Crackling noise with AIR WLAN

[PhilP]

Hi PhilP,

Yeah, there are more than a few ex-Naim users who made the jump.
I'll try the optical route and USB. Is one method offer a sonic benefit over the other ?

Thank you for the advice
Ants

USB is generally thought to be superior to optical but if you look around on here or any other forum you will see that people go to great lengths to reduce jitter and RFI/EMI on USB connections.Generally optical is not rated so highly though I see that Damon is happily using one.

If I were you I would try any USB or optical cable that you have to hand and see what you think of the results.  I saw Guillaume just recommended Chord Silver Plus USB on another thread as a good value starting point and the TotalDAC USB cable as offering excellent performance.  I use an Optichord to link to an Apple TV and it's fine. The Wireworld Supernova is highly regarded and not too expensive.

Good luck!