Bernard
Well-known member
There are two schools of thought about how you should go about connecting a music source with a USB output to a DAC:
There is the Roberto school of thought that says you should go USB from your music source to a USB - S/PDIF converter (such as a Bel Canto RefLink), then S/PDIF to the DAC. This is because the Ref Link clears up jitter and other such crap. You should also not spend a pile of money on the DAC as improvements are coming out frequently.
Then there is the Bonzo school of thought that says forget the RefLink, and go direct USB from source to DAC. Spend the money you have saved in not buying the RefLink on a better DAC.
What do others think?
I hope I have represented correctly the views of Roberto and Bonzo expressed in another thread; gentlemen, please correct me if I have not.
There is the Roberto school of thought that says you should go USB from your music source to a USB - S/PDIF converter (such as a Bel Canto RefLink), then S/PDIF to the DAC. This is because the Ref Link clears up jitter and other such crap. You should also not spend a pile of money on the DAC as improvements are coming out frequently.
Then there is the Bonzo school of thought that says forget the RefLink, and go direct USB from source to DAC. Spend the money you have saved in not buying the RefLink on a better DAC.
What do others think?
I hope I have represented correctly the views of Roberto and Bonzo expressed in another thread; gentlemen, please correct me if I have not.