My system-on-chip already has an onboard codec. So why should I bother with using external converters? As an audio marketing manager, I get asked this question by many different customers. When we ...

So, I have recently bot the Onkyo TX 8050 receiver. It is a stereo speaker (not A/V), but it does have digital inputs, optical and coax. I am using Apple TV as source audio, into the optical input in ...

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The most important thing to remember about both DACs and ADCs is that either the input or output is digital, and therefore the signal is quantized. That is, an N-bit word represents one of 2 N ...

The iBasso DC03 portable DAC-Amplifier is priced at Rs. 4,999, and promises to serve as a capable bridge between the high-resolution music on your smartphone or computer, and your budget audiophile ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

NAD Electronics announced the affordable DAC 1 Wireless Audio USB Digital-to-Analog Converter that features Point-to-Point Wireless Audio that transmits uncompressed 16/48 music. The DAC 1 is simple ...