Also, why do you want a external DAC? The built in one is very, very good
http://boards.openpa...2892#entry32892
This I was not aware of. However I do have a couple of really high impedance headphones that need a LOT of power to function, and the DAC I would use has a built-in amp for power-hungry headphones.
If the USB DAC doesn't work, I'll just connect the unit to the Pandora's line out, now that I know the Pandora has a good DAC. Thanks for the info.
And also, there are quite a selection of media player software. Is there any particular reason for foobar2000, i.e. is there something it does that is crucial for you? If you tell us the necessary feature, we might help you with the selection
I mean,
http://repo.openpand...at=Player&s=new
Foobar is very, VERY lightweight, full-featured, and has the best software-based equalizer I've ever found. The main thing is the Equalizer, because some of my headphones sound weird on portable players and need a little bit of EQing to get them to sound the way I want.