Mac AIR v MiND 180 v Auralic ARIES v totaldac d1 server

[Kunter]

A big thank you to Guillaume and Rufus for not only making the comparisons but taking the time to report back so nicely...

It appears TotalDac managed a respectable solution... In the heart of things, there is the reclocking module, in the basic use case a USB to SPDIF converter/clocker... What gets my attention is, the computer portion used is a CuBox computer, with USB output.

http://www.solid-run.com/product/cubox-i4pro/

Above link is the best solution today, with 4 cores, etc. and the price is less than 150 US. For the software, we have standard off the shelf linux flavour...

I wonder, how much of the performance you guys experienced is from the digital reclocker, how much is from using a very simple computer with very little problems...

Here is a suggestion... Two actually... And I know you will hate me...

Scenario 1
Auralic Or MacBook USB output to Totaldac USB input with the Totaldac USB cable, then to Devialet via AES/EBU

Scenario 2
Totaldac computer USB output directly to Devialet.

If we have a nice solution on USB output from the computer portion of Devialet, then there are very nice reclockers/digital interfaces around, like the very respected Berkeley, and the likes, for a much lower overall cost...

And this is exactly why a computer freak like me should have never set foot in High-End audio

Cheers...

Kunter