[shredder]

Hello, I’m considering buying a DAC that has a USB Gen 5 in it (Schiit Bifrost). My question is, if my computer does not support USB gen 5 (5+ year old iMac) will it be a benefit or matter not that the DAC supports gen 5?

Thanks

 

[bfreedma]

Hello, I’m considering buying a DAC that has a USB Gen 5 in it (Schiit Bifrost). My question is, if my computer does not support USB gen 5 (5+ year old iMac) will it be a benefit or matter not that the DAC supports gen 5?

Thanks

Gen 5 only refers to the version of Schiit’s implementation and not to the general USB spec. It works with USB 2&3 so you should have no issue connecting to your Mac.

 

[shredder]

Ah, so the “audio” benefit will exist because of the Shiit application of 5 regardless of my computer using 2 or 3.

 

[bfreedma]

Ah, so the “audio” benefit will exist because of the Shiit application of 5 regardless of my computer using 2 or 3.

Correct. From Schiit’s site:

The new Gen 5 USB input board features:

1. Electromagnetic and electrostatic isolation using transformer coupling.
2. Self-power by the DAC for the critical low-noise re-clocking and latching sections.
3. Precision local clocks for both 44.1 and 48k multiples

It can be a little confusing, but Schitt’s version numbers refer to their USB processing boards and are unrelated to the general USB spec number.

 

[shredder]

Thank you, appreciate the info.