Yes, a non-powered USB hub in between the Red and Intona does indeed fix it and I have been using it that way. This was mainly an academic exercise at this point.
In fact, the hub provides another port and allows me to add a USB FLIRC to Ropiee on Red so that I can control play/pause, next/prev tracks via my DAC 200 remote. And still have isolated audio output via the Intona. Great all-in-one NAA/remote solution.
I only bought the Hifime isolator because it was recommended by an RME DAC designer (or someone like that) and costs $49. Will probably just keep it as a secondary/backup.
I have two of the regular 7054 that I use with T+A DAC 200 and Accuphase DAC-60 card.
And I have two 7055-C, one which I use between my Ryzen 7 5800X machine and T+A HA 200 and another one which I use for my measurement rig to isolate audio analyzer and the NUC hosting the measurement software.
Given my technical ineptitude and the fact that we are a mac household, Iāve decided to go with a new Mac Studio with the M2 Ultra Chip with 24 core CPU and 60 Core GPU and 64GB of RAM.
Fingers crossed Iāll get at least DSD 512 (& maybe 1024) gapless playback (using 7ECv2) with this processing power through my DAC 200.
I hope I speccād this correctlyā¦ Will report back in a few weeksā¦!
There are of course also ready built machines from HP, Dell, Lenovo, etcā¦ Both regular business workstations as well as gaming rigs. If one would like to have a proper GPU too, then gaming machine product lines are suitable.
Hereās what Iāve configured online (canāt seem to add GPU for some reason) and will be calling other shops tomorrow. Cancelled my macatudio order:
Need to sleep on this. 2am here.
The latest macstudio just came out today in stores so Iām not sure this is the same one he mentioned. It has the M2 Ultra chip (2 x fused M2 Max) which are brand new.
The only other use for the macstudio (besides HQ player) would be for an aging 6yr old mbp replacement for basic stuff.
