DAC Recommendations

[Salamander]

So long as your TV can provide USB power presumably.

Mine has a 5v DC plug

 

[mand]

Topping e30, yours for £90 posted. Small size, rca out optical in. Comes with 5v usb based power cable,so can be powered by any old phone charger.
Pm if interested.

 

[Dowser]

Tv's have crappy optical outs with lots of jitter across a high bandwidth. No need to spend much but make sure you get one that can accommodate the quality of a tv's optical out, not all can.

£100 worth of Topping should suffice.

My newish Samsung sounds pretty good via a Wadia X-32 - not cable tv so much, but Netflix & Prime pretty good via optical. Not as good as file based media via the Pi running a posh digi hat into coax, but certainly not rubbish. But I also use the Wadia now with a CD transport, plus Pi, plus TV.

if I only need a DAC for TV I‘d still go for an el-cheapo £10 blackbox I think.

 

[miktec]

Hello
Having sold my house and currently in rented awaiting new house to be built, I have a question about dacs.
I will need to have it between my TV and pre amp. So the dac will need an optical in and an analogue rca out.
I have no idea about dacs, as my roksan Caspian cd player has it built-in. My system for context is Allegri + pre, EWA A40 power, Shahinian Compasses and a Simplex turntable with XX2 mk2.
So, which would be the most suitable dac and how much should I look to spend? Budget ideally upto £500, but can be more if needed. I assume probably not a good idea to buy second hand?

+1 for the little FiiO Taishan, no need to fork out more than that

I used one with my Samsung TV out to a CA amp - worked absolutely fine and great sound considering.
Only stopped using it to replace with a not much pricier Avantree that gave me added Bluetooth for late night headphone listening ...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07BQYYDNJ/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21

Worth mentioning that the dead cheap no name DACs available are hit and miss at best but often crap - I know, I've tried a few

 

[Del monaco]

I used to use a Maplin Dac. Very decent it was.