[Christof]

John

I also bought an Airport Express along with the iBook.  Guess I was reading your mind.  Got any recommendations on a cheap DAC?

thx...c.

[John Ashman]

Here are 164 used choiced from which to pick:

http://buy0.audiogon.com/cgia/fsb.pl?dgtlconv&1&ctg&st1

I'd say anything that functions will be pretty darn good given that these things have very low resale value.  But they are great for this application.  I have a 5.1 receiver, so I use the internal DACs.  Just make sure you have a toslink input and don't buy some $50 Toslink, it should be no more than about $10-$15 for the Toslink mini to Toslink cable.

I can hardly believe there's this many Apple people here, this is a good sign!

[ZooDog]

Congrats on the new iBook.  I just bought a 15" Powerbook last week to replace my year old iBook 14" which I am giving to my Mom.  I was a PC guy for a long time and now I can't understand why anyone would use a PC unless they have very specific software that only runs on Windows.  

The spyware thing is just completely out of control.  My parents have been paying some guy a couple hundred bucks every few months to revive their PC because it is so constipated with spyware.

[Bemopti123]

Anti Windows rebellion seems to be picking steam as of late.  As soon as I get this year's tax return, I will be shopping for a loaded Powerbook. Constipated with spyware is a great analogy.

[Christof]

After 20 days my new iBook finally showed up.  Thanks, guys, for the Apple recommendation.

Now if I can only figure out how it works

'Switcher'

[sleepkyng]

hey christof, the AH DAC is very popular over on headfi and i am eager to try it out with my airport express

http://eshop.diyclub.biz/product_info.php?cPath=23_135&products_id=270