Thanks!It depends how good the USB front end is on your DAC unit. In your case, am not sure if there would be a signficant benefit, and some downsides too with file format transmission limitations.
If you had an SPDIF-only DAC, then I think the case would be much more compelling.
PS, I am an Allo DigiOne user, and do enjoy using it. It isn't always going to make the sound better though. In my case (switching from a USB to SPDIF converter to the DigiOne) it was worthwhile.
Thanks!
The 200M will handle up to 192 on SPDIF so that works for me.
2 reasons for considering the DigiOne... I have a 3m USB run from Mac to DAC which is far from ideal plus I'm interested to see if the additional isolation provided by the DigiOne will be beneficial over the potentially noisier signal from the Mac.
I also enjoy fiddling with things!
Adding in the DigiOne certainly made the digital output "just right". I'm not great at describing the differences in digital kit, but it made the whole thing just nicer to listen to somehow. More vinyl-like maybe, or more analogue...
Mind you I use the internal DAC in my ancient AX-Z1010TN which only does 16/48 iirc. Sounds superb though.
I currently stream Tidal and Qobuz via USB into a Cambridge DacMagic 200M. Having read a bit about Raspberry Pi streaming being 'better' and in particular the Allo DigiOne using SPDIF, has anyone got any experience of if this is a worthwhile change?
Thanks in advance!
Andy