I am about to take delivery of a new monitor, a Dell Ultrasharp U2724D, and I have a question about the audio…
I know this sounds confusing, but hear me out…
I built my computer a few years ago, sadly the audio broke a few days later, I first the rear output stopped working, then I used the front output and a few days later the cable I used caught my chairs armrest and my computer fell on it’s side, during this the headphone jack broke.
I currently use the headphone out on my Philips monitor and run it to a generic noname analog amplifier to my Roth Audio OLi RA-1 speakers, this works fine, but there is an issue with the new monitor.
It does not have a headphone out, but a line out.
Would you expect a generic amp to work with that?
I bout the amp seven/eight years ago at the Swedish chain store Kjell & Company, it is labelled “Roxcore A32” and has two RCA inputs at the back.
I have no idea about this.
Thank you for the very detailed answer, the headphone jack in the front had it’s connector rings ripped out buy the cord that was connected at the time of the topple.
The rear audio out just stopped working when I got it a nicer cable, the cable I tried to give it was a normal but better quallity 3,5mm -> RCA cable which worked fine in my old computer even after it stopped working on my current clmputer.
I have a Gigabyte B550 motherboard with a Ryzen 5600x and 32GB ram.
Currently I use Displayport to carry the signal from my computer to my monitor and my monitor acts as a DAC.
Long term planning is to get a micro Hi-Fi unit from Denon and use TOSlink from my motherboard to get the signal to the Denon unit and power my speakers from that.
EDIT, forgot this part:
I have also thought about getting an Audioquest Dragonfly DAC, in general I dislike getting new USB devices ever since Logitech broke my trust and installed an unwanted program through Windows Update just by having a mouse connected.