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RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter

Hi,

> is this true ? that if a usb dac is really well designed its
> performances should be quite independent from the pc used ?

Depends on how you define "performance". You must account for the system.

Unless the PC is fully isolated from the DAC (requires USB isolation, real one) your systems performance is likely to be influenced to some degree by how the PC manages RFI, noise etc.

Thor

At 20 bits, you are on the verge of dynamic range covering fly-farts-at-20-feet to intolerable pain. Really, what more could we need?


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