isn the goal of usb spdif convertors to ensure that a clean digital signal is fed into the dac? i want my little rig to be visually attractive. i dont want diy looking adapters sticking out of my macbook connected to a dac and then to another amp. why don't dac makers (who make dacs...

I have a question, that I hope someone may be able to answer. I'm looking for a better alternative to running a toslink from my macbook optical out to an external DAC. There has to be a way to get better sound, I almost feel like this is bottlenecking my system. The reason I feel this way...

I am a proud owner of the Proline 650's. I have owned them for 4 years and they are the only serious headphones I have ever owned. I'm very curious about how the 900 would compare to the 650's. I've peaked into a couple of the 900 threads, and all I've seen are comparisons to the 750, which...