primordial
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I'm playing music from my MacBook. I (will shortly) have a JDS Atom amp. It seems the only way I can get audio to the amp is to use the headphone jack, which passes through the computer's internal DAC and amp (there is no TOSLINK on this model).
This leads to "double amping" from both the internal and external amps. I've heard this is bad, though I'm not sure whether that's true.
Question: would buying a good $100-200 external DAC to bypass the internal amp produce any improvement in sound quality?
(I realize the Mac's DAC itself is fairly good. The goal would not be to improve upon it, but rather address any quality loss from the double amp issue.)
This leads to "double amping" from both the internal and external amps. I've heard this is bad, though I'm not sure whether that's true.
Question: would buying a good $100-200 external DAC to bypass the internal amp produce any improvement in sound quality?
(I realize the Mac's DAC itself is fairly good. The goal would not be to improve upon it, but rather address any quality loss from the double amp issue.)