Hi Richard,

Quote Originally Posted by lovejoy View Post
I've been enjoying this combination but it always caused me some annoyance, having read the white papers from Naim on how the DAC strips the incoming SPDIF signal of clock and provides a completely re-clocked signal thus rendering transport and cables unimportant, and jitter irrelevant, and yet I never found this to be true and the transport and the cable are as important as they ever were.
That's also my view, based on not inconsiderable experience.

However, in terms of how the Pi/IQ-Audio DAC has been designed to function (as outlined by David), the introduction of any 'alien' interface, such as an off-board DAC, and associated connecting cables, is likely to result in a very real and fundamental loss of fidelity.

However, of course, regardless of that, people will still like whatever it is they think sounds good!

So reading about the IQAudio DAC has caused me some excitement and I'm going to have to try one. I have to admit that I'm sceptical that I'll find it as enjoyable as the current setup, but I'm fully prepared to be shocked!

If I am indeed blown away then this can only mean one thing - Sell the NAIM and the proceeds will fund my next cartridge...
A most unusual and refreshing attitude, so please keep us posted

Marco.