so, to answer my own question. on the output for headphones jack you want the impedance rating to be your headphone ohms/8. So the zoom UAC-2 with 34ohm impedance fit the bill perfectly (DT990 PRO is 267ohm). i have it here right now and its a thing of beauty it works well as a dac, i think its...

Audio-GD looks like very nice stuff its just so damn expensive. i would have instantly been set on the precision 3 though if it had XLR inputs rather than ACSS. my mind is still all over the place with this purchase choice. ive decided on behringer a800 referance amp for the speakers.. way more...

well just an update. i think im going to dive in and go for quality rather than having price as a hard limit, if it has to be 2 separate devices, then it should be balanced! (XLR) getting a scarlet 2i2 as a dac and this awesome looking class AB amp by nobsound...

Do decent desktop DAC stereo amplifiers even exist? outside of things like the denon PMA-60 https://www.denon.com/shop/amplifier/pma60 Marants HD-AMP1 https://www.marantz.com/en-gb/shop/amplifier/hdamp1 Key Problems: -Stereo amps do not have a headphone switch, you must unplug every time...

i forget because it was a long time ago, but when they first came out.. the fiio x3 was the best 2-300 bucks ive ever spent. even though i dont really use it portable much anymore the battery life was decent for something that will play any flac or DSD and its functioning really well as a DAC...

this little desktop amp i recently bought is worth it. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1x-TPA3116D2-Digital-Power-Amplifier-HiFi-Stereo-2-0-Channel-Audio-50W-50W-Black/153682267835?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 no headphone out but i use a 3.5mm splitter at the computer...

i have a very similar question so i hope its ok if i just post here and add on to the discussion. - i have an 'opus one' 50w per channel 2.0 miniamp which is powering some speakers with 3 drivers in each with the main being 10" vintage peerless (im told they are not overly power hungry). the...

i would love this, its perfect for what i want to do, because i just realized, i could use the line out to go to my mini desktop 2.0 speaker amp - i've been searching madly over the last few days to find a viable replacement for my amp (because of its low quality 1/4" headphone out). could this...

that's what im saying though, no player ive used (ipod and fiio) has ever done what you are saying "remembered what folder I got the song from" if i go to the main menu and then select 'now playing' it shouldn't be too hard to index which folder the currently playing song belongs to and then...

There is one thing really annoying me, and it pisses me off that it still does this for ipod aswell, you have to press 1 million ****ing buttons just to check 1 setting or alter the EQ and get back to where you were.   i propose a simple change of when you press menu repeatedly to get to the...

thanks i had been trying that before you mentioned it. I thought id give it a chance. but after much trouble it seems the card is rubbish. i may have bricked it during trying to 'fat32fornat' the thing in CMD case it did show up as FAT32 for a while (SDXC is a new concept to me, and not a very...

ok, ok. maybe i went a bit full out depressive mania on you guys. but im at the end of very extensive troubleshooting. i wouldnt have even made an account here otherwise. i cant dismiss the very good sound this device has through my DT990's on tracks that have worked. If it wasnt for this forum...

OK I have a BIG problem..... ive had the X3 for almost a week and am ready to throw it at a wall. ive installed firmware 2.1. then 3.0, then ExFAT3.0 and then back to 3.0, now 3.2 and no... i cannot get it to work. it bricked my 64gb SDXC (i cant even format it now) so i decided to use my spare...