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


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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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