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I think that it shows that analog design is by far the most important thing with regards to conversion. Is the USB improved from the og spring? The usb on that was super muddy as if it had massive clocking and jitter problems like a Behringer interface.

Time spent listening to USB is near zero as of yet. Approximately 20 hrs spent listening to spdif inputs from Dante Digital Delivery System, which is how I typically use DACs. Even on the road I take Dante; don't leave home without it.

They’re also the two best sounding pieces of Chi-fi. Holo spring doesn’t have the same chifi low end of Focusrite now. Focusrite could be better tonally if they made it in the UK and used Lundahls on input and Carnhills on outputs again. Their gear is all tonally off now that it’s been value engineered but god damn the Red/Rednets are smooth even if the detail isn’t there.

I’m on MOTU AVB. It’s rock solid and the built in conversion is good (better than Apogee Element/Ensemble, not as good as Symphony) and it works on more systems but the drivers aren’t as fast as Audinate. The main issue is MOTU drivers never have reported accurate latency to the DAW. I’m super interested in the Metric Halo MH Link and if the Apogee Symphony USB drivers will be standard Thesyscon.