@vonhelmholtz I read each of the replies quite carefully, including yours. My understanding is that a femtoclock will not fix an incoming bitstream unless it is operating in async USB. Absent that, the clock in my Benchmark DAC1 is probably good enough that I would not detect the difference that a more accurate clock would provide. If you have an opinion on that, I would appreciate it; if not, thank you for your original input.
Is a femto clock important if you aren't using asynch USB?
I am considering buying a used Wyred 4 Sound DAC2 DSD se for streaming from my Bluesound Node 2i, and the seller told me that this DAC2 se is one of the early ones that does NOT have a femto clock. My Bluesound does not have USB output, so I won't be using the USB input on the DAC2. My understanding is that the femto clock is mainly useful to sync up the digital stream from a computer; is it likely to make much difference if my source is a streamer and the input is SPDIF?
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