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Posted by cawson@onetel.com (A) on February 27, 2008 at 02:56:06

In Reply to: RE: Good for it's price posted by Audio Pharaoh on February 26, 2008 at 17:16:49

Thanks for the clarification. Presumably if the Aqvox unit sounded as good as the Assemblage with Trends (when using a USB signal) you would be best to use the Aqvox. It will be interesting to hear your comments after the unit is properly run in.

Presumably if you were using a Mac there would be no need for the Trends with your Assemblage, as the Mac has an Toslink output built in. Some seem to find that this Toslink output sounds as good or better than the USB output. Since I am planning to use a Mac, I wonder if I should bother getting a USB DAC. If the Toslonk output is comparable, then my Mark Levinson CD player's DAC (or any other non-USB one) should do the job just as well.

I would still like to find the ideal DAC:
- USB and convertional digital inputs
- USB is converted to I2S rather than SPDIF
- Remote control for Volume (analogue) and Input selection
- Battery powered

Anyone any suggestions? The nearest so far is the Bel Canto DAC3, but it relies on mains and I believe converts the USB signal to SPDIF.

Thanks

Peter

Edits: 02/27/08   02/27/08   02/27/08

• RE: Good for it's price - Audio Pharaoh 07:42:54 02/27/08 (0)
• Toslink - creativepart 06:26:51 02/27/08 (0)

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