The DAC has toslink as well as spdif and balanced inputs. If the dell has toslink out, try it with a good cable. If not, you need to make a decision. Go with a Lynx internal PCI card to feed dac a balanced input or go outboard route and get a PC interface to dac interface converter. The pro-audio world has quite a few of these format converters (do not inlude a dac as your Esoteric will be the dac). I would probably go with the PC card but I have been experimenting and I find even laptop too noisey and have used a wireless solution. See how loud the Dell is. It may impact your decision.
Getting Into PC Audio and Need Help
I have a full blown 2 channel audio system, but I want to dive into PC Audio and have no idea what I'm doing but I think I have most of what I need, and am on the right track... I still need help though.
I have copied my cd collection onto my home PC (Dell Computer) with Windows Media 10 in Lossless format.
I have an Esoteric D-03 DAC already. Here is info on this dac:
http://www.esoteric.jp/products/esoteric/d03/indexe.html
What is the best way to connect my PC to Esoteric D-03 DAC? Do I need a seperate clock? The D-05 has a word clock input and a word clock output feature, so I'm not sure if I could use it's internal clock. Please explain what addional components (if any) I need, along with cables. Please also explain connections.
I have copied my cd collection onto my home PC (Dell Computer) with Windows Media 10 in Lossless format.
I have an Esoteric D-03 DAC already. Here is info on this dac:
http://www.esoteric.jp/products/esoteric/d03/indexe.html
What is the best way to connect my PC to Esoteric D-03 DAC? Do I need a seperate clock? The D-05 has a word clock input and a word clock output feature, so I'm not sure if I could use it's internal clock. Please explain what addional components (if any) I need, along with cables. Please also explain connections.
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