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Quote from: MakersMarc on March 05, 2019, 04:04:32 PMQuote from: heathen on March 05, 2019, 03:31:47 PMTeac UD-501 is $550 with free shipping here: https://hifiheaven.net/shop/TEAC-UD-501-Dual-Monaural-D-A-Converter-with-USB-Streaming-in-Black?language=en¤cy=USD&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIopCM9urr4AIV1Rx9Ch0WOgrbEAYYASABEgLIX_D_BwEI have no idea about whether or not it has "warmth," but it uses excellent DAC chips (BurrBrown) in a dual mono design. This is as good a DAC as anyone is likely to ever need.That looks fantastic!So I'm thinking one of these and a cheap pc so I can play windows files, and stream MQA from Tidal. You might be able to do that with a Raspberry Pi. I haven't used Tidal though so I'm not 100% sure. If it does work, though, the Pi makes a very cheap and efficient PC substitute.
Quote from: heathen on March 05, 2019, 03:31:47 PMTeac UD-501 is $550 with free shipping here: https://hifiheaven.net/shop/TEAC-UD-501-Dual-Monaural-D-A-Converter-with-USB-Streaming-in-Black?language=en¤cy=USD&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIopCM9urr4AIV1Rx9Ch0WOgrbEAYYASABEgLIX_D_BwEI have no idea about whether or not it has "warmth," but it uses excellent DAC chips (BurrBrown) in a dual mono design. This is as good a DAC as anyone is likely to ever need.That looks fantastic!So I'm thinking one of these and a cheap pc so I can play windows files, and stream MQA from Tidal.
Teac UD-501 is $550 with free shipping here: https://hifiheaven.net/shop/TEAC-UD-501-Dual-Monaural-D-A-Converter-with-USB-Streaming-in-Black?language=en¤cy=USD&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIopCM9urr4AIV1Rx9Ch0WOgrbEAYYASABEgLIX_D_BwEI have no idea about whether or not it has "warmth," but it uses excellent DAC chips (BurrBrown) in a dual mono design. This is as good a DAC as anyone is likely to ever need.
Quote from: heathen on March 05, 2019, 04:21:24 PMQuote from: MakersMarc on March 05, 2019, 04:04:32 PMQuote from: heathen on March 05, 2019, 03:31:47 PMTeac UD-501 is $550 with free shipping here: https://hifiheaven.net/shop/TEAC-UD-501-Dual-Monaural-D-A-Converter-with-USB-Streaming-in-Black?language=en¤cy=USD&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIopCM9urr4AIV1Rx9Ch0WOgrbEAYYASABEgLIX_D_BwEI have no idea about whether or not it has "warmth," but it uses excellent DAC chips (BurrBrown) in a dual mono design. This is as good a DAC as anyone is likely to ever need.That looks fantastic!So I'm thinking one of these and a cheap pc so I can play windows files, and stream MQA from Tidal. You might be able to do that with a Raspberry Pi. I haven't used Tidal though so I'm not 100% sure. If it does work, though, the Pi makes a very cheap and efficient PC substitute.For the dummies like me, how is the pi a pc substitute? Can I just plug an external drive into the pi? Or does it have its own storage?
Thanks for that kindms and heathen, really appreciate it. So how do I browse files on the HDD, and an even dumber question, applicable to usb DAC too, where do I hit “play”.
So I’m going the pc>dac route. How do I get the windows pc to output audio from usb>DAC?