Long time lurker, infrequent poster here. I'm in the marketing for a DAC/amp for a home/semi-mobile setup and I have a few specific requirements that somewhat limits my options.    - Needs to have both optical and USB in (doesn't have to switch as only one will be plugged in at any time) -...

I'll be closing on a house in little over a month and am in the process of planning out some decisions for audio. Ideally, I'd like to have hi-fi audio available in the 3 rooms in which I will spend the most time: living room, office, bedroom. Living room, I already have covered. The two...

I have a set of AKG K701s that I bought recently that I would like to use for bedroom listening. Being that these are pretty nice 'phones I'd like to make sure I'm not selling them short of their potential, but I'd like to keep costs pretty reasonable as well. (<$1000) Thinking about getting...