I am not sure, if I understand all questions correctly, but here we go.Hi @betula thanks for your impressions of the A6, helps people like me who is deciding. I do have a few questions though:
1. What are the benefits of having digital out to external DAC through its existing ports?
2. Is one of the benefits for people who want to use the USB-C port connection for computers?
3. I read that "serious" audio gear should have I2S port, is the USB-C port on the A6/ME really inferior when connecting to external DAC?
1, Do you mean what are the benefits of using an external DAC? To me it is better sound as I described above.
2, For me using the USB-C port would serve only convenience purposes. I would only use it for watching movies/YT and hear the sound through my external DAC.
3, I use the regular 3.0 USB-A output on the A6 for music streaming to my external DAC. IMO don't get too lost in output ports. The debate is similar to balanced or single ended headphone outputs: the implementation matters most of all, no port is really superior/inferior in general.