Before you buy cables you might consider downloading JRiver for Mac, it's only $50.00 and the output from your laptop is buffered and run from memory (delay adjustable) and you can feed that into whatever DAC you choose.
I use this into my Oppo BDP-105 and while it's no where near state of the art it's almost free compared to many digital options. Best of all your wife can control it from the laptop screen, an Android or iPhone or iPad from anywhere in the house.
I've been using this to break in my speakers, it's saved me from playing the same CD endlessly to get enough hours. LP (my favorite format) is out of the question for this job.
I use this into my Oppo BDP-105 and while it's no where near state of the art it's almost free compared to many digital options. Best of all your wife can control it from the laptop screen, an Android or iPhone or iPad from anywhere in the house.
I've been using this to break in my speakers, it's saved me from playing the same CD endlessly to get enough hours. LP (my favorite format) is out of the question for this job.