- May 2, 2011
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Hi,
I’m looking for comments, recommendation and advice to help me choose a “good value” USB DAC/Headphone amp to use with my laptop to play back my music which is all in FLAC. In recent months I’ve been experimenting with music in higher resolution formats up to 24bit/192kHz. Personally, I believe that this area of market is moving very fast at the moment and so I’m not looking for the “ultimate final solution”. Rather, I’m looking for something which will improve over the built in sound. The main requirements in descending priority are :
Bit perfect playback via USB possible with appropriate player and drivers
Playback of higher resolution music up to 24bit/192kHz Budget (up to £150? But value for money is more important)
Other outputs, optical, coax and analogue stereo
Pass through of surround sounds (5.1, DTS etc) from movies
Something like the Musiland monitor 01 or 02 would seem to fit the bill. http://www.ampcity.co.uk/dacs/portable-digital-to-analogue-converters/musiland-monitor-02-us-portable-dac-amplifier.html
It can be found cheaper elsewhere and there are many alternatives on ebay.
Many thanks for your help
Cheers
Sean
I’m looking for comments, recommendation and advice to help me choose a “good value” USB DAC/Headphone amp to use with my laptop to play back my music which is all in FLAC. In recent months I’ve been experimenting with music in higher resolution formats up to 24bit/192kHz. Personally, I believe that this area of market is moving very fast at the moment and so I’m not looking for the “ultimate final solution”. Rather, I’m looking for something which will improve over the built in sound. The main requirements in descending priority are :
Bit perfect playback via USB possible with appropriate player and drivers
Playback of higher resolution music up to 24bit/192kHz Budget (up to £150? But value for money is more important)
Other outputs, optical, coax and analogue stereo
Pass through of surround sounds (5.1, DTS etc) from movies
Something like the Musiland monitor 01 or 02 would seem to fit the bill. http://www.ampcity.co.uk/dacs/portable-digital-to-analogue-converters/musiland-monitor-02-us-portable-dac-amplifier.html
It can be found cheaper elsewhere and there are many alternatives on ebay.
Many thanks for your help
Cheers
Sean