I’ve heard about the asr members from real audiophile sites and you guys don’t disappoint. Most of you don’t know what you don’t know!
USB is the worst interface to a dac, period! All of you have cheap dacs that only come with usb, some of the best dacs don’t include usb, so what does that tell you? I haven’t used usb for 5 years. Either get a better dac or get new ears to hear the difference between a good dac and a cheap 1.
You really think a Pi is the same as an airlens? Does a Pi have i2s output? This is the best interface to a dac but again you wouldn’t know because the cheap dacs you own don’t have i2s.
Before you call audio products snake oil, you must:
Be smart enough to know what the product does
Audition the product before condemning it
Have a quality audio system that enables you to hear the difference good products make. Buying a $1000 cable and putting it in a $300 audio system like some of you own, you bet, you won’t hear any improvement
Get better ears or learn how to listen. If you can’t hear, then save your money and buy a Sony system from Best Buy, or go over to some of these posters house to listen to their Sony or pioneer systems