hello,
first i have to say im from germany, so sorry for my bad english.
i've buyed the stax set 4040 (there is also a tube headphone amplifier included ) and now i need an DAC for my notebook.
i dont want to spend too much money for a dac.
the rme adi-2 is cheap and looks not bad for me, but the only thing what i dont like is, that there is no usb or firewire and only a toslink.
my sony vgn-aw11z/b notebook also has a toslink, but dont i have with firewire or usb better quality because then i am independently from my soundcard ?
does anybody know if my optical out from my sony vgn-aw11z/b (with realtek high definition audio) is "bit-perfect" ?
what do you think is an alternative for the rme adi-2?
the apogee mini dac firewire would be great , but there are no more drivers for windows 7.
and i only need the dac for music playback , i dont want to record or something different, i ony need 2 channels and i dont need an amp.
for more good dac suggestions i would be thankful.
