I recently started to take headphone audio semi seriously so I built my first audiophile-esk set up as follows.   HiFimeDIY Sabre U2 Async DAC --> Little Dot MKIII --> HD650's    Now having never owned a proper dedicated headphone amp before and not really knowing what I was doing I looked...

Set up:   PC-> MUSE 4X TDA1543 NOS DAC -> Little Dot MKIII -> HD650's    I recently purchased the MUSE DAC and it's fair to say I'm massive underwhelmed by it. After many hours of testing and advice on another thread I've come to the conclusion it's worse than my on board chip set! (Realtek...

Setup:   PC (S/PDIF)-> MUSE 4X TDA1543 DAC -> Little Dot MKIII -> HD650's    Over the past few months I've been building up my system and the last component was the MUSE DAC. I received the DAC today after about a week of running the system with just on board from the PC and as expected I...

I have been procrastinating over the past few weeks if it's worth upgrading from my current set of HD555's to the HD650's. I've been running the 555's for over 2 years now on my trusty Pioneer A-335, granted it's not a dedicated headphone amp but its done a stand up job so far. My question is...