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atyne_mar t1_itk9zbc wrote

Reply to comment by szakee in How to determine whether certain DAC/amp can drive iem or headphone with planar driver by mofankri

That's incorrect. DAC provides power. Amp only amplifies it. If you use a proper DAC with 2V output to power an amplifier, you'll get more power than feeding it off the Apple Dongle for example.

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szakee t1_itkaptt wrote

but you won't really connect a hp straight to your dac.

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mofankri OP t1_itkb6en wrote

I thought DAC dongle could be plugged directly to handphone? Or to laptop which has type c port (if the dongle has type c port)

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szakee t1_itkbeiq wrote

a dongle is different to a standalone DAC which has RCA outputs.

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