And I have been, but the issue is that I don't have any "gear," just headphones, so I'm essentially starting from a blank slate with just a budget. And while I have received recommendations for what to pair them with, some have been buy X amp/DAC, some have been buy Y unit and bypass the amp and just use it as a DAC, and so on...most of the time the suggestions were well below my price point which was also confusing. So while common sense would be to "research it, dummy," I'm finding it hard with imperfect information both from the site and suggestions. Sorry, I'm new to this world and to these forums so I'm still learning how and why things are done as they are...and this site and their products in particular are making things difficult haha