Sorry. Just saw the reply. Got the introductory Modi and Magni. Will look into the Aune T1. Thanks!

Yeah I figured that.  I have a lot of MP3s which I don't have the source for, so will keep those as is and re-rip everything else.

Yeah, I wanna convert my files to FLAC.  The issue I am going to have is with the files which I don't have the source for.   If it's already an MP3, I can't imagine upconverting it to FLAC or WAV would make any difference.

After a while reading the posts on these forums, I wanted to thank everybody for all the useful information.  In the past hour, I purchased the following:   HE-400 Hifiman Velour Earpads Hifiman Silver coated copper cable (8m) ---- I know, I know.  Cables don't do jack but I figured why not...