On 10/08, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Sun, 8 Oct 2017 21:07:36 +0100, dekkzz78@xxxxxxxxx wrote:I have been offered a usb fiio dac and i was thinking 1) compatability with linux?Hi, google if that device is class compliant.2) are there better more linux friendly DACs?You neither mentioned what product from the usb fiio DACs, nor for what purpose. However, class compliant audio device are "linux friendly", those that require a proprietary driver aren't. Regarding the purpose,
maybe to get better output sound quality than provided by the onboard device, not only the quality of the used DAC is important, much important is the design of the analog circuit. A cheap device with a "BASS-OFF-ON"-switch is probably not what you want to use as a decent headphone amp.
Correct the laptop is a Thinkpad T61 and i find its output isn't as good as my X32 with its old 32bit chipset. Although the T61 has an early digital output on it's dock which i might input into my hifi amp as a trial.
For my taste the headphone amp of my RME HDSPe AIO is very good, while the two of my Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 don't fit to my needs, so I seriously doubt that I would like one of the fiio DACs, but I might be mistaken. Consider to read reviews about the DAC and amp chips they are using. I've seen they advertise by mentioning the DAC and amp chips for at least some of their products.
Thx good advice.
Regards, Ralf _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
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