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In Reply to: RE: Cheap dac for smart phone to receiver. posted by mjcmt on December 17, 2016 at 12:09:27
Maybe the AudioQuest DragonFly Black at $100. You didn't provide a price range.
The DragonFly series are sold by a number of mail order outfits like Music Direct, Audio Advisor, Crutchfield, Amazon, etc.
On a related note, maybe you don't need a USB DAC but just a headphone amp to amplify the 3.5mm analog output from your phone.
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I thought the Dragonfly was a headphone dac. To clarify I'm looking for a dac w/ rca outputs to input the receivers aux inputs. I suppose I could use the headphone output. Would this match to high level inputs of receiver.Truthfully I'm looking for cheaper if possible.
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I guess I don't know what you want after all.
Those cables are what I'm using now. I would like to use the mini usb port on my phone into a DAC and use rca's from the DAC into a high level input on the receiver. I thought it shouldn't be to complicated, but I guess it is.
But it's $100, and you may be better off with a simple headphone amp / buffer to drive your receiver / amp. I'm not convinced you need a USB DAC and as PAR mentioned, digital audio output via USB from a smartphone isn't always as straight forward as you might think, especially on Android phones. On iPhone it's is a breeze via the Lightning connector.
I'm not familiar with sub $100 DACs but there are dozens to choose from on eBay and Amazon. Maybe have a look at those reviews and ratings.
Headphone amps (the portable ones) are battery powered.
Bit inconvenient
The stationary headphone amps are probably more expensive than you are willing to spend.
USB DACs: USB audio on Android is still in its infancy. I wonder if the Fiio you mentioned can be used as a USB DAC as it requires Android to support 24 bits over USB.
You might as well have a look at Bluetooth receivers.
They are cheap and you can stream from your phone to the Bluetooth receiver connected to the stereo.
An even cheaper solution is Chrome cast audio ($25)
https://www.google.com/chromecast/audio/
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