"Yeah I still have to think twice when I read the word DAC. I think crt monitors and sound cards still use digital to analog converters. "

Yup, they do. They have to. Speakers and Cathode Ray Tubes are analogue devices. So, somewhere along the line, the signal needs to be converted...
And if you use a digital camera, or record to disc from a microphone, then somewhere, again, there's an ADC (used to digitise an analogue signal).

After all, the world/universe is totally analogue. It's just that a (miniscule) part of it is interpreted as digital for our own convenience..:-))

Cheers,
Diolma