC: flow control. The data flow on the USB can be throttled by the sender or the receiver. S/PDIF, OTOH, *must* continue uninterrupted. If you get a buffer overrun/underrun, too bad, it'll put a skip or a dropout in the audio... For S/PDIF to work, you have to have plenty of excess CPU speed. I also find it helps to close all unnecessary programs. ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
