prot
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mmm.......BUY a laptop that is not noisy. It's not the job of the CDM to make your lousy source sound clean/silent. My Microsoft Surface Pro 3 is silent as a church mouse. No need for USB whatchamacallit.
That's one way to look at it.
OTOH, a computer is not an audio device, its only job is to process and deliver databits..and the main reason why external/separate DACs exist is to deal with the noise from the player/source. It's one of the most important advantages of an external DAC, most of them do that pretty well and it's a must have feature in this price range.
Also, what's the purpose of carrying a huge battery inside the CDM if the electrical noise from the source is not dealt with?
Hopefully the reviews will come in soon and we'll know then if the CDM does it right and is worth the price.