Thanks for your posts. I appreciate the knowledge you folks have that I don't. I thought I may get lucky and just plug and play, HDMI from Dac to Laptop. I do not want to at this time( or maybe ever) have to buy a DDC unit. If I cant get a GREAT sound USB from laptop to Terminator 2 by itself and a great sound coax to CD transport, I quit. My current system is Benchmark DAC 3B to laptop, and it sounds to me, VERY GOOD. Hoping the Denafrips was a bigger step up, same connections. Bubble somewhat bursted.
Dac and computer connections
Good afternoon. Looking at buying a Denafrips Terminator. I have read several articles where the person states they prefer the I2s /HDMI connection, rather than USB. My current DAC had no I2s/HDMI connect, so I use USB from DAC to Windows based laptop, sounds Great. I currently use a 20' 2.0 USB cable to my listening area.
If I were to get the Denafrips, could I use their I2s/HDMI connection from terminator to my laptop via a 20' HDMI cable, rather then the USB? I'll have to look and see if there is an available HDMI port on my computer? Thanks for the help before I pull the trigger. Robert TN hope this all made some sense. Connection ally challenged.