Newbie Questions about USB to SPDIF Conversion/Benchmark USB1 Experiences

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I have been tinkering with computer based music ssytems. Since I am just your average barnyard animal, my computer skills arent that strong.
The main question is this. Which USB convertors work well? I have an Audio Magic Kukama DAC that I love, and won't abandon. However, it only has coax in. So we would need to convert from USB to use it. Is there any converters out there that maintain a 24 bit word length? And that allows the computer to select the proper sampling rate, and not force KMixxer to change the rate?
Currently using I-tunes for XP on a Dell laptop. Music is stored on some 250 G Western Digital outboard hard drives.
As an interesting side note. I have have a Benchmark DAC 1 USB in the house. I hav compared the computer against a Phillips DVP 642 used as a transport. They sound exactly the same. Sometimes I thought I could hear the difference, but to be honest, in a single blind test....I would never be able to distinguish them apart. But it is interesting to note that Benchmark says that a bit transparent DVD player will sound exactly the same as a computer based server through their DAC. Claims it has to do with their reclocking system. It appears to be true in this case. I wonder if it would be the same with the Audio Magic DAC. That is the reason i am looking for a good USB converter.
Regards,
Mister Pig

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Topic - Newbie Questions about USB to SPDIF Conversion/Benchmark USB1 Experiences - Mister Pig 08:40:19 03/21/07 (9)

Get rid of iTunes - Jon L 22:30:13 03/21/07 (0)

Benchmark Dac-1 USB - Socrates 15:57:26 03/21/07 (6)

Re: Benchmark Dac-1 USB - Mister Pig 16:22:47 03/21/07 (5)

Re: Benchmark Dac-1 USB - boy3333 06:43:53 03/22/07 (3)

Re: Benchmark Dac-1 USB - Mister Pig 07:59:12 03/22/07 (2)

Re: Benchmark Dac-1 USB - boy3333 08:07:42 03/22/07 (1)

Some Confusion Here - Mister Pig 09:42:18 03/22/07 (0)

Re: Benchmark Dac-1 USB - Socrates 19:19:34 03/21/07 (0)

Re: Newbie Questions about USB to SPDIF Conversion/Benchmark USB1 Experiences - KeithC 09:53:28 03/21/07 (0)

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