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Astell & Kern’s new USB-C DAC promises hi-fi audio for phones without headphone jacks – The Verge
Astell & Kern has a new DAC designed for USB-C devices — think of it as a 3.5mm headphone jack that’s been juiced up to offer even better quality, with a $150 price…
With 32bit/384kHz playback support
Astell & Kern the company best known for its high-end portable digital audio players is making a USB-C DAC (digital-to-analog converter) thats designed to help get better-sounding audio from modern smartphones and computers that may lack a 3.5mm headphone jack.
If you want to use any digital device with a 3.5mm headphone jack, you need a DAC. Older devices that had 3.5mm headphone jacks featured integrated DACs (some better than others, like LGs famous Quad DAC…
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