> Unfortunately there's an awful amount of hiss with USB on this DAC. If you used optical before, it can be reasonable to use USB->optical. A lot of USB audio

> Unfortunately there's an awful amount of hiss with USB on this DAC. If you used optical before, it can be reasonable to use USB->optical. A lot of USB audio interfaces already have this. I'm not making use of it, but the USB interface I have on my Mini has an optical out.