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RE: What do you want?

Posted by PAR on December 17, 2016 at 22:52:11:
No, I am not saying that you have to get a headphone DAC. I am saying that I don't know anything about any products cheaper than a Dragonfly.
The item that you link to is not known to me and so I cannot either recommend it or dismiss it ( NB: it is easier for us all if you post a link into the field provided in the "Post a Message" box. Then it appears in your post as a clickable link).
As a general thought, ideally you need to know the typical output impedence of the DAC and the impedence of the receiver input that you want to use to see if they are compatible ( the latter should be at least 10x the former). A DAC that has line outputs is preferable to a headphone output as the latter has already sent the signal through an amplifier to drive the 'phones and you are going to send the signal through a further amplifier. However both will give you sound via your receiver. Whether it would be "better" or gives "more volume" is unknown to me as I don't know what it is being compared with.
I am also saying that you can't rely on a phone USB output just "working" for audio. You may need to install an app that checks if the USB output will support (host) an external USB device for this purpose. Some do not as supplied by the manufacturer and require the port to be activated. I am also saying that some phones or phone OS versions will not support high quality audio output, for example if you are using hi -rez FLAC files. Again you may need to install a suitable app.
A "regular" DAC normally has coaxial and/or optical inputs but not necessarily a USB input although the latter is now more common. One of these without a USB input will not work for you unless you also use a USB/Co-ax converter.