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    USB was never designed for HQ audio, so why use it?

    I did so, did you miss it?  Here it is again: As you see the results hold even when I use lab grade S/PDIF.
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    USB was never designed for HQ audio, so why use it?

    I was speaking in implied assumption that members here are consumers and only play music.  Is this forum made up of professional music producers??? Putting that aside for now, even in pro world USB dominates due to its ability capture and playback over multiple channels to an audio...
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    USB was never designed for HQ audio, so why use it?

    I would give you a like if I could find such a button here.  :D
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    USB was never designed for HQ audio, so why use it?

    The ifi iDSD.  Note that as I wrote earlier, I have tested USB DACs with everything from linear power supply to switching and supercap supplies and none have provided an improvement from self power via USB.
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    USB was never designed for HQ audio, so why use it?

    Thank you so much. Well, what then is that it has to travel over a long cable which distorts those pretty sharp edges.  As such, the receiver no longer knows the precise moment the clock transitions leading to generated jitter.  Yes, jitter is literally created by the cable. Also, unless you...
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    USB was never designed for HQ audio, so why use it?

    The ones I know have all been addressed and folks proven to be wrong.  But just in case I have missed something, by all means, outline them and I will address. For now, here is my background that was the source of confusion by many: ...
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    USB was never designed for HQ audio, so why use it?

    Tough, really tough crowd.  :D Sorry, I thought the question was how a DAC would perform with different inputs while everything else was the same.  If there is something wrong with USB, it should have shown there.  But it did not. Going along with the argument anyway, I went ahead and...
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    USB was never designed for HQ audio, so why use it?

    I have tested a number of DACs both ways and so far, no external power supply has outperformed the plain USB output from my laptop and desktop machines.  On the contrary, some actually add noise!  Here is an example where I used an Uptone ISO Regen to feed external power to the DAC.  Despite ISO...
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    USB was never designed for HQ audio, so why use it?

    And I am here in person should you need me to create more confusion in person.  :) Amir
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