First time headfier looking for some guidance for a computer setup - Page 2

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Originally Posted by PurpleAngel 

The Asus Xonar DG sound card is cheap, comes with Dolby Digital (Dolby Virtual Headphone). but would only work with your desktop.

The Fiio E10 (USB/DAC/Headphone amplifier) would work with your desktop and Transformer tablet.

 

 

The E10 would work with the transformer? Not that I doubt you but where did you find that info? I've never come across it. Going by that rule any DAC that works through USB should be able to work right?

How good is the xonar DG for music.

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Originally Posted by RayleighSilvers 
The E10 would work with the transformer? Not that I doubt you but where did you find that info? I've never come across it. Going by that rule any DAC that works through USB should be able to work right?

How good is the xonar DG for music.

Big oops, I thought the Transformer tablet was Windows OS, so E10 not a good idea for it.

Music should work fine with the Xonar DG.

If you spend $150 for a HRT Music Streamer II+ DAC to go along with the E9, music would sound better.

Oh, we aren't using Windows. Whoa!

Anyways, Fiio makes a S/PDIF DAC - the D3. It's less money. I'm skeptical of more expensive DtoAs that don't offer more features ($150 isn't terrible though, and I believe Fiio has something similar to the E7 that does S/PDIF and will plug into the E9, it's called something like E11 or E17 or something like that - it's new). 

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Originally Posted by PurpleAngel 

Big oops, I thought the Transformer tablet was Windows OS, so E10 not a good idea for it.

Music should work fine with the Xonar DG.

If you spend $150 for a HRT Music Streamer II+ DAC to go along with the E9, music would sound better.

 

 

I went through the manual for the Asus Transformer tablet, nothing listed for sending a digital audio signal out of the USB ports.

So there's no DAC solution here unless Android will work with USB streaming audio (nothing about USB says this can't be so, it'd be an OS issue). Guessing you're probably limited to analog out unless you have something that will work with HDMI (Gefen makes a few devices, they all probably cost more than the tablet itself).

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Originally Posted by PurpleAngel 

I went through the manual for the Asus Transformer tablet, nothing listed for sending a digital audio signal out of the USB ports.

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Originally Posted by obobskivich 

Oh, we aren't using Windows. Whoa!

 

Anyways, Fiio makes a S/PDIF DAC - the D3. It's less money. I'm skeptical of more expensive DtoAs that don't offer more features ($150 isn't terrible though, and I believe Fiio has something similar to the E7 that does S/PDIF and will plug into the E9, it's called something like E11 or E17 or something like that - it's new). 

 

Using an S/PDIF out would defeat the purpose of the Dac wouldn't it? S//PDIF outputs in digital?

What?

You cannot use a DAC unless you have a digital signal...it converts digital to analog. So S/PDIF would be required there.

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Originally Posted by RayleighSilvers 

Using an S/PDIF out would defeat the purpose of the Dac wouldn't it? S//PDIF outputs in digital?

 

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Originally Posted by obobskivich 

What?

 

You cannot use a DAC unless you have a digital signal...it converts digital to analog. So S/PDIF would be required there.

 

Sorry I think I mistunderstood your previous post then. Yes your right about the DAC. Unless they use USB to transfer Digital info, they would need an S/PDIF or optical out.