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Post by mgallyot on Nov 1, 2010 15:23:12 GMT -5
I currently use a Stereolink 1300 usb dac to play lossless music files from my pc.Everything I read on the forums suggest the best solution for XDA-1 set up is toslink out from pc to input XDA-1.
My question is:would a usb to spdif converter work to get pure digital signal from my pc to XDA-1.If so can anyone reccomend one.Or does anyone have any idea how usb sound quality on XDA-1 would compare to other usb dacs like stereolink or cambridge dacmagic.
I welcome any suggestions
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Post by edmondwolfman on Nov 1, 2010 15:38:39 GMT -5
Do you play the music from your computer or use a media server software and stream it to a different player?
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Post by mgallyot on Nov 1, 2010 15:48:04 GMT -5
I use a computer with the stereolink 1300.
usb from pc to stereolink and rca out from stereolink to avr
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Post by oppman99 on Nov 1, 2010 15:57:58 GMT -5
My question is:would a usb to spdif converter work to get pure digital signal from my pc to XDA-1.If so can anyone reccomend one.Or does anyone have any idea how usb sound quality on XDA-1 would compare to other usb dacs like stereolink or cambridge dacmagic. I welcome any suggestions Before I went to the Wyred4Sound DAC2 (which is asynch USB) I used the HiFace converter ( www.m2tech.biz/index-3.html) with a Cambridge DACmagic. The HiFace was definately an improvement for me. If you do some searching, I think you can find converters that might be just a little better but I really didn't have any complaits about the HiFace. I can't really say how the XDA would compare to the Cambridge since very few people have heard the XDA at this point. |
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Post by edmondwolfman on Nov 1, 2010 16:27:37 GMT -5
I use a M-Audio Transit. It connects to my computer USB and then has a TOSLink out to my DACMagic. Using the M-Audio Transit I'm able to get my 96kHz files to my DACMagic without them being downsampled and the DACMagic recognizes and displays them as 96kHz files. The M-Audio Transit is around $80 if I remember correctly.
One of the problems with most USB computer connections is that the files only come out as 44k or 48k but the M-Audio Transit driver gets around that.
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Post by roadrunner on Nov 1, 2010 16:37:37 GMT -5
The M-Audio would have been my suggestion as well. Good choice, Ben.
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Post by mgallyot on Nov 1, 2010 16:49:48 GMT -5
Thanx for suggestions!
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Post by CrazyBlue on Nov 3, 2010 11:49:31 GMT -5
One of the problems with most USB computer connections is that the files only come out as 44k or 48k but the M-Audio Transit driver gets around that. I use the Musiland Monitor 02 US (also an asynch device) as a USB to digital converter (using coax out) for the same reason and it works well. Costs a little more, but it's also a DAC and headphone amp. Even into my MMC-1, which converts and reconverts the signal (stereo mode), it sounds much better than the analog out of my computer did. Can't wait to hear the difference the XDA-1 makes. |
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