Changing USB input on DAC to Coax SPDIF?
Does anyone know if this can be done? My DAC (Rega Isis) has only a USB input that is designed to work with a computer. The computer needs a driver to work together, I assume this limits the input to computers only? Or will other devises work with this connection? Can this input be changed to a COAX input easily? are there simple adapters that will do this?
@musichead - Are you talking about the USB input on a Rega Isis CD player? I have the Rega Saturn-R and I have connected my Raspberry Pi based Stream to the USB input on my Rega Saturn-R and it worked with no issues. What is it that you want to connect to the Isis via USB?
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The Isis is the same design as the Saturn R, the only digital input is USB. Does the Raspberry Pi require the Rega driver installed on it? I'm looking at simple streaming options like an Ifi Zen Stream vs a laptop. I want to stream from a hard drive with ripped CDs from a devise that is simple and avoids most of the computer noise issues. A computer requires a driver installed to work, will the Ifi work through the USB connection? |
Windows PCs will often require a special USB driver to worth with asynchronous audio inputs on DACs. Most audio streamers and Mac computers will not require a driver. Even though your DAC indicates that the USB input is designed to connect to a PC or laptop, I would expect that it will work with any streamer that features USB audio output. |
@jaytor The need for the USB driver on a laptop is the issue that confuses me. Doesn't the driver help the computer recognize and function with the DAC? But why does a streamer like say the Ifi Stream not require a driver to do the same thing? Is there a universal standard between audio devices that is missing on computers? Just trying to understand because my first idea was to replace the USB input with a COAX input. |
