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Essence STX vs Fiio e7?

post #1 of 6
4/24/11 at 9:31am
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so right now I have the Xonar Essence STX it gets a lot of praise for being a really good sound card. But the problem is I have opened up pnadoras box by buying the beyer dt880s...now I realize that buying a dac should come before buying an amp since it gives the better upgrade. But I'll probably get both the quesiton is, will there be a big difference if I replace my STX with the e7 and then add the e9 to it?

 

What else would be a better dac option without having to spend soo much on it?

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post #2 of 6
4/24/11 at 1:19pm

The Xonar Essence has a DAC and headphone AMP in it. so what are you exactly looking for?

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post #3 of 6
4/24/11 at 2:13pm

STX > E9 should be much better than E7 > E9.

E7 is more portable, but alone not suitable for DT880.

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post #4 of 6
5/1/11 at 8:04pm

What about the Asus Xonar DS?

What would be better 

The FiiO E9 and E7 or E9 and DS?

Please clarify for me!

 

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post #5 of 6
5/1/11 at 8:49pm

Audinst MX1?

I wonder if this thing is any good.

And this one.

The budget HLLY units are good, too, I think.  I could be wrong.

There's more on fleabay, then you can just check for reviews with google or search head-fi.  You want to avoid HA-Info gear.

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post #6 of 6
5/2/11 at 7:35pm

I have used an STX with the DT880 600 ohm version.  The STX has a built-in headphone amp which can easily drive them.

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