I have a question about linking D10s with my speaker.
My current desktop speaker setup is
Asus Prime X470 Pro motherboard > 3.5mm to RCA splitter >
Edifier S300D
I can change that to
Asus Prime X470 Pro motherboard > D10s > optical/coaxial >
Edifier S300D
Which means I wouldn't have to change playback device from D10s to Speaker from Windows whenever I want to switch from headphone to speaker.
But that means I go from my mother boards' DAC to DAC from my speaker.
Asus Prime X470 Pro motherboard spec
Realtek® S1220A 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC featuring Crystal Sound 3
- Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs
- Internal audio Amplifier to enhance the highest quality sound for headphone and speakers
- Supports : Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking
- High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 113 dB SNR recording input (Line-in)
- Front panel audio connector (AAFP)
Audio Feature :
- Optical S/PDIF out port(s) at back panel
- Audio Shielding: Ensures precision analog/digital separation and greatly reduced multi-lateral interference
- Dedicated audio PCB layers: Separate layers for left and right channels to guard the quality of the sensitive audio signals
- Premium Japanese-made audio capacitors: Provide warm, natural and immersive sound with exceptional clarity and fidelity
- EMI protection cover to prevent electrical noise to affect the amplifier quality
Edifier S300D spec
TOTAL POWER OUTPUT
- RMS 18W x 2 + 36W x 1
THD + N
- 10%
SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO
- ≥85dBA
FREQUENCY RESPONSE
- Satellites: 140Hz - 20kHz | Subwoofer: 20Hz - 120Hz
DISTORTION
- ≤0.5%
INPUT SENSITIVITY
- Satellites: 450mV ± 50mV (line-in) | Subwoofer: 180mV ± 50mV
IMPEDANCE
- 10kΩ
SUBWOOFER / BASS UNIT
- 6½ inch, magnetically shielded, 5Ω
MIDRANGE / HIGH UNIT
- 2 inch, magnetically shielded, 5Ω
TWEETER UNIT
- Φ19mm silk domed, Magnetically shielded, 4Ω
I know in the decision should be mine based on convinenece vs sound quality but wanted to ask what others would do.