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Ask HN: DAC that works with native volume controls?
Are there any USB DACs out there that work with the native volume controls in MacOS (and windows I guess)
Most of the ones I’ve used have a knob on the front that controls the volume, and you can’t use the keyboard buttons to change it. It’s not the worst thing in the world but kind of annoying.
- hindsightbias 7y agoI think some of the Schiit audio dacs do, but there were bugs in older osx levels a couple years back. Or look for battery powered dacs with no volume knob, or the Audioquest Dragonfly. Make sure you’ve selected the usb dac in sound output, may be a radio button for onboard volume.