Thanks for all the help to both. I'll be going with A900X + Xonar DX for sure now. Still researching amps but will probably just pick one of your suggestions, again I appreciate the help.

Quote:   Very much appreciated info. I overlooked a sound card, because I was under the impression that an external dac/amp would be much better in terms of getting bang out of your money. I will gladly hold on to my dollar bills. Thanks for list as well, do you feel that any of the...

Hello guys. (TL;DR below) I'm pretty new to audiophile gear, but I'm looking to get a somewhat good home setup going for under $500. Seeing as it's Black Friday weekend. I figured it would be a good time as any. My old setup was simply plugging my m50's straight into my desktop's headphone...