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What I really don't get is why we want to move the DAC into the headphone. It just makes sense to have a single DAC in the phone, that anything can plug into. N
by ropans808 9y ago
What I really don't get is why we want to move the DAC into the headphone. It just makes sense to have a single DAC in the phone, that anything can plug into. Now every set of headphones needs its own DAC to convert that digital bluetooth/USB signal into something you can actually hear.
- CaptSpify 9y agoMy unsubstantiated guess: It's phase 1 for some new DRM scheme
- plussed_reader 9y agoDRM audio(or worse, DAC) authentication over a USB-C connection. Your storage device has to handshake with the playback device. Maybe HDCP over USB?