audiolab 8200 dac and laptop question

[samwisesam]

hi,

 

I have been reading lots of good info on this site over the last week and will be taking small steps towards computer audio over the next few months. I have now purchased a portable external hard drive to link with my laptop when I get that. And already have a suitable DAC. My question is do laptops generally come with a toslink/coaxle audio out? Would this be my best bet for connecting to the DAC? The Audiolab seems to support 24/172 via toslink/coaxle but only 24/96 via USB? I am just trying to understand if I need to look specifically for laptops with suitable soundcards of whether this comes as standard.

 

thanks Jamie

 

[Audio_ELF]

The general advice would be unless you *need* 24/192 and 24/176.4; the USB connection (which in the case of the Audiolab 8200 is what is known as Asyncronous USB) will be superior to most SPDIF connections.

 

Eloise

 

[FrankVerdin86]

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