Quote: Hi bcwang   I think the hiss is low enough so no problem for me. The power cord that I am using is a very cheap one taken from an old PC, and the electric power in my office is not so clean. Or you might try the DACport. At least to me the background is completely quiet, no...

I also received my mini two days ago. It is really nice-looking. I like very much the tick-tack sound when I switch among the input sources. The volumne knob is also very comfortable.   Sadly my hd600 fail to work so I try it with my ATH ad700. It provides a better soundstage and low...

I thought it is adaptive. Centrance always claims that adaptive is as good as asynchronous when the implementation is right.   Quote:  

Quote:   Agree. If i am not mistaken Bel canto's usb-spdif converter also uses usb interface developed by centrance.