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post #16 of 20
10/20/12 at 9:23am

Can you shed more light on this, plz? I'm looking at an E11 or E7/17 to use with Beyer 990 pro & M50s and the source is gonna be my PC(laptop). I'm interested in finding a setup that will give my headphones maximum umphh i.e. take them to their limit.

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post #17 of 20
10/20/12 at 3:47pm

this has been heavily discussed in this thread, what other question do you have?
 

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post #18 of 20
10/22/12 at 11:30am
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Originally Posted by Tobiman View Post

Can you shed more light on this, plz? I'm looking at an E11 or E7/17 to use with Beyer 990 pro & M50s and the source is gonna be my PC(laptop). I'm interested in finding a setup that will give my headphones maximum umphh i.e. take them to their limit.

The E11 is only a portable AMP.You can plug the E11 into the laptops headphone out jack. It will amplify that signal to the cans. If the laptop has a poor DAC/AMP, the E11 will amplify the poor quality signal. It will be louder, but sound quality could be poor.

 

The E7 and the E17 are USB DACs that have a built in AMP. Plugging them into the laptops USB, they will bypass the DAC/AMP in the PC, convert the signal from digital to analog, and then amplify it. If you have good source material on the PC (high bitrate MP3 or a lossless file), this will potentially give you the best results. Loud with good sound quality.

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post #19 of 20
1/25/13 at 10:18pm

Sorry, please delete this. I replied in the wrong thread.

 
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post #20 of 20
1/26/13 at 7:09pm
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Get the Asus Xonar DG sound card, only $15 after mail in rebate.

 

Asus Xonar DG

http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Channel-Sound-Card-XONAR_DG/dp/B0045JHJSS/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1344807051&sr=1-1&keywords=Xonar+DG

you cant put this on your laptop right?....sorry newbie to cpu stuff

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