Sounds good, I will be getting the speakers this weekend. Then I need to spend some time enjoying them and researching these articles.  It seems I get something, enjoy it, look for improvement, save up some money and go to the next step. I started by just buying new headphones for my MP3 Player...

I hear you. I have been doing things incrementally, as I have so much to learn. I will be getting the speakers. Listen to them for awhile, enjoy them, continue to study DAC's and on to the next step. It is fun and all good. This thread sure gave me a lot of new information that I need to study...

Thank you Roseval, I just went to your web site. Looking forward to spending some time there.

Thanks for the article, most appreciated and greatly needed on my part.

Thanks Fishyee, I appreciate your assistance and the recommended articles. Contemporary Jazz and Classical music. Classical more on the Chamber and Spanish Guitar side, very little orchestra. I am particularly enjoying when the Jazz musicians do classical, like Chris Botti and Marsalis...

Thanks Fishyee, your input came at a very good time. Mr. DonaldRumsfeld's advice helped me in adjusting my goals. For my needs (desktop computer listening) I don't need a sub. When I adjusted that thinking, I did start looking harder at my sound chain. As I see it, it is flac files on computer...

That was also informative and very similar to the way I seem to be going with computer audio.   Years back when I started my interest in stereo equipment I never saw the reason for sub woofers, considering the music I liked. I played my music on many of my friends' systems that included a sub...

Thanks Ronald, most helpful and informative.   Your reply came at a good time, it reinforced my decision on the 305 and no sub.   I recently went on the  web site pro audio star, to price the speakers. They had the av40 for US149 and 305 for US300, almost dead on to the English Pound price...

I have recently wanted to improve my computer listening experience. All my experience has been with listening to music thru my stereo and home theater equipment. I joined this forum about 2 years ago and received good advice on headphones and digital audio players. This found me creating more...

Bump, I am looking for a solution to this also. I have the Samsung Galaxy Tablet 2 7.0. There must be a decent DAC in it as I listen to FLAC files using the headphone jack to a Fiio e11 and then to my Sennheiser and Bererdynamic headphones and it is a good sound.

I realize I am reading this 3 years later, however I am currently in the same situation as you were. I currently use the set up you mentioned with a computer in the stream. I am looking for the solution you mentioned. Did you ever find a solution using a Samsung Tablet?

Thanks. I am going to try again in the Dedicated Source Components section. I am thinking about the TP32 along with the Micca Spec as a purchase to replace my laptop for music listening.

I have been looking for additional user comments on the following products,   topping tp32 http://www.amazon.com/Topping-Digital-Headphone-Amplifier-USB-DAC/dp/B00EO0SEPK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1398097234&sr=8-2&keywords=topping+tp32   Micca Spec...

Just wanted to check if you purchased the tp32 and if you were happy with it?

Again, most helpful. I have been spending some time on the forum attempting to learn more about this subject. your information is appreciated.

Yes, it is the ASUS Xonar USB U3. Thanks for his information. Since I am doing this connection, just for audio and 2 channel music, I think I will do the optical connect. Thanks again.

Which would you chose to connect your computer to an AV receiver, connect from Computer HDMI-out to HDM- in on receiver? Or would you connect from computer to ASUS USB DAC, then from ASUS spdif out port using TOSLINK optical cable  to receiver's optical input. I think they should be the same as...

Thanks, most helpful. I did not want to get another hdmi to hdmi cable if I was going in the wrong direction.

I have my laptop loaded with music in a FLAC format. I am working thru how to connect to my  AV receiver to enjoy the music thru that system as well. My laptop has a HDMI connect and the receiver has multiple HDMI connects, is it as simple as connecting the laptop and receiver with an HDMI...

Thanks PurpleAngel. I have the u3 and like what it does for my laptop. I thought I could put an e11 between the u3 headphone jack and my headphones and increase the power going to the headphones along with analog sound now going to the headphones. I did not have a headphone amp to test with. I...

Thanks, that was helpful.

I have the U3 and enjoy the DAC. Referring to the previous post, could I use the U3 connected to a laptop, then use optical of U3 to connect to Fiio E11 (amp only) and then connect headphones to E11? I like the U3 just wanted a way to get more power to my headphones.

Last year I started getting back into headphones and with the help of this forum purchased the Sennheiser HD380. That really got me into headphone listening again. I use the HD 380 and also the Grado sr60 to listen to music (jazz and classical chamber music) and some movies on my laptop, Sony...

Great idea, I read the article and wondered how it would sound. Thanks for posting.

Do all 3 cards have the 80mW , 600 ohms headphone amp, or just the zxr model. I have a great interest in the Z card.