DAC

Hello,

I really have tried finding an authoritative answer to this, but can't.

I want to run XBMC on a low cost box. My media will be on a NAS, and I want to stream audio to a DAC and thence to my Hi-fi amplifier.

90% of my requirements are for playing music, but don't want to have a separate setup for Video (mainly netflix et al). Hence XBMC on an android or raspberry pi looked like a good option.

However from what I'm reading XBMC does not support USB audio, and thererfore the only way to get listenable quality music would be via HDMI? Which would then require that I bought an AV receiver, which I don't need as (a) I already have an amp and (b) I don't need 5.1

So on that reading, xbmc is basically not appropriate as a networked music player.

Correct? Or can I just connect a USB dac (e.g a DacMagic) to (say) a xios box and I'm away ?

And if I can't use xbmc...what can I use? Don't want an actual pc, don't want to spend £500 on a mac mini

Thanks all