jjbender Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) I have a pair of "The Fives" and a R-121 SW. Simplifying my system. I love the sound and ease of use. I mostly use a Lenovo Yoga 6 laptop USB to the speakers. The laptop has 24 bit 192Khz sampling. But internal DAC's in a laptop aren't the best. Would I do better, will the sound be better, if I added a DAC like the Audioquest firefly red for example. Thoughts please. Thank you Edited February 14 by jjbender made a mistake 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Welcome @jjbender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMeader Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Generally there will be a positive difference, but I think you would loose your bluetooth connectivity and nned a wired connection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 What said above...☕ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezin' Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 I was using a Logitech Bluetooth adapter on my Fisher 440T receiver for phone/Spotify and was unhappy with the sound. Installed my Schiit Modi 3+/WiiM mini and was blown away with the improvement. So I'd say yes definitely use a stand alone DAC. I do not use Bluetooh with the WiiM it's just a remote in practice. Bluetooth isn't geat if you seek good sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 15 hours ago, jjbender said: I have a pair of "The Fives" and a R-121 SW. Simplifying my system. I love the sound and ease of use. I mostly use a Lenovo Yoga 6 laptop USB to the speakers. The laptop has 24 bit 192Khz sampling. But internal DAC's in a laptop aren't the best. Would I do better, will the sound be better, if I added a DAC like the Audioquest firefly red for example. Thoughts please. Thank you If you’re using a USB connection from your laptop to your speakers you’re using the DAC in the speakers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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