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USB connection from Melco N5 to Bartók

Hi David, I think the difference between USB and Ethernet connections is a little bit overstated sometimes. Neither was designed for audio but both have actually morphed into very useful ways to transport digital music. They are similar in that both come from the computer world. USB as a more-or-less ubiquitous standard from the PC world, enabling DACs to be connected to PCs and subsequently being adopted by many streamer/server manufacturers, and Ethernet as the universal standard for local…