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penger10:
So using the audio on my motherboard doesn't get me much more than 48khz/16 bit sound.
I've read some good reviews on these 2 external DAC's that are supposedly Linux friendly and was wondering if anyone has any experience with them on a Linux box, both on sampling rate/bit depth available and sound quality.

1) iFi Zen DAC V2 
https://ifi-audio.com/products/zen-dac-v2/

and

2)  Topping E50 DAC
https://www.tpdz.net/productinfo/697642.html

They both claim to work with linux 'out of the box'.  Anyone have any experience with them?

Thanks,
penger10
 

bob:
I have the previous iFi Nano iDSD LE and it works great with linux. Plays DSD without issue and without drivers.

mwillems:

--- Quote from: bob on February 13, 2024, 03:46:49 pm ---I have the previous iFi Nano iDSD LE and it works great with linux. Plays DSD without issue and without drivers.

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I don't have either of those devices, but I have a Topping DM-7 which has flawless Linux support (it might be the easiest to use multichannel DAC I've ever had on Linux). 

Awesome Donkey:
Thankfully DACs released these days are USB Audio Class 2, which means they're likely going to work fine in Linux and Windows without drivers. The *only* potential gotcha is DSD support in the Linux kernel for some DACs, but again, most DACs will work there too. I actually would be surprised if either of the aforementioned DACs didn't work fine in Linux.

eve:

--- Quote from: penger10 on February 13, 2024, 03:39:43 pm ---So using the audio on my motherboard doesn't get me much more than 48khz/16 bit sound.
I've read some good reviews on these 2 external DAC's that are supposedly Linux friendly and was wondering if anyone has any experience with them on a Linux box, both on sampling rate/bit depth available and sound quality.

1) iFi Zen DAC V2 
https://ifi-audio.com/products/zen-dac-v2/

and

2)  Topping E50 DAC
https://www.tpdz.net/productinfo/697642.html

They both claim to work with linux 'out of the box'.  Anyone have any experience with them?

Thanks,
penger10

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Can vouch for most of the Topping stuff on Linux. No experience with the E50 directly but they're all based around similar components. They show up as USB Audio Class 2 devices (and can do all the different sample rates, bit depths and DSD where supported) so pretty much any even vaguely recent Linux distro should work. Like AwesomeDonkey said, there's a small chance on an older kernel you might not have DSD support.

Most modern "non audio interface" D/A is USB Audio Class 2 compliant and will work out of the box.

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