[ast]

My current DAC is excellent but a bit old and doesn't have USB input.  I am listening all my music out of computers now and my Laptop only has USB output.   Any recommendations?     Budget is flexible while I put more weight on SQ and USB input.
 
I have looked at EMM Labs DAC2 which looks great on specs, but seems the use base is quite small,  not a lot of views.  
 
 
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[MorbidToaster]

If you have a good old school DAC why not get a USB to SPDIF converter like the Audio-gd DI?
 
A lot of DACs have poorly implmented USB sections anyway and a lot of people run coverters with USB DACs because the Coax in sounds better.