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Audiophile sound quality off a hard drive
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<blockquote data-quote="AudioEngineer" data-source="post: 13799" data-attributes="member: 473"><p>Definitely! A good solution would be something like the Benchmark DAC1 USB (see http://www.benchmarkmedia.com/dac1/). It's a highly appraised DAC that now also has a USB input. You can of course also invest in a high quality sound card with a low jitter digital output. Also have a look at the Empirical Audio website (www.empiricalaudio.com). Their USB Offramp Turbo 2 and USB Freeway 2 products converts USB audio into a low jitter digital S/PDIF signal, which can then be used to feed a good DAC. Although the Empirical Audio products don't come cheap, they come highly recommended (see xenithon's posting earlier in this thread <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AudioEngineer, post: 13799, member: 473"] Definitely! A good solution would be something like the Benchmark DAC1 USB (see http://www.benchmarkmedia.com/dac1/). It's a highly appraised DAC that now also has a USB input. You can of course also invest in a high quality sound card with a low jitter digital output. Also have a look at the Empirical Audio website (www.empiricalaudio.com). Their USB Offramp Turbo 2 and USB Freeway 2 products converts USB audio into a low jitter digital S/PDIF signal, which can then be used to feed a good DAC. Although the Empirical Audio products don't come cheap, they come highly recommended (see xenithon's posting earlier in this thread :-) [/QUOTE]
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