best way to connect pc to dac


I currently stream TIDAL from a windows laptop that is connected to a Brooklyn DAC with an entry level Kimber USB cable then to my preamp with Kimber Heros.

Are there better solutions? I only have USB ports on my laptop. 

thanks for your knowledge...
mswobo

Showing 1 response by willemj

No, and it is perfectly fine the way it is. The only alternative is to bypass the laptop and use a separate streamer like, e.g., the Chromecast Audio, the Apple Airport Express or the Sonos Connect. These all have optical digital outputs, apart from the analogue outputs that use their internal DACs.