23-Nov-2015, 22:58
No, it's the source. Standard PC's/Mac's generate tons of RFI noise and consequently have noisy USB outputs. USB inputs provide little isolation, full galvanic isolation in inputs like common for ethernet and S/PDIF is very hard and done by only a very few manufacturers so noise gets into the DAC/amp.
So we have to combat noise before it enters the USB input and there's quite a lot of means to do just that, from hardware (linear power supplies, USB filters, USB regenerators, ...) to software.
So we have to combat noise before it enters the USB input and there's quite a lot of means to do just that, from hardware (linear power supplies, USB filters, USB regenerators, ...) to software.
PS Audio P3, Shunyata ΞTRON Alpha Digital and HC/Furutech power cables, Paul Hynes SR7EHD-MR4, DIY Roon Server & Roon Endpoint running AudioLinux Headless, Phasure Lush^2 USB cable, Audioquest Diamond RJ/E ethernet, Uptone Audio etherREGEN, Mutec MC-3+ USB, Shunyata ΞTRON Anaconda Digital XLR AES/EBU, Devialet Expert 250 Pro CI, Nordost Tyr Reference LS cables, Von Schweikert VR-5 SE Anniversary Edition, Anti-Mode Dual Core 2.0, JL Audio Fathom F112. More detail here.
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