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Synopsis
The Musical Fidelity V-Link is the missing link in the evolution of your audio system. If you've been suffering from the computer music blahs, wrestling with low-fidelity music, try the V-Link and hear what you've been missing. No, the V-Link isn't a DAC. But it allows your DAC to receive up to a true 24-bit, 96 kHz data stream from your computer so that you can enjoy better-than-CD audio quality. Increasing numbers of music lovers are turning to computer-based audio, which means that the connections are almost certain to be USB. Quality outputs like S/PDIF simply are not available on most computers. With the growing popularity of downloaded music at CD-and-better data rates, computers audiophile quest after higher quality. The V-Link is an asynchronous 24-bit, 96 kHz USB interface designed to bridge the gap between the PC and a high-quality DAC. The theory behind asynchronous USB is that when a computer is transmitting data via USB to another device, the computer determines the data rate parameters. The theoretical consequence of using a standard USB interface is that it is impossible to guarantee accurate data transfer, because the computer will alter the data rate to suit its internal workload. With asynchronous USB, however, the receiving USB controls the computer's data rate. Jitter and data compression just will not happen. The asynchronous USB interface instructs the computer that it has priority on the computer resource allocation, thus guaranteeing a continuous high resolution data stream. The Musical Fidelity V-Link is a 24-bit, 96 kHz asynchronous USB interface with S/PDIF output via either RCA or Toslink. V-Link can be used with virtually any computer USB output. If the data and all the settings on the computer are correct, it will guarantee up to 24-bit, 96 kHz data from your computer, converted it into an extremely low-jitter S/PDIF signal which can be plugged in to any DAC. While there are other relatively inexpensive solutions currently o
