Not the person youre replying to, but I tried Channel D/Pure Music, Audirvana, and Jplay in memory mode, etc, etc, when demoing USB dacs. None of them got over what I came to feel was a fundamental problem in using a computer and USB, it's simply not optimised for audio.

A streamer which pulls music over a network, rather than USB, and isolates from the electrically noisy components in PCs/NAS, etc, is a different story. Meridian, Naim, and many others now have good solutions for this, and you choose the interface and sonics you're happy with, just as with CD Players, IMO...


HC: 861v4/ID40/LPS, DSP5000, DSP5000VC, DSP3100, SW1600, HD621, Oppo BDP-105, Sony VPL-HW55ES
2-Channel: Oppo BDP-105, TEAC VRDS-7/Trichord Clock 3/PSU, 551, Quad 303, Harbeth Compact 7ES-3, Kimber cables, Russ Andrews mains and supports.
Previous Meridian: 5000C, 5200SL, 7200.2, 6000, 562V.2, 568.2mm, 800v4, 808.2i, 818v2/v3, 861v8, 502