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Netbook to USB DAC to Headphone Amp on Batteries


Are there any good DACs that I can use with a laptop or netbook, which are either USB powered, battery powered, or rechargeable for at least a few hours?

I am very happy with my Lenovo netbook for traveling, and have a spare 6 cell battery which means I can work and/or listen to music for most of the flight to London.

My Grado headphone amp travels easily and runs for hours on 9 volt batteries.

So all I need now is a good DAC?

Would the HRT Streamer or Musical Fidelity VDAC work this way?

Thanks for any ideas.
cwlondon

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swampwalker
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HRT Streamer is powered via the USB port of your pc/laptop. Obviously would result in faster drain of the laptop battery, but I can't imagine it would be significant in comparison to the HDD or display.
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swampwalker
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Cw- I have the Music Streamer+ which is very nice sounding and costs about the same as the VDAC. I have not used it w headphones; I am using it to feed the digital stream from my music server to the NHT M00/S20 speakers I have in my office. I have not done any comparisons at all w the office rig, but I do believe it sounds very nice, in total.
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