The thing is that I don't need the level of integration of the Solo. For my own reasons, I prefer to keep the DAC by itself.
And, I do have micro form factor PCs and a couple of older PC laptops. Those are bit perfect going into the DACs, not needing the Ultra at all.
Recall... I don't use the Ultra's DAC in my own systems... only for my wife's set up... and only because she doesn't want ANOTHER black box.
But, I'm working from home, bored out of my mind, so I like the challenge, and at 350 bucks per charge my wife doesn't notice... plus she likes the way it works with the phone in the den. She refuses to use her PC to run the music. Crazy woman indeed....
Not Solo, Eversolo.
I do not understand the way of comparing stuff by seeing differences in things that are in fact equal (possibly better executed) and mentioning a complete IT environment that has nothing to do with the device. Sorry.
For example both have internal DACs that you can choose to use or not. That is not a discerning difference. One of the 2 having the possibility to have an internal SSD is a difference. In the recent past one of my criteria therefor was a minimum of 2 USB ports. If you purchase on criteria of what you actually desire/require efficiency usually is improved and you don't end up with a pile of devices (in storage 🙂) that all lack one or another feature you actually could have known before you bought them. It also improves resistance against impulse based buying and wasting more time/resources/energy than necessary.
I do not understand the way of comparing stuff by seeing differences in things that are in fact equal (possibly better executed) and mentioning a complete IT environment that has nothing to do with the device. Sorry.
For example both have internal DACs that you can choose to use or not. That is not a discerning difference. One of the 2 having the possibility to have an internal SSD is a difference. In the recent past one of my criteria therefor was a minimum of 2 USB ports. If you purchase on criteria of what you actually desire/require efficiency usually is improved and you don't end up with a pile of devices (in storage 🙂) that all lack one or another feature you actually could have known before you bought them. It also improves resistance against impulse based buying and wasting more time/resources/energy than necessary.
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^ it would be a USB hub, not a splitter.
The concern will be on the effects of the traffic from the Ultra to the DAC input. You would be interleaving the traffic in and out of the USB in the Ultra.
Not to be nuts on this... but this would be jitter of some kind... Although with USB-3 this might not be an issue if the DAC's USB input is good enough.
I do think it would be better to try the IP network to the NASs. It has the bandwidth and much better jitter protection.
The concern will be on the effects of the traffic from the Ultra to the DAC input. You would be interleaving the traffic in and out of the USB in the Ultra.
Not to be nuts on this... but this would be jitter of some kind... Although with USB-3 this might not be an issue if the DAC's USB input is good enough.
I do think it would be better to try the IP network to the NASs. It has the bandwidth and much better jitter protection.
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A way of something the same thing. Eversolo sounds so lonely....
OK, so, I've spent the best part of a year writing firmware for AFDX.
Designed in Germany for the 380.
The differences between Ethernet/IP/TCP and Ethernet/IP/UDP/AFDX say it all. They reflect different ways of technical analysis and cultures. You and I come from different technical backgrounds. I don't expect you to understand the loose American way of doing such things.
We have been trained differently.
Anyhow, I see the Ultra as a tool and a toy. It does what I need: bitperfect USB from Android/Chromebook into the USB port of a DAC. The rest is just implementations that I would prefer to be more "suave" and conformant across different host platforms.
It also keeps my wife happy in her set up. ( THAT is a biggie... ).
So, now I got three months to save 3000 bucks to get the Schiit Byggy... unless Nitsch comes out with balanced output device with a single USB input.
I'll let you know if I get to fix the issues with static IP address programming of the Ultra and getting a stable PC connection to Tidal Connect....
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So does my Topping D90LE and Burson Swing with the Burson v7 opamps. So does the RME ADI-2 FS...
They first two sound fantastic driven by the Ultra in bit perfect mode... I haven't tried driving the RME that way yet.
(Yep, the RME is German... That's a case when overkill is very valuable.... and I mean, OVERKILL )...
There is another thread about "inexpensive Chinese DACs."...
They first two sound fantastic driven by the Ultra in bit perfect mode... I haven't tried driving the RME that way yet.
(Yep, the RME is German... That's a case when overkill is very valuable.... and I mean, OVERKILL )...
There is another thread about "inexpensive Chinese DACs."...