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Hi...

 

I am new on this audiophile stuff and am looking to start building a good setup.

 

I currently have a dell laptop with a Reatek ACL268 sound card with no digital output, but i plan to replace it with a Macbook Pro sometime in the near future. I also have a custom built desktop.

 

I am looking for a setup that i can use for both having audio (mainly for listening to music from high quality files and movies) on my devices and to record from my bass and a guitar in the future.

 

What would be the recomended setup to allow me to use on both computer?

 

I saw that there is some usb devices specific for recording like M-Audio FastTrack or Steinberg CI2+, but as far as i have seen they dont provide digital output so i can hookup to a DAC (or could i just skip a DAC in this setup), or even if i can use then as my computers "sound card".

 

Sorry my poor english, it is not my first language. And sorry the dumb question, i am really just getting into the audiophile world.

 

Cheers,

Thiago