I am looking for a Sub £200 desktop DAC/AMP to replace my Cambridge Audio DAC Magic XS. It will be driving Philips Fidelio X2, AKG k712, Sennheiser HD 650 ( future purchase). Occasionally some low impedance headphones as well Audioquest Nighthawk, Psb m4u1 and Grado Sr 80 I have read good...

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Hi I looking for a new headphones & hoping to choose among akg k550 / k240 / k701. The reason for considering these is because all go for around sub £100 on eBay. I currently own Grado Sr80, which I find lacking in sub bass unless modded, ath m50 which are quite nice but find the sq missing...

Thanks for your responses, much appreciated. Uberclocked, is it Colorfly c3 you are referring to ?

Hi   This is my first post. I presently own a Cowon iAudio x5 and I am looking for an upgrade and have a budget of around £200. I am mainly looking for an improvement in sound quality.  I listen to Metal ( all genres - power, heavy, thrash, death etc ) and have collection of around 25% FLAC...

I had sennheisers 555 and definitely prefer ATH-M50 over them. I also grado sr80 which are also better than the sennheisers . So for SQ - ath m50 > grado sr80 > sennheisers 555. Comfort wise sennheisers 555 > grado sr80 > atm m50.