Now that my feet are wet....

It's like learning Golf, everyone has to go through all of the stages of improvement. You are now at stage 2. Better than stage 1, but you have at least 8 more to go. This particular DAC uses older USB technology. There are newer technolgies, namely asychronous USB that enable lower jitter. There are also very low jitter clocks available now. The master clock in the USB interface is the most important aspect in the entire digital audio system. Always has been, but previously it was hidden inside the CD player. If this is not really good, then the rest does not matter much. You can't fix it downstream. This is why it is important to understand the latest technology and where to put your money to make the biggest improvment. USB interface and low-jitter clock.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio

I dunno....

10ppm,<1ps jitter (immeasurable) on the receiving end, after their proprietary buffer and DAC....

Is this really old USB technology? Most of their stats are go over my head but this is one quiet unit with a noise floor that is subterranean which most likely accounts for the dead silent background, dynamics, and presence that I'm now getting. Depending on recording, some instruments are resolving 'out' from my speakers due to the wholeness of the presentation. Its all a bit weird but I'm liking it, old tech or not.

As of now, I really can't see it getting that much better, but thanks for the heads up as I've got a lot to learn.

I dunno....

10ppm,<1ps jitter (immeasurable) on the receiving end, after their proprietary buffer and DAC....

Is this really old USB technology? Most of their stats go over my head but this is one quiet unit with a noise floor that is subterranean which most likely accounts for the dead silent background, dynamics, and presence that I'm now getting. Depending on recording, some instruments are resolving 'out' from my speakers due to the wholeness of the presentation. Its all a bit weird but I'm liking it, old tech or not.

As of now, I really can't see it getting that much better, but thanks for the heads up as I've got a lot to learn.

Sorry about the double post as I tried to edit some bad grammar.