Anyone else use these?
This shit changed my life.
what is?
>>65698771
you have a long road ahead of you cause thats low end as fuck.
>>65698791
a preamp
looks too fragile i'd probably fuck it up
>>65698791
A magical music enhancer.
https://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-DragonFly-Black-USB-Converter/dp/B01DP5JHHI/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1466056094&sr=8-10&keywords=dragonfly
>>65698813
its a DAC ya ninny
>>65698810
Should I get the 200 dollar one?
>99 dollars for a preamp
yeah fuck you jew
>>65698830
nah, get something with a beefier analog stage and some actual amplification like an O2 ODAC or a Schiit modi magni stack.
>>65698824
oh my bad
>>65698832
its a DAC ya ninny
why is it better than the aux output from my computer/whatever else?
>>65698771
>he fell for the DAC meme
>>65698857
moves the digital to analog conversion process off the motherboard reducing electromagnetic interference which can be clearly audible on some shitty mobos. then it amps up the signal with an opamp. so it basically compensates for a shitty mobo if you are using headphones. there are vastly better solutions for not unreasonable increases in budget.
>>65698771
>believing in snake oils
You deserved it
>>65698884
>keking sluts
outboard DACs have a place in the audio chain.
>>65698849
>>65698884
how does a little usb thingy convert digital to analog?
why would you want to?
i'm using audioengine d1. sounds great
>>65698898
aren't analog signals more susceptible to interference?
if the digital signal is already poor how will converting it help?
>>65698919
with a small chip called a digital to analog converter, you can not play digital audio without one, speakers are an analog device, everything that can make sound has a dac in it somewhere, they range from extremely high end and expensive. to pennies and made from the finest chineseium.
>>65698952
ok so what's the point of it again?
what product has the means to output audio via usb and no aux?
>>65698949
as i said here >>65698952
if you dont have a DAC you dont have music, speakers can not play a digital audio file they must be converted first. digital music is a long chain of 5 volt pulses, these are the 1s and 0s the dac reads this chain and assmbles the analog signal from the data which it then sends to an op amp or a discreet amp if you pay more, which then amplifies the signal to a listenable level and sends it to the speakers.
![81oOLsIsB-L._SL1500_[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/qnQS0Jn.jpg "81oOLsIsB-L._SL1500_[1].jpg")
how does a DAC compare to pic related?
>>65698985
the aux is on the other end, its on the left in that photo. usb goes into the port, headphones plug into the other end.
this is one of the smallest form factors for this type of thing out there and most look like a small box that sits on the desk and uses a USB cable.
>>65698997
that is an audio interface for a mic, you can use it for basically the same function but its more for recording purposes and likely skimps on its headphone amplification section in favor of its ghost power section for the mic that would be hooked up to it.
$200 will get you pic related which will totally eliminate any mobo related sound issues you may be having and provide good power headroom for all but the highest of impedance headphones. like the hifiman HE-6
>>65699020
thanks for trying,
i'm old and confus
>>65699071
forgot the pic
its a Schiit magni modi stack.
>>65698847
Nah schiit vali is the way to go
>>65699178
its plate voltage is so low the tube isn't doing much else but glowing for you. there is no point, if you are going the tube route get high impedance cans and a nice single ended OTL.
>>65698898
Or you can listen to music on an mp3 player or a good phone and avoid buying all that shit
>>65699250
mp3 player fine, but on a phone even with shitty earbuds you can hear the electromagnetic interference, plug in your headphones and play some music, during a quiet passage open your pictures, you will literally hear the processor loading the image. lower impedance headphones like earbuds are the most sensitive to this issue.
>>65698771
I don't use a preamp, but my headphone jack busted on my computer and i use something that's near identical that's basically a USB to 3.5MM thingie
like $10 bucks
>>65698997
I have a 200 dollar M-Audio Profire 610 and it works well for me. The interface functions as an external soundcard. If you have a moderately priced one, 100$-up, just use that instead of buying a DAC.
>one of those cheap Lepai amps meant for poverty tier turntables
>a set of old passive speakers from a thrift shop
>RCA to 3.5mm cable
>speaker wire
And that's how you build a nice computer audio setup for dirt cheap, about 50 dollars altogether if you find good speakers for cheap
>>65700006
my nigger
>>65700006
he's not wrong.
but then OP posted a headphone product and this anon has already evolved to the higher plane of speaker listening so its not really fair.
w-what's a preamp?
>>65700107
I think preamp is for speakers. OP's pic is a DAC. It converts the digital signal into an analog one that your headphones/speakers can interpret. Every music player has one, but they can vary in quality and features
