USB Dac

[Carlos1553552752]

My Audionote Dac has an inbuilt Hagtech USB SPDiF converter. Using my imac as a source sounds very good but lacks the musicality of the optical input from my Cd player. Anybody have any opinions? Is there a better USB converter that I could replace the Hagtech with?

[Guest]

iMacs from recent years have optical digital outputs as well. Maybe try that at first to see if there is any difference.

[stuarth]

This list from the Well tempered Computer site is quite useful

 

http://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/HW/USB_SPDIF.htm

 

scroll down to the 'M' section for some affordable options (Musiland, M2Tech)

or there's Firestone, which seems well like by some forum members!