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...Back to Intona, their original focus on industrial applications sidesteps the realm of imaginary diseases and their equally imaginary cures. Forget unscrupulous tech quacks who exploit our collective audiophile ignorance and real desire for better sound. The problem of noise contamination which migrates across the USB pipeline from our computers is very real. It can be measured. Whether that means you can hear it when that noise is removed; and whether you deem the improvement or change worth the associated expense... that's on a whole nutha page.

The thinking reader—hey, those do exist!—also wonders. Why is it that our audio designers at large seem incapable of building Intona-type solutions into their/our DACs? Why do we need external fixers? At what sell prices for D/A converters should we insist on total immunity to such aftermarket add-ons? It doesn't seem right that after years of USB Audio, our high-performance segment remains caught out as improvable by sub €500 USB isolators, reclockers and sundry doodads. Doesn't that make your blood boil?