Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
I have been listening to FLAC files via an external USB DAC from 2010. Currently I am using a cheap Musical Fidelity V90 asynchronous USB DAC. As a player I use Audacious on a Linux Mint 18.3 laptop.
I have to note there is one major disadvantage in using streaming audio via USB. Streaming audio via USB does NOT use any error correction. So for every incorrect package received by the DAC you will hear a glitch/spike like when using vinyl with dirt in the track. This is especially true for high res audio from 24 bit 96 khz and higher.
My conclusion after 8 years of extensive listening to FLAC files via USB DAC: 1. It is OK for standard lossless 16 bit 44.1 khz material 2. It is useless for high res audio due to numerous glitches caused by non-corrected errors in the USB transfer.
After my holiday I will buy a dedicated audio USB cable to check whether the glitches will disappear!