hey, I recently went through the trouble to look up the DAC chips & prices of quite a few sub-$200 DACs. Fricking manufacturers often do not disclose their DAC chip on their product specs. (kinda shady imo lol) Not sure if this list would be helpful to anyone, but I figured I'd post it. Please...

Hi, I am new to this forum and I was wondering if I can get any opinions from the people from the Head-Fi community, I am planning on getting a DAC and i was wondering which one would sound better or which one is technically better, the FiiO E7 or the HotAudio DAC DESTROYER. Opinions and other...

Hey guys!   I have a Glow Audio Amp One tube amp attached to my PC. I am using it with a hot audio DAC destroyer. My first issue is that if I turn up the volume with nothing playing it get weird frequency noise that gets louder the louder the volume is turned up. It is not that noticeable when...

Slowly, I have been turning my old CDs in FLAC files. Mostly I play these files on my laptop (Winamp) with headphones. However, I have a really nice old Fisher 300B tube amp with some pretty good speakers. I would like to play the files through this amp. The problem is, I'm guessing that I'm...

Hi all, searched around and decided to see of I could get this question answered better by starting a new thread. Currently I have shure srh 840s and woodied grado Sr 80i's and love them both. I'm running them out of a hotaudio dac destroyer which is connected to either my laptop or desktop...

Currently i am looking for a setup to listen to music on my PC, i mostly listen to rock, rap, metal, etc, would also be using them for playing games.   currently i am thinking of buying the following Beyerdynamic DT 990 PRO ($172.50 on amazon) Indeed MK 2 Headphone amp ($75.99 on ebay)...

Which has a better value? Left my destroyer in China. I'm shooting for a clean sound. Thanks

So I'm looking for a good setup to use for many pairs of headphones, very different headphones at that. I'm not going to pretend to know what I'm talking about, so I'll just explain my situation. I use a laptop, so a DAC is pretty much necessary. I was looking more towards getting a tube amp...

Just picked up Moprice 8320s after i saw the thread on this website and decided to seek your expert advice on a new system for college to put in my room. The room is about 10X18 and I don't have roommates so no worries about noise :)    I will be using my laptop(Dell XPS 15) and my phone...

Hi !   First of all, although I am new to this forum and don't know much about hifi, I did read the forum before posting here. But I still don't know what would be good for me.   I am looking for a good AMP + DAC combo under the 600$ price range. Here is my situation :   - I would...

First off, you guys all rule; being extremely dedicated to what you love and giving back to the community. I look forward to being on this a very long time. I am very new to audio and everything is exciting and like a whole new world I am discovering. I currently own a pair of the DT 770 pro...

I just ordered a Project Sunrise Kit but I don't yet have good headphones for them (I just have the Brainwavz HM5 for traveling) does anyone have any advice for a pair of cans that go well with Project Sunrise. I have been between Hifiman HE-4/HE-400 and Sennheiser HD600/650 and Beyerdynamic DT...

My budget is 200 dollars, is it possible to get the most out of the he-400 with this budget? If not, I would like to know the cheapest possible combo that is recommended for the he-400, I want to get the most out of it. Some head-fiers recommended the fiio e17 as an amp AND a dac which kind of...

Hi, I'm considering purchasing 600Ω DT880 Premiums for home use and I need an amp to drive them. I don't have much to spend on it (about $150). I was consider the following amps: Focusrite 2i2 Echo audiofire 2 Fiio E9 Objective2 Will any of these drive the 880s or is there a better choice? Thanks.

Hello Head-fiers! I need your help with an amplification problem I have. I recently purchased a pair of Hifiman HE-400, which i really like a lot. But I can't shake the feeling that the feeling that my Fiio e10 amp just isn't allowing them to fulfill their true potential. May that be true...

I have a big dilemma on my hands. I am trying to get a good nice hi-fi setup for listening to lossless audio files. Without getting into the nitty gritty, I plan to use a min-itx computer as my source of totally lossless files as a standalone unit (i.e. no networking at all). I want to send the...

Just wondering if the E10 is capable of powering the HD 650 adequately.  Any ideas?  Some say that it's barely enough, which I am entirely fine with, but others say that you need an amp that's at least $1000.  Thank you.

Hi guys,   I use Bayerdynamic dt770 pro 80ohm headphones with a Fiio E11 amp. I really enjoy listening to them at normal volume level but,when i increase the volume a bit high i feel that the sound coming from these headphones are somehow not very clear and the bass is not very accurate or...

Hey all,   I'm in the market for a device that can function as a portable DAC/amp while I'm at school and work, and which can be used as a standalone amplifier while I'm at home. The home setup will be my Xonar DX running a line out to whatever amp I end up getting. The reason for this...

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Hey guys, I'm looking for your opinions/suggestions on a dac upgrade. Right now I have a fiio e7 and a millet minimax for an amp. I listen with RS2i's and HD598's. Is the e7 a real bottleneck in my setup? I'm looking to spend under $250 for a new dac, if it is worth getting. Thanks

So I'll be getting  Bellari HA540 soon and a new DAC seems like a good idea to get with it. I'm looking at the HRT Music Streamer II, the DAC Destroyer, ODAC and the Nuforce UDac. Which one would be the best? Source is the usb port of a laptop with mostly 320 kbps and flac music. Phones are...

Hey guys I know this has been talked about a lot, but I couldn't find much about the particular amp I had in mind, in relation to these headphones.  What do you guys think of the Headstage Arrow 12HE 4G for the Denon 5000?  Any other amps you would suggest in that price range?  (Wouldn't wanna...

Hi all, Just upgraded from my HD 555's to some HD 650's and for the most part they are hooked to my Onkyo 806 reciever but on occasion I do hook them to a portable device (ipod, laptop, my cell phone) so i wanted to pick up a portable amp for those times. If i could get something good for my...

Hey guy ive been lurking around the headfi forums for a while. my first purchase after reading suggestions on here was a pair of audio technica ath ad700 headphones that i use for gaming and listening to music on my sanza clip. after hearing what i thought was awsome sound quality compared to...