Watchdog

Could someone please explain to me what I2S is?

I'm also disappointed by the lack of a volume control. If it had one, as does the Benchmark DAC-1 then it could be used as a preamp and I could eliminate one component from the chain. <br /> <br /> I'd like to take a optical or coax output from my computers sound card into the DAC Magic and into a set of Dynaudio powered speakers. Because the Dynaudio have no volume control on them I guess I'd have to purchase a passive volume control if I were to use them with the DAC Magic. Here's hoping next year they create a version with a volume control.<br /> <br /> Do users want this? Well, the DAC-1 can now be had in a preamp version so I think there are enough of us out there who would like a combination DAC/Preamp.