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In Reply to: RE: Ayre USB DAC - Question for Charles Hansen posted by romandoc on January 30, 2009 at 09:22:24:
As Gordon has pointed out, support for 192/24 is limited by two factors -- the current firmware in the USB receiver chip and also the support by the operating system.
Only a Mac will currently support 192/24 via USB with the native operating system, not Windows and not Linux. Adding that support requires writing specialized device drivers, and that is a nightmare that we don't want to enter.
The other side of the coin is the USB receiver chip. It's not clear to me if Gordon will be able to figure out some clever way to get the TI part to do something that it wasn't intended. If so, only a firmware update would be required. If a hardware change is necessary to get 192/24 support, the Ayre (and I believe the Wavelegths, too) are modular. The USB receiver is on its own daughterboard and can be replaced separately if that's what it takes.
Keep in mind that there is barely any 44/16 available for download right now. HD Tracks has some 96/24 files. But the only software beyond that that I've heard about is the Reference Recordings 176.4 kHz stuff. So far I think that is still vaporware. I'm not sure that I would base my buying decision on vaporware from one tiny label.
On the other hand perhaps you are intending on digitizing all of your vinyl collection. In that case it would make sense to go to as high a resolution as possible. But then you have the other problem of finding a good 192/24 A/D converter that doesn't cost $10,000.....
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Follow Ups
- RE: Ayre USB DAC - Question for Charles Hansen - Charles Hansen 14:27:07 01/30/09 (2)
- I think I'll keep my CX-7 - Rufipennis 19:42:55 01/30/09 (1)
- RE: I think I'll keep my CX-7 - Charles Hansen 19:51:47 01/30/09 (0)
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