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Here is a configuration that will deliver

Use a USB converter rated A+ by Stereophile in their recommended components. Use a Macbook Pro or newer Mac Mini with SSD and 8GBytes DRAM running Amarra 2.3.2 version 4317 in cache mode or the latest Pure Music. Use a good 1.5m or longer USB cable like the Locus-Design Axis or Polestar, or the Revelation Audio Labs. Use a good 1.5m S/PDIF cable like the Ridge Street Audio Poiema or similar AES/EBU or HDMI I2S cable to your DAC. Use a DAC with minimal or no digital filtering, and no reclocking or resampling.

It takes all of these things to get stellar results, but they are tried and true. Multiple awards from different magazines and multiple best sound of shows prove it.


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