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RE: Cheap dac for smart phone to receiver.

Posted by Roseval on December 18, 2016 at 02:58:51:
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/