Halide Design S/PDIF Bridge USB-S/PDIF converter. The weekly Vote! Page is one of the most popular features of the Stereophile website, and the August 22 question, "Should Stereophile review more or fewer computer-audio products? ", generated a record number of responses. No less than 88% of those responding asked for more coverage of products that allow a computer to be a legitimate source of music in a high-end context. Just 7% of readers wanted less coverage. We have been trying to meet this demand for some time. Depending on the design of the USB receiver and its clock generator, some of that jitter will make it through into the S/PDIF output—a wise old engineer once told me that you can never eliminate jitter, only low-pass–filter it—so these products need to be used with D/A processors that offer effective jitter rejection. The Halide Design S/PDIF Bridge ($450) is the first USB–S/PDIF converter of which I am aware that operates in asynchronous mode, and that does not require that a driver program be installed on the host PC.
Hmm. Bel Canto USB Link 24/96 USB-S/PDIF converter. The speed with which audiophiles have adopted a computer of some sort as their primary source of recorded music might be thought breathtaking. But with the ubiquitous Apple iPod painlessly persuading people to get used to the idea of storing their music libraries on computer hard drives, the next logical step was to access those libraries in listening rooms as well as on the move. A few months back, I wrote a basic guide to the various strategies for getting the best sound from a computer: "Music Served: Extracting Music from your PC. " Since then, Minnesota manufacturer Bel Canto Design has released a product that aims to simplify matters even further.
The USB Link 24/96 is a small box, about the size and weight of a pack of cigarettes, with a USB Type B jack at one end and a 75 ohm BNC jack at the other. The user hooks the Bel Canto's USB input up to a USB port on his PC or Mac computer, which supplies power to the Link, thus illuminating a red LED next to the Link's BNC jack. M2Tech hiFace 24-bit/192kHz USB Digital Audio Interface A journey into the world of PC audio. Review By Mike Galusha. February 2010 World Premiere! Enjoy the Music.com Award of Excellence M2Tech hiFace 24-bit/192kHz USB Digital Audio InterfaceA journey into the world of PC audio. Review By Mike GalushaClick here to e-mail reviewer I built my first dedicated audio PC in about 2001 and until now I was never happy enough with the results to keep a PC source in my system. During this time I have tried various sound cards and USB devices and ultimately ended up using a highly modified Squeezebox as I preferred that over a Parts Connexion modified Denon 2900 and the various PC based sources.
Over the years I have modified the Squeezebox repeatedly until it finally ended up with a vacuum tube output stage and 5 discrete power supplies for the various parts of the circuit. The result was and is very satisfying but the lack of high resolution playback has bothered me for a while, especially with the increased availability of 24-bit/96kHz downloads. Enter the M2Tech hiFace USB S/PDIF Output interface. M2Tech for USB audio bit conversion. HiFace Hi-End S/PDIF Output Interface Highest quality digital audio up to 192kHz/24bit S/PDIF audio format available from your PC or MAC Very low jitter oscillators and proprietary drivers Compact size (2x2.2x10.2cm) with hi-end performances hiFace USB interface has been conceived to obtain the highest quality digital audio signal using a PC or MAC. hiFace input format is a data stream signal with sampling frequency/resolution up to 192kHz/24bits, available from a PC or MAC USB port.
A very high quality S/PDIF stereo audio output signal is available from hiFace for your Hi-Fi system DAC (Digital to Analog Converter). HiFace looks like a small USB pendrive, featuring a very compact size. Internal very low jitter oscillators and proprietary drivers allow for playing 192kHz/24bits audio files that feature the best signal quality. M2Tech - High-end computeraudio met M2Tech. Audio reviews: M2Tech hiFace. Since hiFace uses kernel streaming with Windows, you need a compatible player like Foobar, Winamp or Media Monkey. I used Foobar with its kernel streaming plug-in downloadable at no cost. However, with the latest drivers hiFace also works—albeit with lesser sound quality—in direct sound mode. Any player is usable provided it was set up to use direct sound. This allows for Internet radio streams, Windows and game sounds like a regular sound card.
According to M2Tech, Windows XP—even Vista and 7 to an extent—run the kernel mixer (Kmixer) software which manages audio streams towards peripherals dedicated to their conversion. Alles over m2tech - tags - FWD Magazine. Betaalbare hiFace USB-DAC bij M2Tech De hiFace DAC van M2Tech is niet groter dan een USB-stick, en toch belooft hij prestaties van formaat. Opvallend zijn de bescheiden prijs en de ondersteuning voor hi-res bestanden tot... 384kHz/32-bit. lees meer » Lees meer artikels over » nieuws » geluid » dac » usb-dac » m2tech » hiface dac » hiface » 32 bit » 384 khz » prijs » pc » computer Review: Naim UnitiQute Dat all-in-one muzieksystemen praktisch zijn én beter kunnen presteren dan hun afmetingen doen vermoeden is niets nieuws.
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