There are DACs and there are amplifiers. Sometimes manufacturers put them together in one box, and that’s how DAC/Amplifiers are born! Occasionally, if they are feeling saucy, they add a streamer as well, but that’s a story for another day… A DAC/Amplifier is a digital to analog converter. All digital music sources requires a DAC to translate the ones and zeroes in your audio files to something that a human can appreciate. Once the ones and zeroes are converted into a line level analog signal you need an amplifier to drive the beautiful new headphones you just bought at Sound Kitchen. It’s a chain, and every link is necessary! You can buy individual DACs and amps and pair them yourself, but sometimes it’s easier to buy them together.
