If you ’ve dropped a little fortune on a squeamish pair of over - the - spike headphones but are just connecting them to your laptop ’s build - in earphone jack , you ’re likely not hearing everything you paid for . For a better sonic experience , a dedicated DAC — ordigital to analog converter — is the route you want to go . And Cambridge Audio has bring off to squeeze its new DacMagic XS into a package as modest as a matchbox — so it ’s unbelievably portable .
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Technically an external DAC is replicate the functionality of what your laptop already has built - in , but think of it as swop out the crappy earbuds that number with your smartphone . With a 24 - flake digital to analog converter , the DacMagic XS can handle up to 24 - bit , 192kHz high quality wakeless files , while its adenosine monophosphate puts out 150mW of power . So not only will the euphony coming through your earpiece sound better , it will be louder too , but without the twisting .
At$189the DacMagic XS falls somewhere between the $ 39Hifiman Express HM-101and the $ 300Meridian Explorer . But it also strikes a reasonable rest in terms of functionality , while coming in as the small USB DAC on the market . And for audiophiles who are always on the go with their laptop , that could easy be its killer feature . [ Cambridge Audio ]
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