PC playback as an alternative to CD Players

[Thad E Ginathom]

dac of your choice?

Not my choice! I want to be able to record, so I go for soundcard/interface. I also have a bit of a fascination for the home-studio/semi-pro stuff, though I have no use for things like mic preamps (and I've got them on another bit of kit if I do need them!). Was using a RME PCI card. Now using an Echo Audiofire firewire interface. All this is for my PC monitor speakers and headphones. If I want to feed sound to the hifi, no longer within cable's reach as it was in my old house, I use ... a Squeezebox!

External DACs are the darling 'extra box' of the forum, so you can find plenty of advice from others, at various budget levels, even including phenomenal

Personally, I find it hard to accept a DAC, that does 10% of the function of a high-end audio interface being priced at ten times the price. Well, that's hifi ... and shopping for gear is a very individual experience

 

[dheerajjotwani]

Interesting perspective there sir. all I want is to upscale the output from goflex and mpd. I guess dac would do that. Don't want extravagance, just pleasure for my ears

Tapatalk ka jalwa !!!