[loungecat]

Hi Guys.

Just need a bit of direction I guess.
Firstly My components Audeze-LCD2C Headphones
XPS 15 DELL Laptop,with Tidal subscription
Audio Gd NFB 11.28.
I'm currently using USB into my Audio Gd at the moment I don;t have any FLAC Albums, I mainly stream Tidal for the Convenience.
I'm asking those that have be doing this a lot longer than me... Is this the best Audio source for my amp (Laptop)?
Given I'm restricted to a USB input and the on board sound card is probably not up to spec, compared to a stand alone sound card.
Is there anyway I can improve this? Maybe with something between the laptop and Amp?
Any thoughts or suggestions are most welcome

It's dark in this Rabbit hole sometimes...

 

[PurpleAngel]

USB bypasses sound card features, so whatever audio hardware (sound card) is built into the laptop or a sound card add to the laptop at a later date, will not effect a USB connection to a DAC (NFB-11.28).

 

[PointyFox]

I have $4,000+ headphone systems and do 90% of my listening on YouTube.

Make sure you're actually getting a benefit from the higher bitrate.

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/06/02/411473508/how-well-can-you-hear-audio-quality

 

[loungecat]

USB bypasses sound card features, so whatever audio hardware (sound card) is built into the laptop or a sound card add to the laptop at a later date, will not effect a USB connection to a DAC (NFB-11.28).

OK I never realized that, thanks for pointing that out