I am a newbie here so please overlook an of the mistakes I commit writing this very first thread. Actually I was looking for a good DAP which would fit my budget when I stumbled across the fiio x3 mkiii. It seemed like a good option. But just as was I about to call it a day, I came across the...

Comparing the Q1 here as i plan to build a desktop soon, so the DAC might help later. Right now using a monitor laptop setup, the Dell S2415H has a cool feature that's a headphone out, and the sound output is decent but not loud enough, and anyway once connected to laptop via HDMI the...