dsdreamer wrote: > I have the Rega DAC too, BTW. Anything that has SPDIF as its output is > going to suffer from the main design flaw of SPDIF: namely the need to > recover the clock from the data. If you could go USB to I2S such that > the clock is transmitted explicitly and separately from the data, you > could get benefit from a USB D2D converter; otherwise, if the final link > to the DAC is SPDIF, I would be very surprised if there was a > (non-placebo) audible benefit. > > If you wanted to try this out anyway, just to test a null hypothesis, I > would go with something like the M2 Tech Hi-Face EVO USB to SPDIF > Converter.
I don't think that the Touch with EDO can drive the M2 Tech Hi-Face EVO, so that is mistake number one. Since the price of the Musical Fidelity V-link 192 has been cut by 50% in recent on-line offers, I decided to try this out against my better judgement. I found that there was a clear improvement in sound-staging, both image specificity and the dimensions of the sound stage was increased in depth and width. Voices and acoustic instruments sounded more palpable and present in the room. I was not expecting this to be the case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12588 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94218 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
