[jarthel]

I guess the title says it all.

I am ripping my CD collection to lossless and wondering if I require an external DAC (and the possibility of skipping the built-in wolfson DAC. If this is possible, how can I bypass the Wolfson?). Or maybe the Wolfson DAC are good enough?

thank you

 

[FallenAngel]

Possible - yes; do you want to - questionable.

Your question implies you don't know what a DAC is. A DAC is a Digital to Analog Converter. If you don't want to use the onboard Wolfson DAC, simply use a digital output to an external DAC. Now I would say that the Wolfon DAC is quite good, you might just want to replace the output coupling caps with something nicer. Take a look at the one I have for sale, possibilities are endless.

 

[jarthel]

Quote:

Originally Posted by FallenAngel /img/forum/go_quote.gif Your question implies you don't know what a DAC is.

I know what a DAC is. The question is about the quality of the wolfson DAC and if it is necessary to have an external DAC if the Wolfson is not good enough

 

[FallenAngel]

Like I said, necessary, of course not, it's a DAC and a nice one at that. Are there better DACs out there, of course, but not within 5x the price.