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Old 02-06-2007, 10:17 AM   #2
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The biggest pro for an USB DAC over spdif is the fact that it is two-way communication with acknowledgement of received packets by the receiving end - and a re-send of the packet if it got lost along the way (no ack).

Simply put: there is no jitter caused by the transport of audio over USB, while spdif can have some jitter.

Joachim
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