Quote:   Allright, Papander(and google) have convinced me, new soundcard it is. Then I actually can get both a new soundcard and the koss or creative headphones for the same money which I set aside for the DAC:)   Just one thing before I hit the "purchase" button: The Xonar DG's...

  Quote:   Thanks for the advice, I agree. The thing is, the jack output on my computers motherboard is broken. I only have one working channel to the headphones, so then I would have to get a new soundcard anyway.

Hi,   Like many others I'm buying a DAC to drive my headphones, using preferably USB as the source, and looking in the lower price range around $100 and down. Searcing ebay I got lot's of options, and using Google actively to sort out those of reasonably quality. I have tried to look at the...

criegels:   Have you recieved the 02 Dragon? What are you're impressions? Is the built-in op-amp good enough to drive a decent pair of headphones, or do you recommend an additional amp?