If you haven’t heard of a “DAC”, don’t worry; most people haven’t. The thing is, it is one of the best ways to improve the quality of the digital music we consume every day, whether that be through a phone, laptop or proper audio system.
We have a whole explainer on what a DAC is and does at ’s website (), but essentially it’s a device – available in all shapes and sizes and at all kinds of prices – that converts a digital audio signal (a Spotify stream or local music file playing on your phone, say) to an analogue audio signal so that it can be output (ie: listened to) through speakers or if it has a headphone socket output (which most do), a pair of headphones. This explains its full name
