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what's a good chinkshit dac/amp combo
might just get a fiio k1
What's a DAC?
insert let me google that for you link
Thanks
digital to analog converter
I get that
What is it for?
Like as opposed to not having one
memes
Ffs
i just ordered a benjie s5
without one you can't play digital audio
I get that
But, why would you want one. Most speakers have one inside.
every phone has one
I get that an external one means that its better
they're just of varying quality
and as such
most good speakers don't
they use an external one
i can't think of many speakers that do actually
shitty "computer speakers" might
it's not rocket surgery
Bluetooth speakers mostly
I need it for my thinkpad
the internal dac suuuuuuuucks
I can hear hissing and whining and everything sounds like it has a vocal fry
@ultimate-drawmaster buy a cheap pcm2704 dac then
theyre decent
@systemxd doesnt even mean its better tbh, external dac is 9/10 times just placebo
only asctual improvement you get is if you have a _really old_ pc with super-shit onboard sound, or if you have some like ultra-retarded motherboard with a super shitty amp section after the onboard dac
any vaguely competently designed computer or phone is gonna have a perfectly fine dac, may need amp but the dac itself you gotta _try_ to fuck up
DAC/amps aren't useful for portable listening, but they're great for when you know you'll be in a relatively quiet room where noise floor is actually noticeable.
noise floor will never be noticeable
16 bit has a wider dynamic range than any music recording i have ever seen
i have seen a lot of music
an awful lot of audiophile hi fi 24 bit and higher music
literally no advantage for listening, the information just isn't there to notice