I'll just get this out of the way first: I'm by no means an audiophile, and I don't have the money to become one. So all I'm looking for is something that will offer really "nice" sound (by all of your standards), room to be upgraded (so OpA driven would be nice) and ability to drive IEMs...

I'm trying to help a friend modify his X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro (the Tit-Fat-Pro as I call it, since it's a mouthful!) since I have became rather interested in mods, having read a wealth of stuff over the last few months, and frankly don't shut up about it haha Well he's got a number of...