Devialet USB input

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Some fascinating discussions going on here! 

When I home demo'd the N1Z I found it to be absolute reference level. The best I had ever heard, and I pay a lot of attention to bass. And this was naturally using the USB input of the Devialet.

The N1Z would have connected to a dedicated 10 or 15A circuit, I can't remember now.  

My guess (and it is just that!) is that we are possibly dealing with a multi factorial situation and possibly everything, including quality of cables and power supply need to be taken into consideration. At the time my Devialet units would have been connected to an Entreq box so we possibly need to take this into consideration too.

Guillaume

Absolutely fascinating! An asynchronous protocol like USB should easily be on par with AES/EBU and SPDIF. but lack of isolation on USB may well be one of the  reasons (maybe THE reason) why results differ so much between setups. Your experience with the the N1Z proves that a USB input is capable of stellar performance.