Wiim Pro coax out - USB input

grindlock

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Hi all
I have a wiim pro, no usb out.
I just wonder if I can use the rca coax output to the Chord Mojo external DAC, but for the USB input?
In other words, will connection work with a RCA-USB cable?
Thanks
 
I imagine you’d need more than just a “cable” - the audio would need to be converted from analog to digital if you were using the Pro’s RCA line-outs, so an ADC of some sort would be required.
 
I imagine you’d need more than just a “cable” - the audio would need to be converted from analog to digital if you were using the Pro’s RCA line-outs, so an ADC of some sort would be required.
The pro has a digital coax output- a single rca socket. So the signal is digital, indeed, would go on a cable, which has rca plug on one side and usb on the other side.
The question is that would it work properly?
 
I don’t think such a cable exists - I believe you’d need an intermediary device that takes coax input and outputs usb audio - something like the Ultra if had a coax rather than optical input…
 
Even if it did work (somehow magically) there wasn't any benefit to be expected. The reason why people chose the USB connection is the external DAC to be the master clock. But no matter how the magical adapter would look like, it couldn't stop the coax out providing it's S/PDIF signal carrying the clock information.
 
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