Dac that takes mic input?

[Wolf_Lbh]

Just wondering if that is a thing. I currently have 1 usb port free for headphones&a mic and would like to use a decent dac for my headphones as opposed to just a $6 usb to stereo adapter. (Also my mic connects via 3.5)

[Enderman]

yeah, its called an audio interface

usually costs a lot more than $6 though

[Wolf_Lbh]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

yeah, its called an audio interface

usually costs a lot more than $6 though

yea, I just got the $6 adapter because I didn't know about dacs when I got it and had no idea it might be downgrading my audio.

[VincentiusIV]

DAC stands for Digital to Analog Converter, basically the music files on your computer are being converted to analog signal (sound waves).

 

A microphone does the opposite thing, converting the analog signal to digital. 

 

There may or may not exist a DAC with a mic pass through, but i've honestly never seen one.

[Wolf_Lbh]

Oh right, should probably mention my mic is a 3.5 jack.