What exactly is a DAC?
Mar 19, 2009 at 10:35 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 20
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Is it like a soundcard I can plug into my comp. For better quality?
 
Mar 20, 2009 at 10:16 AM Post #4 of 20
Let me google that for you

...or use the search button.
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Mar 21, 2009 at 1:20 AM Post #6 of 20
like a process chip transform from digital file .mp3 or .aac .flac to become sounds, i used to think that in .mp3 has sounds too, no it is digital and it needs sth to make it become sounds, like digital in ur head transform it to voice through ur mouth. MP3 player, computer, CD player all has dac i think
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Mar 27, 2009 at 6:02 PM Post #7 of 20
Actually it doesn't convert from mp3 to sound signals directly. I think there is usually processing done by a cpu that converts mp3 or wma into a digital stream. This digital stream is then converted by the dac into analog.
 
Mar 28, 2009 at 3:42 AM Post #8 of 20
Takes the digital 0's and 1's and makes them into an analog EM signal that the amplifier and cables can carry to your headphones or speakers.
CD palyers were one of the first DAC's. They use a laser to read a digital image of 0's or 1's and convert them into an electrical current that wires can carry to your speakers or headphones.
 
Mar 28, 2009 at 8:04 PM Post #10 of 20
If you are being confused as to how you have ever heard audio without a DAC before, there is already one built into your sound card. How good it is, probably not very much.. Plugging the external DAC into the USB will just bypass the sound card's built in one.
 
Mar 28, 2009 at 8:05 PM Post #11 of 20
Digital Audio Converter
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Mar 28, 2009 at 9:14 PM Post #13 of 20
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Originally Posted by ChroniCali /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Digital Audio Converter
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Guess you also need a lesson...
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DAC is short for Digital to Analog Converter.
 
Mar 28, 2009 at 10:11 PM Post #14 of 20
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Let me google that for you

...or use the search button.
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Thanks for the link krmathis! Design Automation Conference it is. No wait, Dakota Athletic Conference looks better. Hmm... but it could also be Davies Arnold Cooper. Yeah, I'll go with that one.
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Mar 29, 2009 at 8:13 AM Post #15 of 20
^ Yeah, it could be all of them.
But since this is a highly audio dependent forum I would go for the audio related long-name.
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