The Importance of Asynchronous USB

Since the advent of dematerialized music, DACs optimize their signals by integrating asynchronous USB to reduce jitter issues and provide the best sound reproduction.

You will find on converters a USB Class 2 output, more commonly known as Asynchronous USB, which allows you to receive most audio formats without constraints, such as WAV or FLAC formats. It creates a buffer zone at the converter level to optimize the data output from your computer and deliver the most audiophile-quality sound possible.

For example, USB Class 1 supports 96KHz/24Bit, while USB Class 2 or Asynchronous USB supports 192KHz/24bits, enabling richer sound reproduction. Even though asynchronous data transfer is much more reliable, it complicates the architecture of converters, resulting in a higher price.