What's a good PC to stereo interface?

[wingman0121]

What kind of sound card are you guys using to listen to music from your PC?

 

[tygr]

An external DAC works VERY well for this.

 

[Karl vd Berg]

Denon's own:

http://www.denon.co.uk/uk/product/p...ents&subid=usbdaconverters&productid=da300usb

 

[Br1ck]

A Schitt Modi DAC is cheap and good.

 

[wingman0121]

Those two look very nice indeed, are there any that also do surround sound and have an optical digital output? I know plenty of soundcards have them but I question their quality... I had an Audigy ZS 2 that developed popping noises, my Asus Xonar DG died awhile back and the replacement went haywire today, it still works but I can no longer go into the menu to change settings.

 

[Karl vd Berg]

Any external USB DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter) is better, practical, reliable and easy to use than PC soundcards, in my opinion...

The Behringer UCA202 is a little champion over here and might cost less than a CD now.
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=438423

See also:
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=275123

 

[AlTinkster92]

The Aune T-1 tube DAC is great, love mine and you can roll the tubes although the EH that comes with it is very good.

 

[arcorob]

You would love this DAC

Has all the connections you can possibly desire. AUNE has become a serious name in DAC's without breaking the bank

http://www.amazon.com/24bit-Headphone-Preamp-WM8805-PCM1793/dp/B00AHRFBO6

 

[ZombyWoof]

A Schitt Modi DAC is cheap and good.

+1 :thmbsp:

 

[markn2wae]

UCA202 works for me.

Any external USB DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter) is better, practical, reliable and easy to use than PC soundcards, in my opinion...

The Behringer UCA202 is a little champion over here and might cost less than a CD now.
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=438423

See also:
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=275123

The Behringer UCA202 works for me, I use it with Audacity for dubbing RR tapes to CD on a laptop.

Mark T.

 

[JoeESP9]

The consensus seems to be that an external USB DAC is the way to go. I'm in agreement with this. They are available from ~$35 to "Are you serious?". Only you can decide how much to spend.