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Usb input or SPDIF input
#1
Hi all,

I am running D400 and Aurender N100. I would like ask here for any experience on choosing the input from a streamer to D400. Would a Aurender USB output thru Weiss int204 and to D400 SPDIF give a better sound ?

From a satisfied Devialet user.
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#2
I prefer the SPDIF over the USB. I also remember reading somewhere that SPDIF is a superior connection as compared to usb. This is mainly due to the fact that SPDIF/Coax does not have the same jitter issues as usb.
Auralic Mini (Sbooster LPSU), Rega RP8, Melco N1A, Devialet D200, Devialet 400, ELAC BS314, ELAC BS312, Sonus Faber Olympica 1, Audioquest (Victoria, Yosemite, Vodka Cat7, Carbon USB) Chord Epic Master/Companion link, Wireworld Oasis 7 speaker cable, Inakustik Reference LS-803 speaker cable,Isotek premium mains cables, TCI mains cables, Atlas mains unfiltered distribution block, Supra filtered mains distribution block, and synergistic research (red/black fuse,sort kone), and vertexaq (silver-jaya).
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#3
I can't comment on the Weiss, but I can't help thinking a Mutec might be just what you need.

See below:
http://devialetchat.com/showthread.php?t...ight=Mutec
1000 Pro - KEF Blade - iFi Zen Stream - Mutec REF10 - MC3+USB - Pro-Ject Signature 12
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#4
I have connected my Aurender X100L to my D400 via a Musical Fidelity V-Link (a fairly cheap device and not a reclocker) USB to SPDIF converter and believe I have achieved an improvement in SQ! This has encouraged me to order one of the Mutec devices which have been praised by other users on this forum.
D440 Pro, Auralic Aries G1, Project Xtension 10, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Esoteric SA-50, Sonus Faber Olympica II, Audioquest cables. Mutec MC-3 + USB.
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#5
Really appreciate all your responses.

With all the positive experience,  I think I will go take a look at MUTEC + USB. I am connecting Aurender to D400 via Entreq Atlantis USB, but sounds rather digital and hence consider any improvement.
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#6
With USB I would always highly recommend Intonia http://intona.eu/en/products
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#7
Hi there! USB shielding; you are absolutely right and thus complementing:

Start with
1. Shielded dedicated powerlines (costly, building the powerlines in your house again?)
2. Power conditioning (building up new power again, not only filtering) (expensive)
3. Cable TV isolator (very cheep € 25 - same as USB Intonia but then on TV/ Radio/ internet as well)
4. Shielded loudspeaker cables (NO AudioQuest Diamond prices!)

This company delivers solutions all over the world: kempelektronics.nl.
I own almost everything from them (> € 20.000!;, it's always good with a superb price/ performance ratio. My message is: start at the front of the set-up; that's the most efficiënt way. What's not there, you don't have to filter away.....
1: Atelier d'Or no.75 (1.5m. AQ RCA-XLR), Heart 2812 QuadESL.nl, Kimber 8TC, WBT, Rel StentorII, Oppo105D (surround), Vodafone Next, Quad 303.2(!Quadrepair.nl), Kef RDM1, BenQW4000i, SBooster (3x), IfiX 3x, 125 inch, Stax 507 (2x) on Stax SRM-1S, SRM D-50, all on Iso-Ac. Gaia1, 2 and 3, Kemp Isolator source and power-, Kemp QA/ SNS plugs (6x), Furutech & ALAC maincables, AQ Blizzard, Van den Hul Mainstream, Optical 8k cables, Clearaudio (Synchro+Champion2+TT3 tangential+CM Bearing+Outer Limit+StradivariV2, 530uV, 200 ohms), NUC11 i7, Samsung-980Pro, -A8, -S24Ultra, Roon Life, Netgear 108, AQ Cinnamon all, Live cable USB, AQ jitterbug 5x, WB 18TB 2x

2: 220Pro, Kef R3, Rel Studio, Oppo103EU (surround), Quad 707(mod), Kef RDM2, all on Iso Acoustics 200, Gaia 3 & 1, LG Oled55, Furutech wall outlets(3x), AQ NRG-Z3 (2m., 5x), Kemp powerstrips, Audiotool filters, Oppo HA2+PM3 + AQ cinnamon cables

1900 recorded LP's 24/192, 850 DSD 5.1 SACD (via Oppo), 4800 ripped CD's, Qubuz

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#8
I forgot:

5. AudioQuest Jitterbugs (6x). Most important one for me: into the internet router! Try it. Logical and simple. The source.
1: Atelier d'Or no.75 (1.5m. AQ RCA-XLR), Heart 2812 QuadESL.nl, Kimber 8TC, WBT, Rel StentorII, Oppo105D (surround), Vodafone Next, Quad 303.2(!Quadrepair.nl), Kef RDM1, BenQW4000i, SBooster (3x), IfiX 3x, 125 inch, Stax 507 (2x) on Stax SRM-1S, SRM D-50, all on Iso-Ac. Gaia1, 2 and 3, Kemp Isolator source and power-, Kemp QA/ SNS plugs (6x), Furutech & ALAC maincables, AQ Blizzard, Van den Hul Mainstream, Optical 8k cables, Clearaudio (Synchro+Champion2+TT3 tangential+CM Bearing+Outer Limit+StradivariV2, 530uV, 200 ohms), NUC11 i7, Samsung-980Pro, -A8, -S24Ultra, Roon Life, Netgear 108, AQ Cinnamon all, Live cable USB, AQ jitterbug 5x, WB 18TB 2x

2: 220Pro, Kef R3, Rel Studio, Oppo103EU (surround), Quad 707(mod), Kef RDM2, all on Iso Acoustics 200, Gaia 3 & 1, LG Oled55, Furutech wall outlets(3x), AQ NRG-Z3 (2m., 5x), Kemp powerstrips, Audiotool filters, Oppo HA2+PM3 + AQ cinnamon cables

1900 recorded LP's 24/192, 850 DSD 5.1 SACD (via Oppo), 4800 ripped CD's, Qubuz

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