This is indeed helping, and I'm getting that combo. Thank you :)

I     I'm far from having such a budget, it might come eventually but thats not going to be for a while and I need the best I can get in that price range. Right now I'm pretty much sure about the FiiO x1 , it's a matter of earphones now - most likely Xiaomi or Soundmagics

Meh, I wouldn't feel comfortable handling a clip and I pretty much manually search tracks every 1-2 songs :p Is it really the headphones that do most of the job though?

Can't find the Ostry or Brainwavs in europe and they seem kind of expensive :o Any website ? I didn't find them on Thomann or amazon.  I did find the Xiaomis tho and they are pretty cheap! But that included mic/volume combo isn't really appealing to me, is it still solid with that implement?

I really can't afford that right now (and wont for a while either) ;(

this kind of equipment is way out of my price range :(

bumping this

Thanks, the size of the Fiio is indeed ok but I'm unsure about the button positioning - I'd rather have a cross or a wheel - but I'm studying it for now. Still would have to find a retailer. I have heard of the Sansas before but I actually have quite big hands and these might be well, too...

Hello,   my Sony NWZ-E585 just died (3 days after the expiration of the warranty -_-) so I'm now looking for a replacement. I'm pretty certain about what I want but I don't know much about the market, and browsing through the few first pages I only landed on reviews of players that were out of...

eeeh. After only a couple days use (1 week?!) My evo has gone back to the muddy state it was OOTB. Anyone ever experienced that? I haven't used it at any super loud volume yet it seems like my drivers are damaged, the sound comes out sort of ringing/muddy. I've mainly been listening to...

well ofc STX will sound better but it's clearly not the same budget :o the DGX is a really cheap card, and should work good enough combined with the evo tbh.

Yes it will. My DX clearly improved the sound from my onboard, I had older realtek integrated tho. 892 (ones on yours) are getting decent reviews it seems. Anyway you'll have a huge boost in volume capacity too considering the dgx got an amp.

I removed the felt and I can already tell the sound stage is better. I don't find the treble as annoying as I can have read even tho it does tweak them up fairly. Liking it so far :)

Any opinions on the foam mod for the evo v2? (the one that comes with velvet pads) I remember reading somewhere it wasn't needed anymore but can't find it so no sure. Still I really want to try it. Is there any known way to safely put the discs back on in case it's not appreciated? :o

You only have to slightly up the volume (+5db id say top). I think it affects the sound stage (technically should) but didn't get to notice that properly yet D: