What is the best digital source

[marcbrown]

Marc, that's good feedback to read.  I'm intending to move on to an Aurender device and they typically all use USB output as well (excluding the W10)  I guess I'll just need to try it both ways (with and without the USB to SPDIF bridge) to see how it impacts the sound quality.  

Thanks
Kenreau

Kenreau, that is why I  brought up the subject  as  few seemed to be doing the same and I am curious to hear others comment on the same or similar set-up. What surprised me recently was in Robert Harley's review of the  Devialet 200 this issue in the Absolute Sound,he did not mention anywhere about testing the 200 with a usb to SPDIF convertor. Despite the fact that in the Berkeley Reference DAC review, a month or 2 earlier, he and Berkeley recommended using their usb to SPDIF convertor with their expensive DAC for superior sound.