Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
So what's your take on it then, Chris? Personally I've no doubt that 90% of the things people think matter in digital audio make no difference whatsoever. 'Jitter', 'Bit perfect', 'high resolution' and so on. The things that do matter, like the power supply regulation, no-one seems to be interested in.
If your DAC uses a USB powered connection then this is a great piece of kit:

http://www.aqvox.de/usb-power_en.html

Makes the computer side a lot less relevant, as you get independent, galvanically isolated power for the USB device.