I've been finding the audio played from my laptop to be pretty dull for a while now (I find my iPod Touch 2G to sound better even) so I'm looking to purchase an external DAC within the range of $100-150 and wanted to get opinions on this since I'm not at all knowledgeable in DACs although I have...

I've been lurking around on Head-Fi for quite a while now, but never really posted because I found most of the answers I needed by searching around. One thing I haven't really found the answer to (haven't seen a post talking directly about it and in-depth at least) however, is actual detailed...