I have a follow-up question on this topic. I have also just bought a DACMAGIC which I initially plugged in to my mac via USB and was delighted with it.
When I tried it with the PC (also via USB) I couldn't help feeling the sound was slightly less 'sweet'. I am generally quite skeptical about this sort of thing and assumed the bits must be the same from each source, mac and PC. However the more I listened the more convinced I became.
Eventually I noticed that the sampling rate indicator was showing 44.1 when connected to the Mac but 48 with the PC! This is despite the source material being the same, i.e. 44.1 Apple Lossless. I have tried with various other formats and music streamers but it seems Windows 7 will only allow 48kHz output over USB. This subjectively appears to degrade sound quality, presumably because it is being poorly resampled (and then resampled again in the DACMAGIC).
Anyone else noticed this? Any workarounds?
Thanks, Will
