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Thanks for the input..

Posted by Audio Pharaoh (A) on August 31, 2011 at 07:42:11

In Reply to: So one need too spend $ 100,- too $ 1.200 on a USB-cable too make an USB DAC sound good? posted by hfavandepas on August 31, 2011 at 03:53:30:

Mark, you don't have to spend the max for a cable. The range is wide for every budget. I was just saying that below $100.- USB cables suck..:-), IMHO.

You said " The reviewers favour the DAC's which originate from the music recording business "..The Benchmark was such a DAC and to my ears it sounded horrible and way over priced by audiophile standards.

" Prism Orpheus, Weiss DAC2, Metric Halo ULN 2, Apogee Symphony I/O. " I will keep them in mind. I'm done with sound cards, to my ears they'll all have sonic limitations in 'audiophile' terms.

I've concluded that for my 'main' set-up and to my ears there're currently 2 ways to do this :

- Well built PC set-up running USB out to an external DAC with true high quality USB cable. Maybe Firewire too if the option exists in the DAC.

- Well built PC set-up OR NAS arrangement running a very high quality network streamer, either from analogue outputs ( Linn higher end streamers come to mind ) or through a digital out to an external DAC ( Linn lower end streamers come to mind ).

I mentioned Linn specifically as I haven't heard other true high end network streamers to compare.

AP

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