With an spdif converter in the setup you'd probably be better off with one of these, just goes in front of the DAC spdif...
https://ifi-audio.com/portfolio-view...dif-ipurifier/
...FYI I've no experience of this product
With an spdif converter in the setup you'd probably be better off with one of these, just goes in front of the DAC spdif...
https://ifi-audio.com/portfolio-view...dif-ipurifier/
...FYI I've no experience of this product
Cheers, Will
The USB to SPDIF converter itself should provide the isolation, no need to add another box (my Halide Bridge converter uses an output transformer). in fact, chances are that your SPDIF input uses a transformer anyway...
Isolators are only really 'needed' if the USB front end, or SPDIF input, is not galvanically isolated.
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Here you go: https://www.amazon.co.uk/LINDY-0-5m-...dp/B007PKPV7A/
What you are looking for is a properly specified cable, which this cable is. I guarantee there'll be 'audiophile' cables out there that don't meet the proper specification for USB 2.0.
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Thanks Brian, being a cheapskate and with good past experience with Chinese Sennheiser cables, I'm tempted by this:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F172919260288
Last edited by Lawrence001; 16-02-2018 at 22:16.
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I'll think about this, I was wondering that, my current cable is probably at least 10 years old and probably came with a printer or something so may not be 2.0 compliant which might explain why music sounds like mp3 quality at the moment. I'm worried the Chinese diy cable above may not be 2.0.
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