While many of the digital-to-analogue converters we encounter are those inside digital hi-fi systems and components, they also exist in standalone form with rechargeable built-in batteries and a design that’s easy to carry around.

Such portable DACs can be used to enhance smartphone sound when you’re out and about, or boost your laptop’s performance away from a mains outlet. Some can even be quickly and conveniently swapped into a hi-fi set-up to perform DAC duties there.
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