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Hey all- I just got a portable Digital-Analog Convertor and Headphone Amp combination for computer to headphone listening. Really improves sound quality from computer. Am I late to this party? Anybody else using this cool little device? I am going to get a coax adapter and plug it straight into my home stereo - i bet it will be much better quality than streaming over the network or even pugging in direct without the higher quality DAC....yes?

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Anything to get the sound off the crappy built-in sound chips would have to be a major improvement.

 

I take my signal thru a USB outboard convertor, then to my digital mixer to the studio monitors. Not exactly the same as you are doing. But very close, in that it's using higher end convertors for the D/A conversion. Got a pic of this bad boy?

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Anything to get the sound off the crappy built-in sound chips would have to be a major improvement.

 

I take my signal thru a USB outboard convertor, then to my digital mixer to the studio monitors. Not exactly the same as you are doing. But very close, in that it's using higher end convertors for the D/A conversion. Got a pic of this bad boy?

 

here's the product link. got mine on eBay.

 

http://www.fiio.net/en/products/38

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I have been looking at a Schiit Modi 2 uber DAC unit on Amazon. Modi 2 has USB and Optical out.

 

What I want to do is plug my Apple TV unit into the DAC via an optical out cable and then plug the Modi 2 uber into my stereo.

 

Then I can stream music from laptop to Apple TV to DAC to stereo. There is a slight bit of over-sampling from the Apple TV but most reports are that it sounds great.

 

Still haven't pulled trigger on purchase but its on the to do list.

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I have been looking at a Schiit Modi 2 uber DAC unit on Amazon. Modi 2 has USB and Optical out.

 

What I want to do is plug my Apple TV unit into the DAC via an optical out cable and then plug the Modi 2 uber into my stereo.

 

Then I can stream music from laptop to Apple TV to DAC to stereo. There is a slight bit of over-sampling from the Apple TV but most reports are that it sounds great.

 

Still haven't pulled trigger on purchase but its on the to do list.

sounds like a plan. i plugged my computer-->DAC-->stereo amplifier today and sound was much improved over streaming.

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I have been looking at a Schiit Modi 2 uber DAC unit on Amazon. Modi 2 has USB and Optical out.

 

What I want to do is plug my Apple TV unit into the DAC via an optical out cable and then plug the Modi 2 uber into my stereo.

 

Then I can stream music from laptop to Apple TV to DAC to stereo. There is a slight bit of over-sampling from the Apple TV but most reports are that it sounds great.

 

Still haven't pulled trigger on purchase but its on the to do list.

I am a little confused by this thread. Forgive my ignorance but what is the difference of plugging the apple TV optical out into a dac? Why not plugging that Apple TV optical out directly into the receiver? Is it just because the receiver might not have an optical input?

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I am a little confused by this thread. Forgive my ignorance but what is the difference of plugging the apple TV optical out into a dac? Why not plugging that Apple TV optical out directly into the receiver? Is it just because the receiver might not have an optical input?

You've gone above my pay grade on that one. anybody else?

 

My rudimentary understanding is that the USB to DAC bypasses the computer sound card; and when i go USB-DAC-Stereo the sound is better than what i get from streaming.

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The DAC improves the sound of MP3's ( some say making it CD quality). YMMV. The Apple TV would allow a user to stream from their laptop through airplay to Apple TV into a DAC.

 

That way I don't have to plug my laptop into the DAC. I haven't done this but have read about it online. suppose to work

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The DAC improves the sound of MP3's ( some say making it CD quality). YMMV. The Apple TV would allow a user to stream from their laptop through airplay to Apple TV into a DAC.

 

That way I don't have to plug my laptop into the DAC. I haven't done this but have read about it online. suppose to work

right, that's my understanding too. Improves mp3, AAC, Lossless, as well. it bypasses the computer sound card and goes through the DAC.

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