In Reply to: Schiit URD Transport is now out posted by creativepart on July 12, 2023 at 14:22:44:
While I am glad somebody is still working on CD's, I don't understand why Schiit threw in every possible connections on this URD EXCEPT for I2S.
From decades of experience, many audiophiles are painfully aware of how fundamentally flawed the current digital transmission standards are, e.g. coax, AES, USB. Even after years of constant band-aid'ing, these standards just can't seem to achieve that last 10%.
While I have heard of plenty of subpar I2S implementation that did not sound any better than above, the potential to sound better is there and Schiit should have included it IMHO. Ultimately, I believe the best digital sound quality comes from Digital file (CD or file)-> data buffer-> very short hardwired I2S connection inside the chassis to internal DAC without spdif or USB input chips.
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Follow Ups
- No i2S - Jon L 07/13/2311:41:47 07/13/23 (23)
- It's good to see USB output though - Feanor 07:00:24 07/15/23 (6)
- RE: It's good to see USB output though - Todd Krieger 11:15:00 07/15/23 (1)
- RE: It's good to see USB output though - AbeCollins 19:30:32 07/15/23 (0)
- USB is potentially better than S/PDIF. In many ways - AbeCollins 07:44:19 07/15/23 (3)
- RE: USB is potentially better than S/PDIF. In many ways - tube524 13:36:40 07/23/23 (1)
- Does anyone have one? - Freo-1 15:43:09 07/23/23 (0)
- RE: USB is potentially better than S/PDIF. In many ways - kiratobias 09:35:04 07/15/23 (0)
- No Optical Out Either......... - Todd Krieger 15:55:35 07/14/23 (0)
- AES is not a flawed standard! - gusser 11:18:18 07/14/23 (11)
- I2S is not a parallel data transmission topology........ - AbeCollins 13:27:18 07/14/23 (10)
- Semantics? - gusser 13:38:17 07/14/23 (9)
- Not Semantics. I2S is definitely serial..... Google it - AbeCollins 15:20:27 07/14/23 (8)
- You're missing the point! - gusser 15:56:05 07/14/23 (7)
- The point is simple Parallel vs Serial DATA - AbeCollins 18:28:54 07/14/23 (6)
- Then just wire the data and see how well it works! - gusser 19:05:21 07/14/23 (5)
- Staying on topic......... - AbeCollins 21:54:10 07/14/23 (4)
- RE: Staying on topic......... - gusser 09:40:28 07/15/23 (3)
- Accepted Industry Standard Nomenclature - AbeCollins 19:19:44 07/15/23 (2)
- RE: Accepted Industry Standard Nomenclature - gusser 19:46:55 07/15/23 (1)
- Great!! We agree then that I2S is serial - AbeCollins 20:27:24 07/15/23 (0)
- RE: No i2S - fastcat 14:12:57 07/13/23 (0)
- It's not a standard for external use. - gusser 12:59:15 07/13/23 (0)
- Do any of their DACs include it? - creativepart 11:43:58 07/13/23 (0)