Which speaker is better? Edifier vs Swan HiVi

NiHaoMike said:

One big reason is that USB works with laptops without the "phantom display" issue that sometimes affects HDMI used for audio only. Very few laptops have S/PDIF out. And most recently, smartphones are going with USB-C audio.

For home setups, HDMI is the most popular nowadays. Every amplifier with HDMI in I have seen also has S/PDIF for compatibility with older equipment. But very few have USB client. Much more common is USB host for plugging in a USB drive to play files on it.

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Gh0sT-NoVa said:

A off topic question. Let's say if I want to use both Speaker and Headphone, but I'm too lazy to constantly have to unplug my speaker jack from the rear of my sound card and plug in my headphone jack.
So if I were to get an External DAC / AMP ( basically most are DAC + AMP ). Connect it via USB, will I able to switch between my sound output to either sound card or my external DAC ?
Normally like now I have a gaming headset, when I plug in my gaming headset I can switch between whether to use my gaming headset or my speaker ( sound card ).

Will there be any conflict if I were to add an external DAC to my PC with an existing dedicated sound card ??

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