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Bigger brother of the Geek Out is now LIVE! The Pulse is moving really quickly (no pun intended). Can't wait for this to be released, looks very promising based on what we already know about the Geek Out Geek Pulse: A Digital Audio Awesomifier for Your Desktop | Indiegogo

Toslink is crap and has high jitter, so it's not surprising you heard what you did, and sometimes, adding an extra usb->spdif converter doesn't help things much. All asynchronous usb is not equal, implementation is everything. Just because it has 'asynchronous usb' doesn't mean it has truly low jitter. I had a hiface before and the legato stomps all over it. Much more palpable sonic images with greater stereo depth, air between instruments is better defined, bass extension improved with much cleaner highs. The thing with jitter is, you gotta make sure you're buying a solidly engineered product. Everything matters in the converter when we want truly low jitter. From the clocks used, to the quality of the power supply, even the BNC connector and spdif cable. If any one of those aren't up to par, forget about getting low jitter.

agree with you on many points. My own experience with gear that sounded like there was a ton of new-found 'detail' turned out to be really distortion that ended up grating my ears and giving me listening fatigue after a while.

I'm sure there are others, like me, who are waiting for it as well. Pat of ART has plenty of loyal supporters, but not many are vocal (like me ). Not too many details at this point but hopefully we'll see something soon http://ar-t.co/NEWS.html