Chromebook as source?

[zimou13]

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[ScubaMan2017]

So a quick update: the Acer Chromebook R11 is working flawlessly with the JDS Labs ODAC and the rest of my setup. Using Flac on a 200GB SD card and the Tidal (HiFi) Android app. I also have Ubuntu on this chromebook using Crouton and can use an external CD drive to rip audio CD's.

This is an old thread. @jasonb ... is your listening setup (using a chromebook) still working out for you?

 

[jasonb]

This is an old thread. @jasonb ... is your listening setup (using a chromebook) still working out for you?

Yes it is.

 

[hddoc]

Hi jasonb,

Can you confirm that Chromebooks pass full bandwidth 24-bit audio from the USB-C port rather than a truncated 16-bits?

 

[ScubaMan2017]

Not @jasonb ; however, I'm rocking the current setup:
Acer Chromebook -- USB 3.0 -- Schiit Audio's EITR (a USB-to-SPIDIF converter & reclocker [?!]) -- 1 ft., re-purposed RCA cable -- Schiit Modi Multibit (DAC) -- (headamps/tone-control). I'm doing all 16-bit files ripped from discs.

I'm using Foobar2000 and VLC software (for Android) on my Chromebook. These applications have less features than the Windows' version of VLC & Foobar. Pity. I'm happy with the sound quality; however, my Chromebook feels pretty locked-down (not a lot of tweaking & bandwidth changing ability). Meh...