I'm torn on this one. I know it's a move to push DRM further out the stack, and that annoys. But, I also want higher quality recording and playback from my smal

I'm torn on this one. I know it's a move to push DRM further out the stack, and that annoys. But, I also want higher quality recording and playback from my small devices. The audio circuitry of one of my tablets and my phone is abysmal; my Nexus 7 (second generation) is nice but I don't have a good recording option. Presumably this audio will be two ways, so if I want to stick an ADC in that port I'll be able to record at very high quality, and if I want to stick a DAC in that port, I'll be able to play back at very high quality. DRM is stupid, of course, and it's just pushing the copying out one more step in the chain (they can't stop you from converting it to analog at some point, because it's gotta be analog to get into your ear holes). And, of course, DRM is made to be broken. Anyway, the 3.5mm jacks on my devices are about 50/50 unusably bad (either they aren't grounded/filtered properly and end up with a variety of noise, or they aren't loud enough, or they distort at modest volume, etc.), so on the whole, I won't mourn the passing of the 3.5mm jack.