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My USB DAC research and some questions...

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I did some very basic research on some common well known brands of DACs. And my question is, which DACs on the market today accommodate 24/96 on the USB input?

It appears that the Benchmark DAC1 USB and DAC1 Pre natively accommodate 24/96 at the USB input. This is not the case for the Bel Canto DAC3 and as best I can tell, not the case for the PS Audio Digital Link III. Heck, PS Audio doesn't even post specs up on their website for the Digital Link III.

While many DACs appear to accommodate 24/96 on their Toslink or Spdif inputs, this isn't always the case on USB.

I also looked at the Lavry DA10. This one doesn't appear to offer a USB input at all.

And another related question.... Since all of my content is ripped from CDs (16/44) Apple Lossless, it probably doesn't matter if my DAC will handle 24/96 on the USB input, right??

If I had vinyl transferred at 24/96, wouldn't it be very important that my DAC's USB input handle 24/96 if I planned to drive it via USB from a PC or Mac?

Thanks!



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