@zdenes interesting findings on the daisy chaining. Can totally believe that it sounds different or better. I have 2-3 different USB gadgets and some things change the sound when you don't expect them to.
I suspect the differences in sound may be caused by changes in conducted noise between devices, or changing the ground noise or ground loop path between devices.
I kind of wish there were proper optical connections that would prevent these potential inter-component noise or ground loop problems.
I suspect the differences in sound may be caused by changes in conducted noise between devices, or changing the ground noise or ground loop path between devices.
I kind of wish there were proper optical connections that would prevent these potential inter-component noise or ground loop problems.
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