Hello,
I have a FiiO X3 that to date I have only used as a portable media player. But it also can be used as a USB DAC.
I know that if I have the FiiO X3 connected to my laptop and in DAC mode, and I play a media file (WAV, FLAC, MP3, etc.) that I have on my computer with Windows Media Player (or Foobar, or MediaMonkey), the signal is sent to the DAC in the FiiO X3 via the USB as a digital out (and then converted to analog by the DAC in the FiiO).
But the question I have is does the same thing happen if I play a CD that I insert in the laptop's disc drive? Or when using the CD drive is the signal first converted to analog before being send via the USB to the FiiO/external DAC? What if instead of using the laptop's CD drive, I used an external CD/DVD/DVR drive that I have connected to the laptop via one of the other USB ports?
Basically, I'm wondering if I can effectively use the USB DAC (in the FiiO X3) as a DAC for CDs that I play either in the laptop's disc drive or an external USB disc drive that I have connected to the laptop? I know that there are issues with jitter, etc. when using a laptop's disc drive, but I'm just confused about how the signal passes when using an internal or external disc drive and a USB DAC.
Thanks in advance for any insight that you can provide!
I have a FiiO X3 that to date I have only used as a portable media player. But it also can be used as a USB DAC.
I know that if I have the FiiO X3 connected to my laptop and in DAC mode, and I play a media file (WAV, FLAC, MP3, etc.) that I have on my computer with Windows Media Player (or Foobar, or MediaMonkey), the signal is sent to the DAC in the FiiO X3 via the USB as a digital out (and then converted to analog by the DAC in the FiiO).
But the question I have is does the same thing happen if I play a CD that I insert in the laptop's disc drive? Or when using the CD drive is the signal first converted to analog before being send via the USB to the FiiO/external DAC? What if instead of using the laptop's CD drive, I used an external CD/DVD/DVR drive that I have connected to the laptop via one of the other USB ports?
Basically, I'm wondering if I can effectively use the USB DAC (in the FiiO X3) as a DAC for CDs that I play either in the laptop's disc drive or an external USB disc drive that I have connected to the laptop? I know that there are issues with jitter, etc. when using a laptop's disc drive, but I'm just confused about how the signal passes when using an internal or external disc drive and a USB DAC.
Thanks in advance for any insight that you can provide!