I've been fairly happy with the budget speaker system I put together for computer audio with the help of this forum:   Lossless music on iMac --> Musical Fidelity V-DAC (with Pangea P-100 power supply) via optical --> powered Audioengine A2s   Now I'd like to put together a headphone...

I'd like to pick up one of these to sit between my iMac and Audioengine A5s. I'm aware of the reported USB jitter with the DacMagic and would use a Toslink connection if I go that route. I've had little luck finding comparisons of these two. Any opinions?

I recently picked up a new 24" iMac and would like to use this as an excuse to improve audio playback quality. I spend way too much time in front of my computer with iTunes running in the background, and it is time I get into some halfway decent audio to make the experience more enjoyable...