I'm thinking about switching from my Benchmark DAC1 to the D/A in my Cranesong HEDD as my main stereo D/A. I need to be able to play out stuff from iTunes into said D/A. My Mac Pro has a Toslink optical output which I had been feeding into the Benchmark with a Toslink Monster Cable to great sonic success. The HEDD does not have an optical input so I dug out of storage my old M Audio converter box I bought 11 years ago. The box powers up and does convert the Toslink signal from the Mac Pro into coax which I have connected to the HEDD with a Canare coax cable, but something is not happening with the sound. Either it's the M Audio box or I just don't like the sound of the HEDD's D/A. Assuming the problem is the former, can anyone recommend a really simple and small high quality single input format converter? I don't need a Z Sys box.
Thanks and best,
Nicholas