Sorry for late reply guys. Tried out all suggestions. For better or worse I could feel this difference. Thanks all for the advice.

Hi guys, I recently bought the a schiit Valhalla and Sennheiser HD 650 (upgraded from E17+Senn HD 518). The quality gain was quite good, so I am a happy camper for now. The thing is that when I tried the combo at my local store, it seems quite noticibly better, can't really pinpoint where, but...

I decided to pull the trigger and bought a schiit Valhalla and an hd 650. Just got them yesterday. Plugged from my titanium hd with a 50$ RCA cable. I was really setting my mind to just buy the X1 as recommended, but after I was persuaded try the Valhalla with the hd 650 by the sales person, I...

@vkalia Not a foreignor, can't apply for VAT refunds... That's so unfair. Maybe I'll sell my receipt to some random foreignor walking around there for 3.5% of the price. Lol Definitely I'll check it out though.

@vkalia I feel stupid now, Amari Plaza is just a few minutes walk from my office. I eat lunch there like every other day, just never actually looked around on the third floor usually just took the elevator up to the food court on 5th floor. Prolly gonna head their tomorrow to check it out...

@PurpleAngel Thanks a bunch for your in-depth advice, I'll definitely do more research on your suggestions. I'll try to look for those headphone amps & headphones you suggested the next time I'm at the mall and see if if I could try them.    I'll post again if I run into something I can't...

So ah, basically what you are implying is plugging a E17 to Titanium HD is useless? right? Maybe I misunderstood how things work. I thought that plugging TOSLINK from the sound card to the E17 would increase the sound quality because it's outside the desktop's case therefore eliminating...

schiit magni is not really available in my area (Bangkok), plenty of Fiio's and Ibasso's component though. Let me do some research on the Philips X1/28 Fidelio, seems good for my budget. How does it compare to Sennheiser's headphones in the same price range ( HD 600?)?   thanks for your advice.

Hi, first time posting, but long time stalker.   Newbie here, I need advice for an upgrade path for my current headphone setup. I am using Creative Titianium HD soundcard ------> Fiio e17 (via TOSLINK SPDIF)----------->Sennheiser HD 518. My budget is around 500$.    First of all, I am...