Necrontyr
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SPDIF , sony phillips digital interchange format is a digital to digital signal, transmitted over de ould light waves inside that shiny optical cable .
That means the digtal to analog converter in the Fiio does the grunt work converting the signal as faithfully as it can.
You wont be able to find the SQ difference tbh, after doing some personal research and double blind testing and I personally think anything above 16bit 44.1khz doesnt change a thing.
That said having optical and usb is deadly, I have my optical connected to my laptop and my USB connected to my desktop, and when i want to switch over from one machine to the other all i need to do is toggle a switch on the fiio, AWESOME functionality
That means the digtal to analog converter in the Fiio does the grunt work converting the signal as faithfully as it can.
You wont be able to find the SQ difference tbh, after doing some personal research and double blind testing and I personally think anything above 16bit 44.1khz doesnt change a thing.
That said having optical and usb is deadly, I have my optical connected to my laptop and my USB connected to my desktop, and when i want to switch over from one machine to the other all i need to do is toggle a switch on the fiio, AWESOME functionality