USB clean-up: When does the high end catch up?

[PhilR]

Random thought:

 

With all of these fantastic results coming from <$400 worth of USB cleaning devices, when do the higher-end DAC manufacturers take notice and start adding their even more improved versions built into their DACs? It surely can't take much to add a couple hundred dollars in parts to a multi-thousand dollar unit and run it off the unit's own LPS.

 

I love trying different USB cables and adding tweaks as much as the next guy, but I'm hoping more elegant and effective solutions are just around the corner for us..

[firedog]

Random thought:

 

With all of these fantastic results coming from <$400 worth of USB cleaning devices, when do the higher-end DAC manufacturers take notice and start adding their even more improved versions built into their DACs? It surely can't take much to add a couple hundred dollars in parts to a multi-thousand dollar unit and run it off the unit's own LPS.

 

I love trying different USB cables and adding tweaks as much as the next guy, but I'm hoping more elegant and effective solutions are just around the corner for us..

 

 

It's been done. MSB, for instance, has an outstanding USB module that they invested heavy R&D in. Adds about $1000 to the ost of a DAC.

 

And if a small device like the Sonore microRendu is truly superior sounding, I wouldn't be surprised if some other manufacturers build it internally into a DAC.