Is there an audible difference when listening to audio via a

>>60263249
I dont see how that would worsen or improve sound quality.

If you are worried you could always add a buffer time to your stuff that way even if there is a delay from transfer it shouldnt impact you.

I have a 2ms buffer for DSD 128 myself.

laptops tend to be huge noise generators and if your dac doesn't have properly designed isolation this noise can pass through dac. DAP is much simpler device and probably generate much less noise.

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>>60263957
and that's why specially designed for audio only computers sound better than any standard computer

>>60264033
I think I will purchase a mini usb OTG adaptor for my DAP anyway, because my laptop fan makes way too much noise to appreciate my open-type headphones.

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>>60264608
or you can use some USB isolator like intona between laptop and dac

>>60264852
lol

>>60263249
Just buy an iPhone. It has objectively the best DAC on the planet

>>60263249
no

there's no quality loss in latency.

>>60265832
You objectively have no clue what you are talking about.

>>60263249
No, that shouldn't be an issue, but depending on what DAC you have, if it's an entirely USB powered model and your laptop's USB power is very noisy, that noise could actually end up on the DAC's output too. If your DAC has its own power supply this is much less likely and it's of course impossible if you're not using an electrical connection between laptop and DAC, as in you're using optical TOSLINK.

You most likely won't hear any difference, if there's noise coming from your laptop it will probably be quite obvious. If it's not you shouldn't really worry about it.

>>60265920
Maybe if you didn't drop out and ended in a mcjob, you could afford an iPhone.

>>60264852
seriously, does this really work?

>>60265832
>It has objectively the best *phone* DAC on the planet
fixed