[punkmanmatthew]

I was wondering what I would need to get for the Blue Mofi headphones since they already have a built in head phone amp?
 
How would this work? Would I just need to buy a DAC?
 
I've never purchased a DAC or an Amp before so don't know how that would work since these have an amp in
them.
 
Thanks

 

[cel4145]

You can plug them directly into your phone, computer, tablet, etc. just like they are.

Or you could get a DAC, which could improve the sound quality. Budget?

 

[punkmanmatthew]

For a DAC  probably just 1 to $200

 

[cel4145]

How about a Schiit Modi 2?

 

[punkmanmatthew]

I'm reading online that a DAC won't provide that much of a difference from like the one in the iPhone.
 
Is it even worth the $120 to get that one? Would I even hear a $120 difference from the iPhone?

 

[cel4145]

Right. Probably not a big difference with an iPhone. If you need a DAC for your computer, this is a great deal http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CICPN0K/

 

[punkmanmatthew]

Is a DAC the same thing as a sound card or is the purpose of a DAC trying to increase quality of the sound and also be far away from the motherboard and internals of the computer so the computer itself doesn't cause noise?

 

[cel4145]

A sound card has a DAC in it. A sound card will often have some kind of headphone amp built in (not always) and some kind of digital signal processing.

A phone has a DAC. An mp3 player has a DAC. Everything that can play digital audio must have a DAC, which stands for digital audio converter.

Yes. An external DAC can help if the computer audio has noise caused by the computer. And the Modi is certainly as good a DAC (IMO) or better as what is in expensive sound cards.

 

[punkmanmatthew]

So would that be all I need is a usb dac or do I need something else when hooking it to the computer and headphones?

 

[cel4145]

You don't have to use a USB DAC with your computer. It just may help the sound. And yes. You just hook the headphones up to the DAC.