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RE: noobie looking at pc audio/dac

Posted by bullethead on April 4, 2015 at 18:26:47

In Reply to: noobie looking at pc audio/dac posted by rockanroller on April 4, 2015 at 16:53:17:

Hello,

yes you can find affordable DACs, you can check musicdirect.com or acousticsounds.com for some great high end DACs that would fit your budget. Get one with a USB input as you should be plugging in your Macintosh laptop into the DAC using the USB and playing back music from the laptop.

iTunes should be a first step to see how everything works, you can rip your compact disks into ALAC or better known as Apple Lossless. Once you get everything setup there are other players and formats to use but beginning with a good DAC and testing with iTunes first should be a good start.

This PC Audio hobby gets complicated, so if you are happy with the sound you get from that initial setup you can stop there. If you want really high end playback then you'll need perhaps more money for a better DAC and software. At your budget you can find something that works for you in terms of a DAC with a USB input that works with Macintosh.

Good luck.

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