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Devices => Sound Cards, DAC's, Receivers, Speakers, and Headphones => Topic started by: drnikos_94 on September 04, 2010, 06:45:41 am

Title: best conectivity??
Post by: drnikos_94 on September 04, 2010, 06:45:41 am

Which is the best way to connect the  laptop using jriver with a dac? usb or optical output?

Title: Re: best conectivity??
Post by: HiFiTubes on September 07, 2010, 02:48:23 pm

Optical decouples the units electrically to avoid ground loop issues, and it is less susceptible to EMI/RFI.

If your DAC is asynchronous protocol, using WASAPI (which you could use for your motherboard sound device no doubt) would prove fruitful.

I'd lean towards USB, but try both.