For on the go listening and stationary I would recommend the Centrance HiFi-M8, New it costs a bit more than what you than what you stated your budget would be. But used ones may be available for a bit cheaper... works well both as DAC/Amp for PC/Mac and for iDevices and others (depending on...

Hehhehe, 1.21 Gigawatts.... this honestly made me laugh... can picture it now, an amp that transports you back in time to the time the music you are listening to was recorded...   -S

So yes, I just double checked now, output on my source was set low (75%) - this might have something to do with it... :-p   Set it to 100% and now a much more "normal" volume setting, 11-2 (sometimes 3 depending on what I am listening to) and yes this is in high gain ;)     -S

I just got my Schiit a few days ago, MODI + Asgard 2, I absolutely love it, tho' I will in all probability upgrade to the Bifrost sooner rather than later (as soon as my bank account agrees) The Asgard 2 drives my Beyers (DT990's 250Ohm) quite nicely, but the volume knob is pretty much around...

I have both a lossy collection and a lossless collection, everything I have that is lossless I have also transcoded to lossy formats (gerenally MP3 VBR 192) so there are duplicates, I also keep a separate backup of all music on a second drive (in case of drive failure or user-error)    My...

Anyone else have any experience with Centrance Hi-Fi M8 and the TH-900's ? As this is the setup I have been thinking of getting... and since I am also one of those that happen to live outside the US it is somewhat of a hassle to sell / trade either the Hi-Fi M8 or the TH-900's ...    -S