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Budget USB DACs
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aphexii
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Are there many options out there for $50 and under DAC's? I don't need anything spectacular, just something better than my headphone out on my Macbook.
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Yes, the Behringer UCA202. It has Analog out (RCA), optical out, and headphone out.
It's great for something to throw into your laptop bag or take to work. If I remember it sounds decent from the headphone out. Definitely worth the $30.
It's also entirely usb powered.
| Originally Posted by aphexii /img/forum/go_quote.gif Are there many options out there for $50 and under DAC's? I don't need anything spectacular, just something better than my headphone out on my Macbook. |
Yes, the Behringer UCA202. It has Analog out (RCA), optical out, and headphone out.
It's great for something to throw into your laptop bag or take to work. If I remember it sounds decent from the headphone out. Definitely worth the $30.
It's also entirely usb powered.
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I haven't tried it myself, but I'd imagine that this might compete as one of the best DACs at that price point.
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The U-Control (UCA202) headphone out is decent but not quite as airy and spacious as a 5.5G iPod headphone out or Macbook headphone out. I sold mine to Baines93 after I tested it out. Even the Creative X-fi Xmod USB sounds a little better (but has more hiss with custom IEM).
| Originally Posted by Punnisher /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yes, the Behringer UCA202. It has Analog out (RCA), optical out, and headphone out. It's great for something to throw into your laptop bag or take to work. If I remember it sounds decent from the headphone out. Definitely worth the $30. It's also entirely usb powered. |
The U-Control (UCA202) headphone out is decent but not quite as airy and spacious as a 5.5G iPod headphone out or Macbook headphone out. I sold mine to Baines93 after I tested it out. Even the Creative X-fi Xmod USB sounds a little better (but has more hiss with custom IEM).
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Musical Fidelity V-DAC.
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170 € (little over 200$). Specs unquestionable. 24 bit 192 KHz upsampling. 170 ps total jitter, signal-to-noise 116 dB. Weight 350g, nice solid built black metal case, Coax, Optical and USB inputs. As for results, all I can say is it takes my ripped flac files in the laptop and makes them sound not a bit worse than good old Denon DCD 1420 with same heaphone amp and cans.
Welcome to Musical Fidelity
170 € (little over 200$). Specs unquestionable. 24 bit 192 KHz upsampling. 170 ps total jitter, signal-to-noise 116 dB. Weight 350g, nice solid built black metal case, Coax, Optical and USB inputs. As for results, all I can say is it takes my ripped flac files in the laptop and makes them sound not a bit worse than good old Denon DCD 1420 with same heaphone amp and cans.
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I wonder how the super pro dac compares with a pro-ject usb box or a fubar II dac
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