[Jason Brent]

I did a quickie search, but didn't notice anything...

I'm pretty sure I've read somewhere that the a/p express won't do airtunes via usb, correct?  Does anybody know if there's a hack to enable this?

Currently I'm using a TADAC for dac/pre duties, but am considering trying one of the newer fancy asynchronous thingies (maybe the Wyred?). 

On a side note, have any of you using an a/p express compared the toslink from it vs a macbook?  Do you notice any difference?

Thanks

[srb]

The Airport Express USB port is only used for connecting a printer.
 
There is no available software hack to ouput digital audio from the port, but J. Gordon Rankin of Wavelength Audio posted on a head-fi.org thread:
 
"I did at one point yank off the audio board and hacked off the "B" end of a USB cable and soldered the wires to the header used by the audio board and did get that too work just fine. It's a pain in the a&)*(*&((* but it worked great. Not as good as the computer connected USB connection but very good at that."
 
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/265219/usb-dac-from-airport-express-instead-of-optical#post_3372702
 
But I haven't see any specific instructions or photos for the modification.
 
Steve