USB Out - how’s it going?

[Steve Woodhouse]

How are people finding using the USB out to an external DAC?

Flakey? As solid as using optical or coax digital out?

Any issues?

 

[Burnside]

Zero issues for me. Partly due to a paucity of connections on my amp, my mini is connected via optical, my Pro via coax, Pro Plus over RCA and Ultra via USB. No problems with any of them

 

[Mr Ee]

Solid.

 

[Burnside]

As a rock.

Should this comment be in the music section?

 

[Musician]

How are people finding using the USB out to an external DAC?

Flakey? As solid as using optical or coax digital out?

Any issues?

No problems, but the coaxial spdif is the output that brings the best sound from the Ultra, at least with my dac.

 

[Dennis from Venice]

How are people finding using the USB out to an external DAC?

Flakey? As solid as using optical or coax digital out?

Any issues?

No issues here. I have an external DAC hooked up

 

[sNc]

Would be nice to have SUB Out working together with USB Out. I have a subwoofer and can't use it yet because of that. But other than that, USB works great!

 

[joostdh]

Any issues?

In one week I have seen zero issues.

 

[Smartplug]

How are people finding using the USB out to an external DAC?

Flakey? As solid as using optical or coax digital out?

Any issues?

I tried several of my dac zero problem.

 

[Maurizio]

No problems at all

 

[BK308]

Would be nice to have SUB Out working together with USB Out. I have a subwoofer and can't use it yet because of that. But other than that, USB works great!

Wait? You can’t use the subwoofer with usb out? So no bass management at all with an external DAC and amp?

 

[slartibartfast]

Wait? You can’t use the subwoofer with usb out? So no bass management at all with an external DAC and amp?

You can use sub out with the coax and optical outputs.

 

[Smartplug]

Wait? You can’t use the subwoofer with usb out? So no bass management at all with an external DAC and amp?

It works on both coax and optical. Hopefully in future usb will also support sub.

 

[BK308]

You can use sub out with the coax and optical outputs.

Well that’s a bummer.

 

[audiobliss]

No issues with my usb to topping d70 dac, sounds a bit better than coax. No need for sub out, my preamp has that.

 

[slartibartfast]

No issues with my usb to topping d70 dac, sounds a bit better than coax. No need for sub out, my preamp has that.

Does your preamp have high pass filtering for the main speakers and low pass filtering for the sub?

 

[audiobliss]

The preamp has sub out, and the sub has low pass. How many do I need?

 

[slartibartfast]

The preamp has sub out, and the sub has low pass. How many do I need?

No high pass to the speakers then.

 

[audiobliss]

No, they blend better with the sub full range.