[Brian_the_King]

I do not follow hi-fi audio so closely as I used to, but in three weeks both my iPod and DCM-280 have expired... I'm thinking it would be really nice to use the bitstream from my laptop's HDMI port -> DAC -> analog receiver / LDI+. Is this an option without spending many hundred dollars?

 

[Brian_the_King]

"Not really," to answer my own question. I've decided to buy an XDA-2 for home speaker / headphone use and a Fiio E07K for use with my phone.