Ask HN: DAC that works with native volume controls?

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Are there any USB DACs out there that work with the native volume controls in MacOS (and windows I guess)

Most of the ones I’ve used have a knob on the front that controls the volume, and you can’t use the keyboard buttons to change it. It’s not the worst thing in the world but kind of annoying.

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I think some of the Schiit audio dacs do, but there were bugs in older osx levels a couple years back.

Or look for battery powered dacs with no volume knob, or the Audioquest Dragonfly.

Make sure you’ve selected the usb dac in sound output, may be a radio button for onboard volume.

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