I am imagining this setup:

Plug a USB or HDMI cable into my computer.

Plug the other end into a hub.

5 speakers and a subwoofer all plug into the hub.

Plug the hub into a AC power outlet.

So there would still be one DAC, and it would be in the hub. Is a DAC really that expensive? Why can't they be everywhere?

On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 12:30 PM Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:

On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Andrew Kelley <superjoe30@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't understand why speakers are using the analog output cable for sound. How about, use a digital interface like HDMI or USB?

someone you need to convert from digital to analog. do you want one DAC per speaker when you could have one DAC per computer?