# Bridge II vs USB

**URL:** <https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ii-vs-usb/11236>\
**Category:** DACs\
**Created:** [June 5, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ii-vs-usb/11236 "2019-06-05T12:55:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![entman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/977dab/32.png) [@entman](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/entman)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ii-vs-usb/11236/21 "2019-06-06T13:01:24Z")

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Based on the information you fine audiophiles have posted, I ordered my bridge II today . Getting MQA and better sound to using USB (which already sounds great) was enough for me to give the bridge II a try. Most of my listening is streaming Tidal and my own cd collection burned onto my Mac mini using Roon Core. I have a few DSD files but honestly I have not found a big difference to MQA first unfold or even a well recorded redbook

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**Author:** ![alaint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@alaint](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/alaint)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ii-vs-usb/11236/22 "2019-06-09T15:15:42Z")

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for me usb sound more clear precise and musical (much more) than bridge IIwith well choosed usb and power cable for the pc and use jplaystreamer.

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**Author:** ![entman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/977dab/32.png) [@entman](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/entman)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ii-vs-usb/11236/23 "2019-06-09T19:14:30Z")

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Any problem with using the bridge II for Tidal MQA and usb for 2x DSD? Can you have the bridge II card in place and a usb cable attached and you just select the input you want ? This would give the best of both worlds I would think

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**Author:** ![stevem2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@stevem2](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/stevem2)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ii-vs-usb/11236/24 "2019-06-10T03:28:43Z")

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That’s fine.

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**Author:** ![Excelgam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Excelgam](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Excelgam)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ii-vs-usb/11236/25 "2019-06-16T12:56:45Z")

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My experience has been that running Audirvana on my MacBook Pro that’s connected via a cheap Amazon branded USB 6 ft cable somehow yields a noticeable more dynamic and pleasing SQ comparing to my DSJ running on Bridge II. It now got me really curious of what a better USB cable can do…

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