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thumb drive for source?

I was wondering if I could use a thumb drive with recorded music by just plugging in it into my sim audio moon 300dv2 dac? I would like to try it to see how it compares with my transport to dac combo. So I was wondering if it was possible or do I need to add something to try it? I am sure the challenge may be not controlling the music on it remotely but that is ok in a test to me. This seems like kind of an inexpensive way to test the waters of a different source other than vinyl or cd disc. Thanks for any helpful input.
marqmike
marqmike OP
856 posts
 
Yes. I have a cable that goes from the a to b. I don't think it will hurt anything so I think I will try it. Thanks
marqmike OP
856 posts
 
Hi cd318 thanks. That was my thinking about doing this. I have heard it can be an improvement without all the stuff that goes on from the transport to the dac. My cd transport is a Theta Pearl which is quite old but never had any problems at all. It has that stable platter. But I thought maybe I might get some type of improvement worth going in a different direction for my source. Just thinking outside the box I guess.
erik_squires
16,895 posts
 
Sadly, no.

The USB connector is as a DAC only.  It doesn't know how to look at a file system.
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fuzztone
5,645 posts
 
Plug it in a charger and hope for the best.
edcyn
1,876 posts
 
I'll put a thumb drive into my laptop and route the laptop to my Mytek Brooklyn.  Sound is just fine, if definitely of mid-fi mp3 ilk.  Wait a second!  Is it because most of them are mp3's in the first place????? 
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