Article: USB v. S/PDIF

[mudman8]

A whole area I really didn't know about. Thanks all for the discussion. Helps me not sound like a moron if someone on the street needs to know about cables. It also brought up the issue of connecting 2 or more devices to a DAC. I have a CD player but also Bluray DVD and if I have a Mac Mini that is three sources. Tho long term I'd let the CD player go.

[stuart]

I won't bother posting the marketing blurb from benchmark media as I'm sure y'all have read it, but suffice it say they promise no matter how grungy your digital signal the DAC1 spits out super spiffy audio. Aint that what I'm dropping $1K for? So, optical/coax/USB should not matter a dot according to their promise, right?<br />

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am I missing something or getting everything?<br />

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I am in the market for a DAC btw. I would be looking to get as good as if not better performance than my Classe CDP1.5 delivers, which is tough. Also needs to have balanced outs due to cable investment.