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RE: Good for it's price

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Yes I take your point that USB is best converted to I2S rather than SPDIF. This prompts the question - why buy a USB DAC unless it is the type that converts USB to I2S? The original poster went to the trouble of buying his costly USB DAC, but uses a cheap external device to effectively bypass the (virtually) identical circuit in his USB DAC. He's not taking advanyage of the DAC having a USB input.


I am looking for a high quality DAC that takes a USB input (ideally converting to I2S), but it will have to have conventional coax and optical digital inputs as well - and I want it to have a remote controlled volume control to avoid the need for an unwanted preamp. And one further "wish list" feature - can I get this device battery operated? A DAC requires miniscule power, so why on earth are most connected to the mains supply when an 12 volt battery would do the job so much cleaner?

Suggestions please if there is such a product on the market.

Thanks

peter

Edits: 02/26/08

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