[16tons]

hi, i was looking for some tips about a new headphones and i find this great forum, i choose a grado sr80i and now i'm listening it only with pc, i hope to increase its sound with a dac/ampli but for now i can say it sounds quite well even alone
 
regards

 

[GREQ]

The first thing to do to get the most out of your SR80i is to make sure you're listening to at least 320kbps mp3 quality.

 

[16tons]

hi, i listen mostly flac 16 bit 44.1 and some mp3 320k, i've considered to add the hifimediy sabre dac http://hifimediy.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=83 and little dot I+ amp  i'http://www.littledot.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=819&sid=cbe8fe882151509fa114ec963e136d08 i've read that this amp is very good with grado. what do you think about these?

 

[GREQ]

Can't comment on either but there are plenty of Grado users who use little dots around here.
I would head over to the Grado appreciation thread to ask others who have used the amp for their impressions. 
 
But I think you're headed in the right direction. At this stage there's no point throwing huge amounts of money at an SR80i. 

 

[PurpleAngel]

A Asus Xonar DG sound card (used $20), might improve audio quality for your SR80i.

 

[reeshahn]

Asus Xonar DG is a good choice. I never had chance to try little dot but to tell the truth it also looks pretty nice.

 

[16tons]

i use a laptop as source and i have a pc desktop too but i feel it too noisy and uncomfortable, i've ordered for 44€ the hifimediy dac and i hope it will prove to be good

 

[GREQ]

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i use a laptop as source and i have a pc desktop too but i feel it too noisy and uncomfortable, i've ordered for 44€ the hifimediy dac and i hope it will prove to be good

Yup - PCs aren't just noisy because of the fans. Desktop soundcards suffer from a greater electrical noise floor due to all the stuff happening around it on the motherboard. 
A USB dac suffers from the electrical noise much less.