I have an old pre-hdmi days Yamaha receiver (RX-V2200 or something like that) driving four Infinity P363s. I primarily listen to music via Pandora One on my smartphone connected from its headphone jack to the red/white analog inputs, and also tracks (256khz I think) downloaded from iTunes on my iPod, connected in the same manner. If there's one thing I've learned on this site it's that mp3's suck. So, as a newbie/dummy, I ask if it is possible to go from phone/iPod to DAC to receiver, and whether that will result in noticeable improvements in quality. I'd also appreciate DAC make/model suggestions. In perusing the other forum topics looking for answers to this question I saw that one can go from laptop headphone jack to DAC to receiver(?) which I assume means I can play all those lossless files I have that don't fit on my iPod.
Thanks for any input!
I have an old pre-hdmi days Yamaha receiver (RX-V2200 or something like that) driving four Infinity P363s. I primarily listen to music via Pandora One on my smartphone connected from its headphone jack to the red/white analog inputs, and also tracks (256khz I think) downloaded from iTunes on my iPod, connected in the same manner. If there's one thing I've learned on this site it's that mp3's suck. So, as a newbie/dummy, I ask if it is possible to go from phone/iPod to DAC to receiver, and whether that will result in noticeable improvements in quality. I'd also appreciate DAC make/model suggestions. In perusing the other forum topics looking for answers to this question I saw that one can go from laptop headphone jack to DAC to receiver(?) which I assume means I can play all those lossless files I have that don't fit on my iPod.
Thanks for any input!