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Which SC or DAC?

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Hey, I've been really into this hobby recently so I purchased a darkvoice 336i with some nice tubes and some akg k701, and grado sr325 to go along with my grado sr80. The music sounds nice, I feel some sort of change when I plug my akg k701 directly into my asus xonar dx then into my DV 336i connected to the soundcard but it's not a night and day difference. I figure I need a dac or a new soundcard, I know that most agree that external is better but I don't get any sounds when my windows volume is full and my amp is at 100%. I don't really need any of those extras that the soundcards have like 7.1 or whatever. I guess I'm looking for something that would give me the best result for 200-250$ or less. So far I've considered the DACMAGIC or something from the ASUS Xonar Essence line.
post #2 of 6
Thread Starter 
Is there anything worth looking at other than the two I mentioned?
post #3 of 6
Sorry I can't answer your question, but I'm actually in a similar situation as you and I'd like to see someones answer to this too!
post #4 of 6
I don't think there's anything in that price range that will be a signifigant upgrade. The Essense STX or ST might be worthwhile. I think the dacmagic is a bit expensive, when you get in that budget range there are alot more options out there.
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I went an ordered a dac zero. I'll probably perform some mods on it from the http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f6/fra...-heart-370985/ thread
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Cool - Let us know how you find it when it arrives!
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