@moderator: you may want this move to "The Server Room". In another thread sryan2k1 mentioned he really doesn't like DACs in datacenter rack situations and prefers to use optics and fibre. I have used ...

I just ordered an Audioengine A2 speaker set and additionally the D1 DAC. I was going to opt for the A2+ but they're $50 more and I won't be using the built in DAC...the D1 seems to overcome the ...

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Now that pretty much every major streaming music service — except Spotify — offers lossless audio options at CD-quality or better, you may be wondering how you can hear that extra level of sound ...

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The Fiio K7 will dramatically improve the quality of your desktop listening. Skip your computer’s audio jack and plug the K7 into its USB port for a true revelation. The Fiio K7 desktop DAC and ...

The iFi xDSD Gryphon is the all-in-one tool you need to extract the full hi-res audio experience from your audiophile headphones. iFi Audio’s xDSD Gryphon is a remarkably versatile DAC and headphone ...

As he surveys his audience of system architects, designers, and methodologists, former Cadence CEO Joe Costello will kick off the 43rd Design Automation Conference (July 24-28, Moscone Center, San ...

For the DAC itself, various types of errors are given in the datasheet — for example, the integral-nonlinearity (INL) error, which relates to the difference between the ideal output voltage and the ...