07-Sep-2015, 22:52
USB can be better but it needs some special care as computers are quite noisy and most USB interfaces (including the one inside the Devialet) are susceptible to that and influence the DAC process and other upstream functions inside the Devialet.
AIR, for many, is plagued by reliability issues but on an off the shelf PC or Mac (no tuning or optimizatins applied) is indeed better than USB.
Check out the many topics written about it here and also on specialized computer audio sites like computeraudiophile.com. There are no easy answers which is best and how.
AIR, for many, is plagued by reliability issues but on an off the shelf PC or Mac (no tuning or optimizatins applied) is indeed better than USB.
Check out the many topics written about it here and also on specialized computer audio sites like computeraudiophile.com. There are no easy answers which is best and how.
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