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    Best usb to spdif converter?

    Firstly, I’d like to thank you for your thorough responses. It’s clear you care a lot about your craft, and I would love to find out more about the off ramp 6, which isn’t listed on your website. However, I must say that regardless of ease of use, superior sound quality, etc, direct ethernet...
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    Best usb to spdif converter?

    That may be so, but the converter is technically a usb-sourced device. Are you saying the DAC has to be DIRECTLY usb powered for general use? You also mentioned you preferred BNC SPDIF out of the conventional outputs. Are you saying it beats AES/EBU? In any case, your device was added to...
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    Best usb to spdif converter?

    The distance between my pc and audio rack means that I can’t rely on a pure USB connection as the distance will be too long. I’m not sure if this rules out i2s, as I’ve heard jitter occurs easily during longer runs. I also can’t use Ethernet, such as a Sonore Rendu or ps audio network bridge...

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