Not every computer user is aware of what a DAC actually is. Everyone hears a sound, but how it is processed, as it turns out, is imagined by a few. In considering this topic, one will have to go a little deeper into understanding the nature of sound and its reproducing devices.
What is a DAC? Sound: the basics of understanding
Some people mistakenly believe that the DAC is the central audio processor. Partly the way it is. But in fact, the DAC is a frequency-analog converter, which changes the audio signal to a form that is perceived by the human ear.
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