lenroot77
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If you ever have a spare $140 try to find a used Vali with some tubes on the side, it's a great and cheapish step into tube audio. Compared to my Fiio k5 it really added a great deal of space and responded very well to different tubes, 6sn7s are especially good on it but require adapters to use.
As far as trying to manipulate a recording's overall presentation and spacing, I found OOYH to be a great tool. The various speaker effects each provide different layering and spacing of the music, but I found EQ must also be utilized in conjunction to it as some of the settings have unfavorable dips and peaks. It also greatly benefits from another software to upmix from 2 channels to 8 channels, which can be feed into OOYH to utilize the full 7.1 effect.
My guess is the Vali 2 and Modi multibit are the best budget setup for the hd800's?