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Old 13-06-2006, 9:50 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by Jammyb
Does anyone make a relatively cheap DAC that can be fed with an I.Link cable?

It would seem to me that would be a good idea as this would be a jitter free signal to begin with if I've understood it correctly.

Probably requires a lot more processing power or something though to make it impractical.
Ive played about with a USB M-Audio Transit DAC Jammy, IIRC there are also Firewire DACs in the same fahsion from the likes of M-Audio. Do a search of USB/Firewire soundcards, only problem is that you need to use a PC as your transport. Not a problem to many, I ran the USB Transit into a TAG DAC 20 with some stunning results. But they are more PC based solutions. I-link digital output is encrypted to be used between same company kit if your thinking a DVD player say a Pio or Denon sending to a firewire DAC.
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