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Malcolm McMillan

I used a portable DAC for the first time and now I won’t travel without it

IFi Go Link connected to headphones and phone.

When it comes to listening to music, there isn’t a wrong way. But that said … some ways are more right than others. But here’s the problem — your smartphone is probably limiting what you can do.

When the average person listens to music nowadays, they’re most likely using a smartphone and Bluetooth wireless earbuds. That means everything is transmitted digitally over the air and you’re limited by what Bluetooth can manage. One of those limitations? You can’t listen to lossless audio.

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