Anyone has heard the Bel Canto REFLink Asynchronou

I own the dac 3.5 mk2 so I am very familiar with its sound. but I use a belcanto cd transport. The only time I have heard the new usb links was with a dac3.5 mk2 . It sounded better than belcantos own cd2 as a transport.

That is very useful information. I am quite eager to have a chance to listen to it.
Thanks again.

I ran into this on the web:

“While the e.One DAC2.5 sounded exceptional with 16/44.1 recordings, it was no surprise that it sounded even better playing hi-rez files. It recognized 24-bit data at both the 88.2 and 96kHz sampling frequencies. (It can accept sampling frequencies up to 192kHz through its S/PDIF inputs, but I had no such files on hand.) ”

That made me wonder: 1) how can I find out whether the music stored in my computer have a sampling frequencies higher than 96kHz? ; 2) Assuming that I have such files, wouldn't it be more convenient and less costly to use the S/PDIF inputs instead of buying the REFLinks for USB input? Can we even use S/PDIF inputs from a computer? Please enlighten me!

In fact, I am looking everywhere in my files and it seems that I don't have anything higher than 16bit data at 44kHz! What is wrong with me?

The REF Link is a USB-SPDIF converter.

A smaller/less featured USB-SPDIF converter is built into the DAC2.5

The external uLink mLink and REFLink provide some form of isolation of the noisy computer signals from the DAC itself. One end plugs into the computer's USB port, the other is a SPDIF type connection to the DAC (coax/optical or AES).

Besides the isolation, the new external devices also provide
a. asynchronous USB protocol (less prone to jitter)
b. 24/192 support that matches the SPDIF input capability of your DAC2.5

If you don't intend to upgrade the DAC2.5, I think it might be more cost effective to look at the lower end devices from Bel Canto