iPhone;577838 Wrote: > Do you already own one? If the answer is NO, stay away from USB DACs. > Use the Coax Digital out on the Touch! > > If one just has to use a DAC with the Touch, use a DAC with Coax S/PDIF > input with the Touch. > > With both Toslink and COAX S/PDIF output available on all late model > Squeezeboxes without speakers, my advice is to stay away from USB DACs > IE why go there?
For the DAC I have and the USB receiver chip it uses I'd have to agree with iPhone. I have tested the Touch with the ALSA USB out mod to a Mhdt Havana USB and I must say that I like the coax spdif from the Touch much better. If I understand it correct, the Mhdt Havana DAC uses a C-media receiver which than converts USB (adaptive mode) to spdif format for process. Perhaps it depends on your DAC and it's design... (?) -- metronet ------------------------------------------------------------------------ metronet's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40742 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82040 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
