USB DACS can be purchased for less than 30.00 Alot Depends on what happens next, or what you really want to do. I sell the Dared MP-5 Tube Dac Amp. Its a all in one piece using the burr brown 2702 DAC. The total system is around 370.00 Actually USB direct to a DAC is a great way to go as there is no jitter that you might experience with S/PDIF outputs. It depends on how much of a audiophile you are and how efficient your speakers are, as the more efficient the more they allow you to hear the flaws in equipment.
Interfacing Computer Music to D/A Converter ?
I'm really unfamiliar with this territory, perhaps someone can shed some light. Or links for more info.
Say i have a laptop computer and i store songs in my laptop either i-tunes or aiff files or applelossless.
I have a Benchmark dac 1. How do i interface the two in such that my laptop becomes the transport / source which can feed the songs to the Benchmark which in turn plays music to my hi fi system ?
Is using my laptop a better transport that say a dedicated cd player like marantz or pioneer dvd player ?
tks for info. highly appreciated.
Say i have a laptop computer and i store songs in my laptop either i-tunes or aiff files or applelossless.
I have a Benchmark dac 1. How do i interface the two in such that my laptop becomes the transport / source which can feed the songs to the Benchmark which in turn plays music to my hi fi system ?
Is using my laptop a better transport that say a dedicated cd player like marantz or pioneer dvd player ?
tks for info. highly appreciated.