Generic Budget USB to AES Converter Review

[patoulol]

Well in this review there seems to be ongoing debate about whether this is jitter, or un-dithered down conversion (truncation) from 24 bits to 16 bits.

But in either case:
more than one person has said they can't hear anything wrong with the sound.
All components are below -90dB, and are down below -110dB (inaudible) at the most sensitive part of our hearing (around 3 or 4 kHz)

having tested this converter myself, I didn't notice any difference compared to a D10S, I also used two friends' ears, no difference observed

as I said; I changed for my psychology (topping d10s).

 

[Postlan]

Any recommended simple but good USB to digital (coax or optical) converter?

 

[faithseed]

Any recommended simple but good USB to digital (coax or optical) converter?

the $15 one reviewed here works just fine. xing af200 is another in $100 range that has excellent test results discussed here previously (search the forum). there is no real value in spending any more on a digital to digital interface, if it works it works and you won’t be able to hear any difference

 

[Gaha bana]

the $15 one reviewed here works just fine. xing af200 is another in $100 range that has excellent test results discussed here previously (search the forum). there is no real value in spending any more on a digital to digital interface, if it works it works and you won’t be able to hear any difference

SMSL PO100 series is super cheap and Amir has reviewed them. For USB to Digital seems excellent (and cheap <<100$) ... I use little older but for me more then competent enough (192/24bit PCM and DSD64) Douk U2 for about 50$ and have been super happy (problem free) with it. There is U2 Pro version etc.
I think you don't need to spend (lot) more if all you need is stable UAC2.0 USB to Digital interface (i used it on Linux and Mac but due to design Windows should be problem free as well).

 

[dedobot]

See the image in the prior post, which has the rates also.
I could not find any more information other than that and below. Maybe I need to find another command.

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType

B2+:
              Product ID: 0x4007
              Vendor ID: 0x0a12  (Cambridge Silicon Radio Ltd.)
              Version: 19.70
              Serial Number: ABCDEF0123456789
              Speed: Up to 12 Mb/s
              Manufacturer: QTIL
              Location ID: 0x01110000 / 2
              Current Available (mA): 500
              Current Required (mA): 0
              Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

Lol @ the serial number. And definitely not registered as USB2. So the Type C is working off USB1.

In contrast, here is what the quloos USB bridge shows. It just arrived for me so haven't plugged it into the speakers yet. Sound level was at 0dB by default, which is nice.

Quloos QU02:

          Product ID: 0x0a23
          Vendor ID: 0x16d0
          Version: 1.9b
          Serial Number: <removed>
          Speed: Up to 480 Mb/s
          Manufacturer: Quloos
          Location ID: 0x02100000 / 1
          Current Available (mA): 500
          Current Required (mA): 0
          Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

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The same device in Kali LP-Unf:

Vendor ID : 0x0A12 (Cambridge Silicon Radio Ltd.)
Product ID : 0x4007
Manufacturer String : QTIL
Product String : LP-UNF
Serial : ABCDEF0123456789
USB Version : 2.0 -> but Device is Full-Speed only
Port maximum Speed : Full-Speed
Device maximum Speed : Full-Speed
Device Connection Speed : Full-Speed
Self powered : yes
Demanded Current : 0 mA
Used Endpoints : 5

 

[Behrelec 37]

Postlan

About 40 € good quality.