♫ Episode #32 – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about DACs (Digital-Analog Converters)

Chris Connaker of the Computer Audiophile website explains what a DAC is, how it works, and a whether you need one. (And how you already have lots of them.)

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Show notes:

The Computer Audiophile website

DACs – digital-analog converters:

• Digital-to-Analog Convertor, Wikipedia
• Schiit Audio
• Explanation of 44.1 kHz CD sampling rate
• Kirk’s Macworld review of the Cambridge Audio DacMagic (it wasn’t ten years ago, as I thought, but just six years ago)
• dCS Vivaldi
• Behringer UCA202 Audio Interface
• The Next Track, Episode 6: What is High-Resolution Music?
• AudioQuest Dragonfly Red, AudioQuest Dragonfly Black
• Kirk’s review of the Yamaha R-N 301 receiver
• Meridian Explorer USB DAC
• iFi Micro iDSD USB DAC and Headphone Amplifier
• Schiit Modi 2 USB Digital/Analog Converter

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Special Guest: Chris Connaker.

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