Shane, we should "bang on" about the realities of modern audio technology when sellers of extravagantly priced items appeal to the uninformed or gullible audio consumer.
I'm not disagreeing with you John. It's just that, as you say, not all DACs are built to the same standard.
nWavguy's bench test results certainly fall in line with what you are saying. Performance standards for outboard USB DACS are all over the map in terms of output impedance, frequency response, THD+N, IMD, max output, jitter ect. The variations among these DACS are so great that some will even degrade fidelity.
