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DAC is more Audio crowd oriented naming scheme, in the PC space this is just a "soundcard" in it's simplest terms for people. Many there don't know what a "DAC" is even by itself if they aren't interested in details. There this is just a "soundcard" as it interfaces with a PC.
Sound cards are more encompassing naming scheme and they don't require input or other features to be called that. Just sound output is required.
There are USB sound cards that are external much the same as this thing is, but cheaper and lower performance.
Though some crowd would prefer to call it a DAC as many around this site.
Just different naming scheme for different markets.
By calling this a DAC you exclude a large market of people who have no idea what a DAC is but know how a "soundcard" works and is used.
It should be marketed as both. As it functions are the same from wherever the audience comes from.
PC crowd will look at it as a soundcard. If it's not named as such they might think it's not "functional" as such and exclude from even considering it as such.
But in practical terms there is no diffrence in actual use for either the Audio crowd using it as a DAC or the PC crowd preferring to use it as a soundcard for their PC.
Sound cards are more encompassing naming scheme and they don't require input or other features to be called that. Just sound output is required.
There are USB sound cards that are external much the same as this thing is, but cheaper and lower performance.
Though some crowd would prefer to call it a DAC as many around this site.
Just different naming scheme for different markets.
By calling this a DAC you exclude a large market of people who have no idea what a DAC is but know how a "soundcard" works and is used.
It should be marketed as both. As it functions are the same from wherever the audience comes from.
PC crowd will look at it as a soundcard. If it's not named as such they might think it's not "functional" as such and exclude from even considering it as such.
But in practical terms there is no diffrence in actual use for either the Audio crowd using it as a DAC or the PC crowd preferring to use it as a soundcard for their PC.