Schiit Urd as a Streaming Hub!

The Schiit Urd is a very mis-understood device.  

Schiit calls it:  

CD TRANSPORT AND UNISON USB™ HUB

And the keys that most folks miss is the  UNISON USB™ HUB and DDC !!

I have an Antipodes K50 on loan for a while and right now I have been A/B ing it with the Schiit Urd.  I am using the AES output to my Holo Cyan 2 DAC.  So a cable swap is all that is needed to listen to either.   The Urd amazes me over and over again.  I pick music from one of my CD's that I have also ripped to my music library that is also stored on the K50.  The K50 is running Lyrion Music Server and Squeeze player.

Now here is where the REAL FUN begins.  My iPad Pro is connected to the Urd via USB and the iPad is running iPeng player software. iPeng paid version has the ability to turn the iPad into a Squeeze endpoint.From my iPhone I can now control the music playing through LMS to the Urd to the Cyan 2. 

Dig it!

Can the URD take multiple USB inputs and switch between them to one USB output to a DAC?

The Urd has two usb inputs and one usb output. 

3 hours ago, bobfa said:

The Urd has two usb inputs and one usb output. 

Thank you.

How about the sound vs. the Antipodes?

9 hours ago, bobfa said:

The Urd is almost identical to the Antipodes. When I swap the Shuyanta Theta AES cable between the Urd and the K50, it is hard to tell which one is playing.   

That's amazing given the difference in price. One limitation I see with the Urd is that it only supports PCM up to 192kHz, so if you have DSD files you'd need to convert them to PCM and hopefully be able to do so on the fly. Not sure if you'd lose something in the conversion process. Is that correct or am I missing something in the implementation? TIA

I have not tried to send DSD through the Urd over USB.  I have the feeling that it will not work. Less that 10% of my music is over 44K....  Hooking a streamer up to the USB of the Urd for Tidal or something,  not a problem., for me, for now!