Hello, if I use the digital output, will I necessarily bypass the internal dac or I will get better results than using the rca connector ?
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If you use the Coax out, you bypass the DAC. You'll get better results using the coax out if the next component in line has a better DAC than the uDac does. If not, it will be better to use the RCA out.
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Just RCA outputs. Would need a seperate HF amp that accepts RCA inputs. Topping DAC sounds sweet.
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The DAC is fine. What will limit sound quality in this case is not the DAC but rather the upsampling that pandora is guilty of - at least when i sampled music streaming services. I compared spotify, pandora, and mog, and hands down - Mog was the winner in file quality - dont get bogged down with numbers and listen first. I cancelled both pandora and spotify immediately.
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I use mine strictly for my high resolution audio all onboard sound boards have to be disabled in order to get the full capability of a DAC when used with a 5.1 home theater it's nothing but a brick the HT head unit will mess with the bit stream and the DAC will do it's best but you're feeding it 50% of the data A DACs place in my setup goes like this Laptop usb out DAC high quality RCA plugs to AMP to speakers the fewer steps between the source audio and the DAC the better hope that helps
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Analog for sure. The DAC does the conversion to analog. If you go digital you defeat the purpose of the DAC.
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Probably not a DAC. Amplifier possibly. Their closed and not incredibly hard to drive, but tbh, the listening experience with even a modest amplifier will be substantially better. I currently use one of the small FiiO amps.
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I think DAC of this Item is not so good, your idea is good. There is a digital output.
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The optical out MUST be connected to a DAC as it is a digital output. This allows you to use a higher quality DAC to convert the signal to analog, so yes, there is the potential that using the optical digital output can produce higher quality sound, but only if the signal is passed to a DAC that is higher quality than the one built into the unit. The analog outputs of the device are very warm and bass heavy.
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this device is analog. any dac that puts out an analog output of sufficient strength should work.
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You could use an 8th to RCA adapter cable and it would work. Best use is to put a DAC in front and run from a computer though.
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Any DAC will do fine. I have mine hooked up to my Fiio E07k. One could also plug it directly into the PC's headphone line out as well.
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Yes, if you get a digital out signal before your speakers. If it is headphone out, then you will actually be using the DAC on your PC in most cases, so this won't perform the function you are looking for. In essence, you need an output on your pc that allows you to bypass its internal DAC so that the conversion will occur on the FiiO.
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additional...if your source files are CD's or MP3the DAC will be uselessin computing ... garbage in garbage out if you have Dog ears might make MP3 sound less "flat" anything less than FLAC source files ... waste of time and money
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the DCX2496 PRO also has the DAC and digital input, the DCX2496LE doesn't and is less expensive...
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I haven't used it as a connection to a Dac. Sorry. But my guess it will hold up.
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Yes. By definition, the output of a DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) is an analog signal. The output of USB is a digital signal, so it has not been through the DAC.
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As far as I understand, that set-up will utilize the amp function but not the DAC. The DAC is only through the USB port.