Dave_M
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Hi EliasGwinn, sorry if I have been repeating what others had said but I have not read through the whole thread.
There is nothing wrong with using cheap off-the-shelf ICs to get the job done! After all, the cheaper the DAC is to produce, the more competitive you can be with pricing. And besides, an all in one integrated solution can often work better than a custom one with many ICs and discrete components.
But I'm not sure I accept your argument of a native, bit-transparent USB audio solution. Since a "native solution" still needs drivers, it's just that those drivers were written by someone at Microsoft and come with the operating system. If a USB 2.0 one needs custom drivers, then it can be done just as well as "native solution", but just takes more time and money.
There is nothing wrong with using cheap off-the-shelf ICs to get the job done! After all, the cheaper the DAC is to produce, the more competitive you can be with pricing. And besides, an all in one integrated solution can often work better than a custom one with many ICs and discrete components.
But I'm not sure I accept your argument of a native, bit-transparent USB audio solution. Since a "native solution" still needs drivers, it's just that those drivers were written by someone at Microsoft and come with the operating system. If a USB 2.0 one needs custom drivers, then it can be done just as well as "native solution", but just takes more time and money.