"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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In article , David Looser
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"Jim Lesurf" wrote

Has anyone reading this tried, say, the 'Firestone' USB dac that has
an optical output?

There is a little USB DAC from Maplin which looks to me to be very
similar to the "Firestone" except that it only costs a fraction of the
price. I've used the Maplin DAC for some time and have been very
pleased with it.

Ah! Thanks. I was wondering if they did one. I just got a 'preview'
catalogue from them and had looked though it for that sort of thing with
no
success.

Can you recall the part number? If not I'll just see if I can find it.

"Unsteady Ken" has posted the link.

And does it automatically follow the source sampling rate?

I understand that it does.

And how does it indentify itself to the 'PC'? The DACMagic reports itself
as a specific 'USB Headphone Set' as that comes from the USB chip they
use.

It identifies itself as "USB Audio Device"

...and do you know if it works with Linux? :-)

'Fraid not!

David.