Anyone have an opinion on this?

Hey I know next to nothing about audio but own the above mentioned gear and was wondering what every body thought would be the better quality DAC playing though Alessandro MS-2 HP's or the MM1's or Quad ESL 989 speakers. I'll draw my own conclusions but thought any insight would be nice as I'm...

I just realized the streamer is a sound card not a DAC I'm a little confused with it all.

Just wondering if the Digital focus Music Streamer + sounds better as a USB DAC compared to the Apogee duet. Because if it doesn't sound better I'd rather get the apogee so I can use it to record guitar as well. Gear I use. Macbook (lossless or CD's) Kimber cables Grado RA1 amp Grado...

Will the sound quality be identical to the duet???

If I used an apogee duet as an amplifier/source what headphones would mix well with it?? I love guitar music blues rock and electronic music and jazz mainly. Thanks

Ok I've been doing loads of searches and the more I think about it the more I'm loving the Apogee Duet. So I'm going to lower my budget and base a system around the duet. I keep reading that high end headphones need high end components to be used with them and as the duet is low end maybe...

Ok I've been doing loads of searches and the more I think about it the more I'm loving the Apogee Duet. So I'm going to lower my budget and base a system around the duet. I keep reading that high end headphones need high end components to be used with them and as the duet is low end maybe...

What is the stax good for?? I'm listening to Jeff Beck live at Ronnie Scotts type of rock nothing to heavy

Opps just found out you had a source forum as well. After a bit of reading I'm thinking about using my Mac and an apogee duet as the source I play guitar and the duet will come in handy for recording what do you guys think of this paired with the stax and what amp would I need???

I listen to all music Rock, Blues, Jazz, Trance etc and am looking to enter the wonderful world of hifi headphones. I'm thinking either Grado RS1 or Stax Lambda Pro/SRD 7 MkII. Questions for a good amp and source - can I use hifi amps with the above or do I need headphone specific amps to...