Couldn’t be much simpler. I have no idea what needs walking through.
Why would you want to introduce a dac between a computer and a set of powered speakers that have their own volume control?
CR8s installed...
Couldn’t be much simpler. I have no idea what needs walking through.
\Very helpful John. You are letting your anger with me regarding my eschewing amps affect other conversations.Read the thread.
Sam/John, we're all talking about the same thing. I think I'm getting tangled up in the low to mid-range DAC market that it seems everyone "needs"
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they sounded great, but I felt I was missing something... hence the question about a DAC or sub.
What did you end up doing? The amp I use on my main work computer was dying, so I got that Topping one I linked early on. It's a nice little DAC/amp. It sounds better than the one it replaced, and it has a nice feature where it automatically turns off when there's no signal for 2 minutes. I might get one for home to play around with, since it has a sub output and I have a spare powered sub that's not being used.In the meantime, I picked up a little usb-c dongle for 3.5mm that obviously has a dac chip. Using the Apple Audio Midi Setup, I have it set for up to 24b/96k -- at the same time I noticed I could also set the internal 3.5mm out for the same rates. However, just listening with headphones, the dongle is way better.